Spring 2011 – Midterm Exam – Geography Take-Home Section

1. This is INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT – you will see some questions that refer to this information on
the exam.
2. This assignment is due at the beginning of class March 16th.
3. I will randomly select and grade 20 entries from this assignment.
4. You are responsible for identifying: 1) every country from these three geographical regions, 2)
population of every country (within 3% of 2010 number), 3) capital city, 4) population of capital
city (metro area), and 5) GDP per capita for each country (use IMF as a source).
5. Print this document and fill in the answers.
6. Use uppercase letters for your answers and make sure you write legibly.
7. Spelling matters.
8. Accuracy (within 3% of 2010 number) matters.
9. This Geography Take-Home section counts as 10% of your midterm exam grade.
10. Your name_______________________________________________________
 Country Name Country Population Capital City Capital Population GDP / Capita
(PPP)
1 MOROCCO $ 31,968,361 RABAT $ 1,770,000 $ 4,900
2 ALGERIA $ 34,994,937 ALIGERS $ 2,740,000 $ 7,400
3 TUNISIA $ 10,629,186 TUNIS $ 759,000 $ 9,500
4 LIBYA $ 6,597,960 TRIPOLI $ 1,095,000 $ 13,800
5 EGYPT $ 82,079,636 CAIRO $ 10,902,000 $ 6,200
6 ERITREA $ 5,939,484 ASMARA $ 649,000 $ 7,000
7 SUDAN $ 45,047,502 KHARTOUM $ 5,021,000 $ 2,200
8 CHAD $ 10,758,945 NDJAMENA $ 808,000 $ 1,800
9 NIGER $ 16,468,886 NIAMEY $ 1,004,000 $ 7,000
10 MALI $ 14,159,904 BAMAKO $ 1,628,000 $ 1,200
11 MAURITANIA $ 3,281,634 NOUAKCHOTT $ 709,000 $ 2,100
12 CAPE VERDE $ 516,100 PRAIA $ 125,000 $ 3,700
13 SENEGAL $ 12,643,799 DAKAR $ 2,777,000 $ 1,900
14 THE GAMBIA $ 1,797,860 BANJUL $ 436,000 $ 1,900
15 GUINEA-BISSAU $ 1,596,677 BISSAU $ 302,000 $ 1,100
16 GUINEA $ 10,601,009 CONAKRY $ 1,597,000 $ 1,000
17 SIERRA LEONE $ 5,363,669 FREETOWN $ 875,000 $ 900
18 LIBERIA $ 3,786,764 MONROVIA $ 882,000 $ 500
19 COTE D'IVOIRE $ 21,504,162 YAMUOSSOUKRO $ 808,000 $ 1,800
20 GHANA $ 24,791,073 ACCRA $ 2,269,000 $ 1,600
21 BURKINA FASO $ 16,751,455 OUAGADOUGOU $ 1,777,000 $ 1,200
22 TOGO $ 6,771,993 LOME $ 1,593,000 $ 900
23 BENIN $ 9,325,032 PORTO-NOVO $ 276,000 $ 1,600
24 NIGERIA $ 155,215,573 ABUJA $ 1,857,000 $ 2,400
25 CAMEROON $ 19,711,291 YAOUNDE $ 1,739,000 $ 2,300
SAO TOME &
26 PRINCIPE $ 179,506 SAO TOME $ 60,000 $ 1,800
CENTRAL AFRICAN
27 REPUBLIC $ 4,950,027 BANGUI $ 702,000 $ 700
28 GABON $ 1,576,665 LIBREVILLE $ 619,000 $ 14,600
REPUBLIC OF
29 CONGO $ 4,243,929 BRAZZAVILLE $ 1,292,000 $ 4,200
30 D.R. CONGO $ 71,712,867 KINSHASA $ 8,401,000 $ 300
31 UGANDA $ 34,612,250 KAMPALA $ 1,535,000 $ 1,200
32 ETHOPIA $ 90,873,739 ADDIS ABABA $ 2,863,000 $ 1,000
33 DJBOUTI $ 757,074 DJIBOUTI $ 567,000 $ 2,800
34 SOMALIA $ 9,925,640 MOGADISHU $ 1,353,000 $ 600
35 KENYA $ 41,070,934 NAIROBI $ 3,375,000 $ 1,600
36 TANZANIA $ 42,746,620 DAR ES SALAAM $ 3,207,000 $ 1,500
37 RWANDA $ 11,370,425 KIGALI $ 909,000 $ 1,100
38 BURUNDI $ 10,216,190 BUJUMURA $ 455,000 $ 300
39 ANGOLA $ 13,338,541 LUANDA $ 4,511,000 $ 8,700
40 ZAMBIA $ 13,881,336 LUSAKA $ 1,413,000 $ 1,500
41 MALAWI $ 15,879,252 LILONGWE $ 821,100 $ 900
42 MOZAMBIQUE $ 22,948,858 MAPUTO $ 1,589,000 $ 1,000
43 ZIMBABWE $ 12,084,304 HARARE $ 1,606,000 $ 400
44 BOTSWANA $ 2,065,398 GABORONE $ 196,000 $ 13,100
45 NAMIBIA $ 2,147,585 WINDHOEK $ 342,000 $ 6,900
46 SOUTH AFRICA $ 49,004,031 PRETORIA $ 1,404,000 $ 107,000
47 LESOTHO $ 1,924,886 MASERU $ 220,000 $ 17,000
48 SWAZILAND $ 1,370,424 MBABANE $ 74,000 $ 4,500
49 MADAGASCAR $ 21,926,221 ANTANANARIVO $ 1,816,000 $ 1,000
50 SEYCHELLES $ 89,188 VICTORIA $ 26,000 $ 21,600
EQUATORIAL
51 GUINEA $ 668,225 MALABO $ 128,000 $ 37,900
52 COMOROS $ 794,683 MORONI $ 49,000 $ 1,000
53 MAURITUS $ 1,303,717 PORT LOUIS $ 149,000 $ 13,500
54 WESTERN SAHARA $ 507,160 EL AAIUN $ 213,000 $ 2,500
 Country Name Country Capital City Capital Population GDP / Capita
Population (PPP)
1 CUBA $ 11,097,330 HAVANA $ 214,000 $ 9,900
2 THE BAHAMAS $ 313,312 NASSAU $ 248,000 $ 28,600
3 JAMAICA $ 2,868,380 KINGSTON $ 58,000 $ 8,400
4 HAITI $ 9,719,932 PORT-AU-PRINCE $ 2,143,000 $ 1,200
5 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC $ 9,956,648 SANTO DOMINGO $ 2,138,000 $ 8,600
6 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA $ 87,884 ST. JOHNS $ 27,000 $ 16,500
7 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC $ 72,969 ROSEAU $ 1,400 $ 10,500
8 BARBADOS $ 286,705 BRIDGETOWN $ 112,000 $ 21,700
9 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO $ 1,227,505 PORT OF SPAIN $ 310,000 $ 22,100
10 GRENADA $ 108,419 ST. GEORGES $ 40,000 $ 10,500
ST. VINCENT & THE
11 GRENADINES $ 103,869 KINGSTON $ 24,518 $ 10,600
12 ST. LUCIA $ 161,557 CASTRIES $ 15,000 $ 11,100
13 ST. KITS & NEVITS $ 50,314 BASSETERRE $ 13,000 $ 14,400
 Country Name Country Population Capital City Capital Population GDP / Capita
(PPP)
1 ICELAND $ 311,058 REYKJAVIK $ 198,000 $ 36,700
2 NORWAY $ 4,691,849 OSLO $ 875,000 $ 59,100
3 SWEDEN $ 9,088,728 STOCKHOLM $ 1,279,000 $ 39,000
4 FINLAND $ 5,259,250 HELSINKI $ 1,107,000 $ 35,300
5 RUSSIA $ 138,739,892 MOSCOW $ 10,523,000 $ 15,900
6 ESTONIA $ 1,282,963 TALLINN $ 399,000 $ 19,000
7 LATVIA $ 2,204,708 RIGA $ 711,000 $ 14,300
8 LITHUANIA $ 3,535,547 VILNIUS $ 546,000 $ 15,900
9 BELARUS $ 9,557,552 MINKS $ 1,837,000 $ 13,400
10 UKRAINIE $ 445,134,707 KYIV $ 2,779,000 $ 6,700
11 GEORGIA $ 4,585,874 TBILISI $ 1,115,000 $ 4,800
12 MOLDOVA $ 4,314,377 CHISINAU $ 650,000 $ 2,500
13 POLAND $ 38,441,588 WARSAW $ 1,710,000 $ 18,800
14 SLOVAKIA $ 5,447,038 BRATISLAVA $ 428,000 $ 22,200
15 HUNGARY $ 9,976,062 BUDAPEST $ 1,705,000 $ 19,000
16 ROMANIA $ 21,904,551 BUCHAREST $ 1,933,000 $ 11,500
17 BULGARIA $ 7,093,635 SOFIA $ 1,192,000 $ 12,800
18 GREECE $ 10,760,136 ATHENS $ 3,252,000 $ 30,200
19 MACEDONIA $ 2,077,328 SKOPJE $ 600,000 $ 9,400
20 ALBANIA $ 2,994,667 TIRANA $ 433,000 $ 7,400
SERVIA &
21 MONTENEGRO $ 7,310,555 BELGRADE $ 1,115,000 $ 11,000
BOSNIA AND
22 HERZEGOVINA $ 4,622,163 SARAJEVO $ 392,000 $ 6,600
23 CROATIA $ 4,483,804 ZAGREB $ 685,000 $ 17,500
24 SLOVENIA $ 200,092 LJUBLJANA $ 260,000 $ 28,400
25 AUSTRIA $ 8,217,280 VIENNA $ 1,693,000 $ 40,300
26 CZECH REPUBLIC $ 10,190,213 PRAGUE $ 1,162,000 $ 25,600
27 GERMANY $ 81,471,834 BERLIN $ 3,438,000 $ 35,900
28 DENMARK $ 5,529,888 COPENHAGEN $ 1,174,000 $ 36,700
29 NETHERLANDS $ 16,847,007 AMSTERDAM $ 1,044,000 $ 40,500
30 BELGIUM $ 10,431,477 BRUSSELS $ 1,892,000 $ 37,900
31 LUXEMBOURG $ 503,302 LUXEMBOURG $ 90,000 $ 81,800
32 LIECHTENSTEIN $ 35,236 VADUZ $ 5,342 $ 141,100
33 SWITZERLAND $ 7,639,961 BERN $ 346,000 $ 42,900
34 ITALY $ 61,016,804 ROME $ 3,357,000 $ 30,700
35 SAN MARINO $ 31,817 SAN MARINO $ 4,377 $ 36,200
36 VATICAN CITY $ 832 VATICAN CITY $ 832 N/A
37 MONACO $ 30,539 MONACO $ 32,409 $ 30,000
38 FRANCE $ 62,814,233 PARIS $ 10,410,000 $ 33,000
ANDORRA LA
39 ANDORRA $ 84,825 VELLA $ 25,000 $ 44,900
40 SPAIN $ 46,754,784 MADRID $ 5,762,000 $ 29,500
41 PORTUGAL $ 10,760,305 LISBON $ 2,808,000 $ 23,000
UNITED
42 KINGDOM $ 62,698,362 LONDON $ 8,615,000 $ 35,100
43 IRELAND $ 4,670,976 DUBLIN $ 1,084,000 $ 37,600
44 MALTA $ 408,333 VALLETTA $ 6,794 $ 25,100
45 CYPRUS $ 1,120,489 NICOSIA $ 240,000 $ 21,000
46 TURKEY $ 78,785,548 ANKARA $ 3,846,000 $ 12,300
47 ARMENIA $ 2,967,975 YEREVAN $ 1,110,000 $ 5,800
48 AZERBAIJAN $ 8,372,373 BAKU $ 1,950,000 $ 11,000