KEPKA, ERIN / Country Report links

Google Earth to locate your island country! Spell correctly! Click on MORE INFO, not Wikipedia!

Use this site to find your land area in square miles, if you have a country! Scroll down to the search bar; be sure to look in the correct column! mi² = square miles If you are researching an island that is part of a country, click here for help !

CIA World Fact Book You will need to choose the country, and click the tabs to find information.

Life expectancy can also be found here; ROUND to the nearest whole number!

Sark is a Channel Island and Bermuda = 86F/78M.

World Capitals *most capitals are listed on Google Earth; click here if your island is a part of another country. You will need the largest city on the island for the weather research!

General forms of government (search the country name if you can't tell just by looking at the map; use this if your island is too small to see or is Greenland!)

Current population map (Be sure to hover over the correct country! Search by name for small islands. Sicily, Sark, Svalbard: see me)

Information on past populations! (Sicily, Sark, Svalbard, Sakhalin, and Crete: see me)

Cool Site to Compare Countries! You will need to click the search bar and then put in the name of two countries.

Weather (Use the capital/main city to search; PAUSE after typing it in for the website to find it! Be sure to give the 10 day ranges for low and high! For example: Chicago, IL 48-77F, partly cloudy to mostly sunny most days, winds around 10 mph)

***Economic Reminders! NOTES FROM CLASS

***Comparing economies - Developed and developing *You should be able to see the color for all islands!

World currency names - you can choose a continent at the top of the page to focus your search.

Global Average Income - use the CHART for the MONTHLY income; if your country is not on the chart, you will need to take the amount on the world map and divide by 12!
Taiwan is about like Belgium on the chart, Seychelles is about like Romania on the chart, Sark is about like UAE on the chart, Faroe Islands is about like Macao on the chart...still need help; see me.

Currency Converter - to add the conversion to your powerpoint, tell us $1USD = _??_ of the money of the country you are researching. Don't forget to LABEL the currency of your island!

National Geographic Explorer Good place to start with great country profiles! May not have all the islands!

Lonely Plant Travel You will need to search for your country by name.

Geographia has some sites and some links listed by continent.

Check Flights

World Health Organization

Health Info for travelers

CLICK HERE if you are having a hard time finding out about travel warnings. (Find your country and read about safety)

What is a hostel??

Natural Resources by Country

What is the difference between a president and a prime minister?

What is a parliament?

Newspapers http://www.newseum.com/ - Check out today`s headlines!

Choose any of these to use to search for current news in your country...READ the whole article!

Online Newspapers
World News

Photo ideas: http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/

Military expenditures for some Africa countries are not on our site...so Mozambique (in 2012) was 0.6% and Senegal (in 2010) was 1.55%. If you can not find your information, see me.

Israel currency CLICK HERE

United Arab Emirates CLICK HERE

Ethiopia costs CLICK HERE and HERE

Mozambique costs CLICK HERE and HERE

Poland costs CLICK HERE

Zimbabwe costs INFO CLICK HERE and HERE

Nigeria costs CLICK HERE (check page 3)

K enya costs CLICK HERE

Singapore costs CLICK HERE

Japan costs CLICK HERE

Senegal costs CLICK HERE (you may want to convert to US Dollars!)

Venezuela costs CLICK HERE (you may want to convert to US Dollars!)