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An activity for students to research and gather data about their country's regional geography and measures of economic development using various resources. The focus is on the usa, with data requested for its area, population, adjacent countries, gdp per capita, population growth rate, population doubling time, crude birth and death rates, percentage of gdp from agriculture, manufacturing, and services, urbanization rate, energy use per capita, literacy rate, life expectancy, and infant mortality rate.
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Using recent atlases, almanacs, PC Globe Maps 'N Facts , other computer software, and/or other reference materials, list the following data for your country. Hand in theses pages. You MUST use PC Globe Maps 'N Facts to gather some data and provide proof by turning in a one page printout of data or maps from the computer program. (Information on how to use this computer program is included later in this syllabus.) REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY your country USA a. area: _________________ _______________ How does this data for your country compare with the rest of the world's countries?
b. area compared to what? _________________ _______________ ( eg. "Twice as big as Illinois." ) c. total population _________________ _______________ How does this data for your country compare with the rest of the world's countries?
d. **adjacent countries _________________ _______________
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your country USA a. gross domestic product per capita _________________ _______________ How does this data for your country compare with the rest of the world's countries?
b. population growth rate (% ) _________________ _______________ How does this data for your country compare with the rest of the world's countries?
c. population doubling time (yrs.) _________________ _______________ How does this data for your country compare with the rest of the world's countries?
d. crude birth rate _________________ _______________ How does this data for your country compare with the rest of the world's countries?
e. crude death rate _________________ _______________ How does this data for your country compare with the rest of the world's countries?
your country USA k. infant mortality rate _________________ _______________ How does this data for your country compare with the rest of the world's countries?
l. people per doctor _________________ _______________ How does this data for your country compare with the rest of the world's countries?