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1. List the following information for Egypt: (see the CIA World FactBook website for answers)
a) capital:
b) location/the countries that share its borders:
c) the religious breakdown of the population:
d) the type of government:
e) the chief of state (and head of government if different):
f) the population:

2. The first paragraph of a news article should answer the questions who, what, where and when. List the who, what, where and when of this news item. (NOTE: The remainder of a news article provides details on the why and/or how.)

3. What are Copts? What percent of Egypt’s population are Copts?

4. a) How many Christians were killed / wounded by Islamic terrorists in Egypt on Palm Sunday?
b) How many were killed in a previous December church bombing in Cairo?
c) Why have hundreds of Copts left Sinai recently?

5. a) How did Egyptian President al Sisi react to the latest terrorist attacks on Egyptian Christians? Be specific.
b) What do you think of his response?

6. Holy Week in Christianity is the week just before Easter. Easter is a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. (Jesus is the Son of God, who came to earth as a man, to suffer and die for the sins of all mankind so that through Him, we might be forgiven of our sins and saved from eternal punishment in Hell.) Read about Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection from the dead in any of the four gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, which is God’s word. (Matthew, Mark, Luke or John)
Why do you think the ISIS terrorists attacked Egyptian Christians during their church service on Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week?