Look at the picture galleries displayed at the Iraq Eyewitness website created by the Washington Post newspaper. Use these photos (primary sources) and the text with them to answer the questions below. Was This the Garden of Eden? 1. Describe an environmental impact of Iraq's exploitation of its oil resources. 2. What is a social consequence of the answer to question 1? 3. What is the significance of the "Adam tree"?  Do you think this area should be developed as a tourist attraction?  If you do, how would you like to see it done?  If not, why not? Singing in a Would-Be War Zone 4. Summarize your thoughts on viewing student life at this special school.  Are you surprised by anything you see? 5. Choose a student from the pictures.  Write a letter to him or her introducing yourself and asking about life in Baghdad. Along the Highway of Death 6.  Imagine that you are driving with your family from Safwan to Basra.  What do you see along the way?   7. What are 2 ways that life in this area has been changed by the 1991 Persian Gulf War? 8. What does the picture of the rusting tank say to you? 9. Describe 2 things you see about life in Basra that are different from life in America. Baghdad's Sunni Majority 10. What position do Muslim's take to pray?  What postures do other religions that you may know about use for worship? 11. What is an "elite"?  (See caption to second picture in this section.) 12. Describe the inside of a mosque as seen in the third picture in this section.  How is it similar to places of worship you have seen? How is it different?   13. What are 3 ways that shopping in an outdoor market might be different from shopping in a supermarket?  If you have ever shopped in an outdoor market, describe your experience. 14. What evidence does the photographer give that the Iraqis have an ancient civilization? Any or All Exhibits 15. Pictures of Saddam Hussain are visible in many places throughout this exhibit.  What conclusions do you draw from that? 16. Name 8 things you see portrayed that make life in Iraq similar to life in our land. 17. How has the photographer made you think about the possibility of war with this nation?