Study of a Country

Answer each question/command with a complete sentence.

Include the reference (or references) for where the information was found for each answer.
(This can include wall maps, globes, etc. For book references, please include the title and
page number. For Internet references, please include the full URL address.)

EVERYONE MUST ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FOR EACH COUNTRY:

1.
2.
3.
4.

What is the name of the country?

What is the capital city?
What are two major landforms in the country?
What are the countries and major bodies of water that border the country?

YOU MUST ALSO CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS:

4th grade - choose at least two of the following.

5th grade - choose at least three of the following.
6th grade - choose at least four of the following.

5. Name the major languages spoken in this country.

6. List two (2) indigenous animals to this country. Describe the habitat of each animal.
7. List two (2) indigenous plants to the country. Describe what each is used for (i.e.,
medicines, food, building materials, etc.)
8. Describe a tourist attraction that centers around one of the countrys major landforms.
Include the landform and what a tourist might see when they visit.
9. Draw the nations flag.
10. Describe the countrys climate during the year. (Remember that countries in the southern
hemisphere experience the seasons on a different cycle.)
11. What is the geographic center of the country? (Use latitude and longitude coordinates.)
12. What is one of the countrys current issues? (Environmental, political, etc.)
13. Give the day and reason for a National Day in the country. (i.e., the Fourth of July is our
independence day)
14. What is one of the countrys major exports? Imports? Why?

Below is a list of all the countries to be studied. (Please note that you will only be doing four (4) of
the Caribbean countries.) You can check them off as you complete them in your journal.

North America

Central America

Canada

Belize

Greenland

Costa Rica

Mexico

El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras

Caribbean (Choose at least two other

countries from this list. You must do
Cuba and Puerto Rico.)

Nicaragua
Panama

Antigua and Barbuda

South America

Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba

Argentina
Bolivia

Dominica

Brazil

Dominican Republic

Chile

Grenada

Colombia

Haiti

Ecuador

Jamaica

Guyana

Puerto Rico

Paraguay

St. Kitts and Nevis

Peru

St. Lucia

Suriname

St. Vincent and The Grenadines

Uruguay

Trinidad and Tobago

Venezuela

Two websites with useful information are:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm.