Guidelines+for+Research+on+your+Assigned+Country

You should create or add to a wiki page for your assigned country. Please add the following information:

Please use the CIA factbook as a starting point for research, but you may include other sources as well. Include a URL link of all sources in a bibliography section at the bottom of your page. 1. Include a map of your country. 2. Native peoples -- which major tribal groups (if any) live(d) in your country? 3. Which European country(ies) colonized your country (if applicable)? 4. When did your country gain independence (if applicable)? From which country? 5. What is the current ethnic makeup of your country? 6. What is the infant mortality rate in your country? 7. What is the official language of your country? 8. What is the adult literacy rate for your country? 9. What are the main exports from your country?

Now please click on the WorldBankData.pdf file. 10. Look for your country's GNI per capita. GNI is the country's total income divided by the population, or an indication of the relative standard of living in that country. It does NOT give you an indication about how wealth is distributed among the population in that country. **Compare your country's GNI per capita with that of the United States and add that to your wiki page.**

Please click on the WorldBank$2Day.pdf (or look at the copy in class) 11. What percentage of the population in your country lives on less than $1 a day? $2 a day? Add this data to your wiki page.

12. Look for a current events issue that is important in your assigned country. You may wish to look at the internation news source link or the Yahoo! News link where you can type your country's name into the search box.

Summarize (one paragraph in your **own words**) what a current issue is in this country. In another paragraph, analyze what impact this issue is having on the people in the country or region. (Yes, this sounds a lot like your summer reading assignment!)

13. If you have finished all of the above, look for other environmental and health data from the Population Reference Bureau. **Compare your country's data with that of the United States and add it to your wiki page.** CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions per capita (per person): Number of vehicles per 1,000 people: Percentage of the population using adequate sanitation, rural areas: Percentage of underweight children, <5:

Please feel free to add other data that is interesting/relevant to you!