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This template is an example. Students should have input as to what they feel is important in determining the following: How is the country I am researching the same as or different from the country I live in? What factors are important in determining life expectancy? |
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| Information Template |
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| Name: _________________________________________________________ |
Country: Mozambique |
| Partner’s Name: ________________________________________________________ |
Partner’s Country: Bolivia |
| Field |
United States |
Country
Mozambique |
Country
Bolivia |
| Continent |
North America |
Africa |
South America |
| Area in Square Miles |
9,629,091 |
801,590 |
1,098,580 |
| Arable Land |
19% |
4% |
2% |
| Permanent Pasture |
25% |
56% |
24% |
| Forest and Woodlands |
30% |
18% |
53% |
| Land Use—Other |
26% |
22% |
21% |
| Population |
276 million |
19 million |
8 million |
| Environmental Issues |
Air pollution resulting in acid rain, largest emitter of carbon dioxide, water pollution, limited water in southwest |
Long civil war and recurrent drought
resulting in high
urban population and coastal areas with deseretification and pollution |
Clearing of land for
agricultural purposes and international demand for
tropical timber contributing
to deforestation; soil erosion
from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods; loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies |
| Population Growth Per Year |
.9 % |
1.3% |
1.8% |
| Births Per 1,000 Women |
14.2 |
14.2 |
27.3 |
| Deaths Per 1,000 People Per Year |
8.7 |
24.2 |
8.2 |
| HIV/AIDS Deaths Per Year |
20,000 |
98,000 |
380 |
| Physicians Per 100,000 People |
276 |
6 |
130 |
| People Living With HIV/AIDS |
850,000 |
1,200,000 |
4,200 |
| HIV/AIDS Prevalence |
.6% |
13.2% |
.1% |
| Infant Mortality Rate Per 1,000 Live Births |
6.8 |
139.2 |
59 |
| Life Expectancy |
77 |
36 |
64 |
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Access to Safe Water, % of Population in 2000 |
100 |
57 |
83 |
| Fertility, Average Births Per Woman |
2.1 |
4.8 |
3.5 |
| Ethnic Groups |
White 83%, Black 12%, Asian 3%, Amerindian, Other 2% |
Indigenous Tribal 99%, Other 1% |
Quechua 30%, Mestizo 30%, Aymara 25%, White 15% |
| Religion |
Protestant 56%,
Roman Catholic 28%, None 10%, Other 4%, Jewish 2% |
Indiginous Beliefs 50%
Chrisitian 30%, Muslim 20% |
Roman Catholic 95%, Other 5% |
| Languages |
English, Spanish |
Portuguese, Indigenous Dialects |
Spanish, Quechua, Aymara |
| Literacy |
97% |
42% |
83% |
| Government Type |
Federal Republic |
Republic |
Republic |
| Capital |
Washington, DC |
Maputo |
La Paz |
| GDP in U.S. $ Per Year |
9.2 trillion |
19.1 million |
20 billion |
| GDP Per Capita in U.S. $ Per Year |
33,900 |
1,000 |
2,600 |
| Population in Poverty |
12.7% |
70% |
70% |
| Unemployment |
4.2% |
21% |
11.4% |
| Exports in U.S. $ Per Year |
663 billion |
390 million |
1 billion |
| Exports Products |
Capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies, raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products |
Cotton, cashews,
sugarcane, tea, cassava, corn, rice, coconuts, sisal, tropical fruits, beef,
poultry |
Soybeans, coffee, coca,
cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, timber |
| Imports in U.S. $ Per Year |
912 billion |
1.4 billion |
1.1 billion |
| Economic Aid |
Donor |
Recipient |
Recipient |
| Economic Aid in U.S. $ Per Year |
6.9 billion |
1 billion |
588 million |
| Internet Service Providers |
7,600 |
8 |
9 |
| Natural Hazards |
Tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, forest fires, floods, permafrost |
Droughts, floods, cyclones |
Floods |
| Illicit Drugs |
Consumer: cocaine, heroine, marijuana
Producer: drug money laundering |
Consumer: South Asian hashish,
South Asian heroin,
South American cocaine
Producer: cannabis and methaqualone |
Producer: coca
(world's third-largest) |
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