What do the ten people shown have in common?

Longest ruling Leaders• For the protestors of the

streets of Cairo it’s been 29 years too long but how does the length of Mubarak’s reign compare with long-standing rulers?[1]

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• 1] Taken from i compact newspaper no. 71, Thursday 03 Feb 2011.

1. Muammar al-Gaddafi – Leader Libya 41 years 151 days2. Paul Biya – President Cameroon 35 years 214 days3. Ali Abdullah Saleh – President Yemen 32 Years 196 days4. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo – President Equatorial Guinea 31 years 180 days 4. José Eduardo dos Santos – President Angola 31 years 142 days5. Robert Mugabe, President Zimbabwe 30 years 287 days6. Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader Iran 29 years 120 days6. Hosni Mubarak – President Egypt 29 years 115 days7. Yoweri Museveni – President Uganda 25 years four days8. Blaise Compaoré – President Burkina Faso 23 years 107 days

Activities

• Q1. How would you show this data as a graph?

• Think of the four main types –

• Pie Chart, Bar Chart, Line graph and Scatter graph

• Once you have decided how could you illustrate it to make it more colourful and meaningful?

The Top Ten

• Libya 41

• Cameroon 35

• Yemen 32

• Equatorial Guinea 31

• Angola 31

• Zimbabwe 30

• Iran 29

• EgyptEgypt 26

• Uganda 25

• Burkina Faso 23

Do you notice anything about the countries that the rulers come from?

Activities

• Q1. How would you show this data as a graph?• Think of the four main types –• Pie Chart, Bar Chart, Line graph and Scatter graph• Once you have decided how could you illustrate it to

make it more colourful and meaningful?• Q2. Label the countries on a map; do you need the

whole world or can you add them to a map of one continent?

• Add the capitals for these countries• EXTRA why do you think that so many of these countries

exist in one place? What else could you explore that may illustrate the current political situation?

Burkina Faso

•1] Taken from i compact newspaper no. 71, Thursday 03 Feb 2011.

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