Lazaria+and+Julia+Guinea+Bissau+page+1A

 African Country Project  · Size of country in square miles (compare it to the United States)  Guinea Bissau area square miles: 13,948 USA area square miles: 3,794,100  · Population density in people per square mile (compare it to the United States)  Guinea Bissau population: 112.21149985 USA populations: 81.7671814132  · Gross Domestic Product per capita (explain what “GDPicapita” means and how your country relates to the United States’ GDP per capita)  Guinea Bissau GDP: $477 USA GDP: $45,592  · Political and physical map of your country   · Image of their flag (and any significance of the symbols, colors, etc.)   Guinea Bissau colors: red, yellow, green, black star in the red stripe  · Life expectancy (compare it to the United States)  Guinea Bissau life expectancy male:46 USA life expectancy male:77  Guinea Bissau life expectancy female:49 USA life expectancy female:81  · Birth rate (compare it to the United States) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> Guinea Bissau birth rate: 15.52 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> country comparison to the world: 10 <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> USA birth rate: 13.83 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> country comparison to the world: 151 <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Infant mortality rate (compare it to the United States) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> Guinea Bissau infant rate:100 USA infant rate:6 <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Language(s) spoken <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> Guinea Bissau language: Kriolu, a mixture of Portuguese and local languages. USA language: English <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Monetary Unit <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> Guinea Bissau Monetary: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Type of Government (and explain what this means and how it is different from the United States) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> Guinea Bissau: Republic USA: Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> Guinea Bissau type of government: The person with the most becomes the president who currently is Malam Bacai Sanh’a. The person with most votes becomes the prime minister who is currently Carlos Gomes Junior. In Guinea Bissau they have prime ministers and in USA they don’t <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Political Leader <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> President Malam Bacai SANHA (since 8 September 2009) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Religions practiced <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> 30% are Muslims 5 to 8 are Christians <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Literacy Rate (compare it to the United States) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> Guinea Bissau women literacy:54% Guinea Bissau men literacy:75% <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Economic Summary (can include natural resources, trading partners, types of industry, etc.) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> In Guinea Bissau 85% of labor force is engaged in agriculture. Most people in Guinea Bissau don’t earn a wage, subsistence farmers, or their wages do not meet basic needs. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Brief history (DO NOT copy and paste…use your own words!). <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> Guinea Bissau is place where people talk kriolu. Kriolu is a mixture of Portuguese and other local languages. Guinea Bissau’s current president is Malam Bacai Sanha and our president is Obama. Guinea Bissau has a prime minister I don’t think we do. Guinea Bissau is one of the poorest countries. But the United States is pretty wealthy compared to Guinea Bissau and other countries in South and North America. I think it would be hard to live in a country like Guinea Bissau because its poor and the USA isn’t poor so it would be hard to live a way that you never lived before. But it would be cool to go to Guinea Bissau and get some pictures of scenery. In Guinea Bissau they have national people’s assembly governing party to decide who will be the new president. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · A color-coded paragraph that compares and contrasts three ways in which life would similar and three ways life would be different living in your country as compared to the United States. Be specific. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> Guinea Bissau is very different from the United States. We have more freedom than Guinea Bissau. If the whole world was like Guinea Bissau it wouldn’t be good, places like Guinea Bissau is not where people from the United States would want to live since the United States is very different from Guinea Bissau. We wouldn’t know how to survive if we lived in places like Guinea Bissau. Guinea Bissau and United States both vote for republican. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · A list of 10 other webpages that you critiqued. List two specific things they did well and one suggestion for <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 45pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 45.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · improvement. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> CIA World Factbook <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> Databases <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> Africa Maps (from University of Austin)
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