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African Country Project Checklist to include in webpage: ** Proficient ** ** Advanced **
 * Size of country in square miles (compare it to the United States)
 * Population density in people per square mile (compare it to the United States)
 * Gross Domestic Product per capita (explain what “GDP per capita” means and how your country relates to the United States’ GDP per capita)
 * Political and physical map of your country
 * Image of their flag (and any significance of the symbols, colors, etc.)
 * Life expectancy (compare it to the United States)
 * Birth rate (compare it to the United States)
 * Infant mortality rate (compare it to the United States)
 * Language(s) spoken
 * Monetary Unit
 * Type of Government (and explain what this means and how it is different from the United States)
 * Political Leader
 * Religions practiced
 * Literacy Rate (compare it to the United States)
 * Economic Summary (can include natural resources, trading partners, types of industry, etc.)
 * Brief history (DO NOT copy and paste…use your own words!).
 * 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.
 * A list of 10 other webpages that you critiqued. List two specific things they did well and one suggestion for improvement.
 * Includes all features of “Proficient.”
 * Link to a Google Earth flyover of major physical and political features.
 * Addition of interesting facts, charts, graphs, and current events that add relevant information about your country.
 * Above-average care taken in building an accurate and appealing webpage.