Name:

GC IES VILLAREJO COUNTRY RESEARCH

READ THESE DIRECTIONS: Do NOT use Wikipedia!!! Use CIA World Factbook, BBC Country Profiles,
links under Resources for Researching Specific Countries on the GC website, etc. Each partner in each
pair must fill out the entire piece of paper
Government:
1. Official country
name:____________________________________________________________
2. Type of government (i.e. parliamentary democracy, dictatorship, monarchy,
etc.)_________________________________________________________________________
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3. Name and position of Head of State (president, prime minister, etc.):
_____________________________________________________________________________
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4. Region of the world in which country is located (continent and location on continent):
_____________________________________________________________________________
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5. Official Languages:
_______________________________________________________________
6. Political allies or blocs (who is your country politically aligned with? Who does your country
work with? Who does your country have treaties
with?)_______________________________________________________________________
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People:
1. Population size and rate at which the population is growing:
_____________________________
2. Major religions or
cultures:________________________________________________________
3. Standard of living (high, medium,
low):_______________________________________________
4. Approximate number of street
children:______________________________________________
Economy:
1. GDP and growth rate of economy:
__________________________________________________
2. Infrastructure status (good, poor, etc.--does your country have adequate means of
transportation, electricity, drive-able roads, secure buildings,
etc.?):_______________________________________________________________________
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3. Major trade partners:

____________________________________________________________
4. Natural resources (for example, oil, natural gas, coal, etc.):
_______________________________
5. Energy sources (how does your country get its energy? Does it have its own oil sources or
must it import oil? Does it produce its electricity with hydropower, with coal, with solar
panels, with windmills, etc.?):
________________________________________________________________
Military:
1. How old must you be to join the military? Are there child soldiers that work for the military or
for other militant groups in the country?:
_______________________________________________
2. Are women allowed to
join?_______________________________________________________
3. Are there paramilitary groups and/or guerilla groups that operate within the
country?_____________________________________________________________________
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United Nations:
1. Date admitted to the
U.N._________________________________________________________
2. Has the U.N. ever intervened in a conflict involving this nation? If so, where and
how?________________________________________________________________________
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3. Has the UN cited this nation for human rights violations? If so, why? (Try googling Human
Rights Watch [your country]. For Mali, try searching UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL
INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN MALI Human rights abuses. Human Rights Watch is
also a helpful website to look at)
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4. What do you think your nations position on the debate topic will be?
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5. List four problems that affect your nation:

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6. Does your country have a refugee problem? (Either inhabitants leaving the country and
becoming refugees or country overwhelmed by influx of
refugees):________________________
7. Major conflicts both past and present:
_____________________________________________________________________________
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8. Ethnic/cultural issues within the country (for example, are there conflicts between Muslims
and Christians? Between different ethnic groups?)
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