WORLD AFFAIRS CONFERENCE DELEGATE PACKET

Name(s):

Country:

Period:

GEOGRAPHY

•Location

Absolute:

Relative:

•Population:

•Population Centers

Capital City:

•Other Major Cities

Names

•Neighboring Countries:

•Climate:

•Current Environmental Issues/International Agreements:

***Based on the statistics/information you have collected for this section, draw conclusions about the strengths and weaknesses of your country and how this positively or negatively may impact the global community.

PEOPLE

•Ethnic Groups-Names and percentages:

•Religious Groups- Names and percentages:

•Language Groups-Names and percentages:

•Health and Welfare

Birth Rate:

Infant Mortality Rate:

Life Expectancy

Male:

Female:

•Education

Adult Literacy

Male:

Female:

***Based on the statistics/information you have collected for this section, draw conclusions about the strengths and weaknesses of your country and how this positively or negatively may impact the global community.

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

•Type of Government:

•Name of Leader (Executive Branch):

•How the Leader Came into Power (elected/appointed,etc.):

•Suffrage (Voting Age/Laws):

•Independence Date and From Whom Did They Gain Independence (if available?):

***Based on the statistics/information you have collected for this section, draw conclusions about the strengths and weaknesses of your country and how this positively or negatively may impact the global community.

ECONOMICS

Domestic

Gross Domestic Product (Purchasing Power Parity):

Per Capita GDP:

Unemployment Rate:

Population Below the Poverty Line:

•Labor Force Country Comparison to the World:

•Labor Force – by occupation:

Agriculture:

Industry:

Services:

•Major Industries:

•Industrial Growth Rate:

•Oil Production (bbl/day=barrels/day):

•Oil Consumption (bbl/day)

International

•Exports

Total ($):

Commodities (Products):

Trading Partners:

•Imports

Total ($):

Commodities (Products):

Trading Partners:

•Amount of Debt or Credit:

***Based on the statistics/information you have collected for this section, draw conclusions about the strengths and weaknesses of your country and how this positively or negatively may impact the global community.

COMMUNICATION/TRANSPORTATION

•Telephones (Main Lines)

Main lines in use:

Country comparison to world:

•Telephones (Cellular)

Number of cell phones:

Country comparison to world:

•Internet

Number of users:

Country comparison to world:

•Roadways

Total:

Country comparison to the world:

Paved:

Unpaved:

***Based on the statistics/information you have collected for this section, draw conclusions about the strengths and weaknesses of your country and how this positively or negatively may impact the global community.

MILITARY/TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES

•Names of Branches:

•Military Service Age and Obligation:

•Military Expenditures

Percentage of GDP:

Country comparison to the world:

•Foreign Relations

•Relationship with the United States

•International Disputes:

***Based on the statistics/information you have collected for this section, draw conclusions about the strengths and weaknesses of your country and how this positively or negatively may impact the global community.