Download Individual Country Research Environmental Systems and Societies

Individual Country Research
Environmental Systems and Societies
Information about:
Compiled by:
(country)
(your name)
Directions: This document should expand as the answers to these questions are
found. Circle and/or highlight items in the appropriate cells. Place text in blank cells as
needed. Be sure to list and use proper citations. When asked what something “looks
like,” it does not necessarily mean that a picture should be drawn. It is asking for an
overview of the operations within the country. Some information is better represented
in an image, but no image should be included unless there is a description.
Table 1: Features of Government
What are the levels of government? (Boehm 101)
What type of government exists? (Boehm 101-102)
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Democracy
direct or representative
What governmental transitions have occurred in the past?
What organization is responsible for protecting the environment?
Who makes the laws pertaining to the environment?
Who develops the guidelines to explain the laws?
Who enforces the laws that apply to the environment?
Table 2: Economic System
What type of economic system is being used? (Boehm 103-104)
circle one of the choices below
Command economy
Traditional
Market
Mixed economy
communism or socialism
Economic Development (Boehm 107-108)
In the cells below and to the right, list what is being done in the country being studied.
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
State of Industrialization: (Boehm 108) circle one of the choices below
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Developed
Newly industrialized
What is the trend in the GDP over the last 50 years?
developing
What has been done to remove barriers to trade?
Table 3: Physical Geography
What type of land is this country? (Boehm RA2)
How large is the land mass? Compare it to the United States.
What are the major landforms?
What is the system of water like?
Where are the natural resources found?
What elevation changes occur?
What is the climate like?
What is the vegetation like?
Table 4: Cultural Geography
What are the population patterns? Including density and distribution.
What level of urbanization exists?
What are the languages spoken?
What are the religions practiced?
What does the education look like?
How is health care managed?
What does family life look like?
What does transportation look like?
What does manufacturing look like?
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What does agriculture look like?
What does communication look like?
Table 5: Resources
What are the primary resources for the country being studied? List at least five.
What type of
Resource
Explanation of the significance
resource
Renewable
Nonrenewable This resource is being managed by:
Renewable
Nonrenewable This resource is being managed by:
Renewable
Nonrenewable This resource is being managed by:
Renewable
Nonrenewable This resource is being managed by:
Renewable
Nonrenewable This resource is being managed by:
Table 6: Pollution
What is the state of pollution for the following spheres
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Geosphere
What is the status of the ecosystems within this country?
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