Social Studies Economics - Bayport-Blue Point School District

Economics Report
Central America and The Caribbean Due ________________
Select one of the following Central American or Caribbean Nations
for your report:
Guatemala Panama
Honduras Haiti
Costa Rica Dominican Republic
Nicaragua Jamaica
El Salvador
Directions
: Your report should include the following:
1. A detailed map of the country.
2. A brief history of the nation.
3. A brief description of its type of government.
4. The following social statistics
:
(Use the “Development Data Book”) — Make a chart or graph
of the following: Make a similar chart for the United
States
Life Expectancy — Infant Mortality Rate — Population Per
Physician — Adult Literary Rate — Population 1981 —
Population Growth Rate — Projected Population by Year 2000
5. The following economic statistics
:
(Use the “Development Data Book”) — Make a chart or graph
of the following: Make a similar chart for the United
States
Major Products — Major Exports — Imports — GNP per Capita —
GNP Growth Rate — Percent of Workforce in Agriculture —
Energy Consumption per Capita
6. Describe 5 of the nation’s major economic problems.
7. Describe 3 of the nation’s major political problems.
8. Describe 5 ways in which this nation is important to the
United States.
9. In your opinion in what ways can the U.S. help this nation.
10. A bibliography of at least 4 sources of information you used.
11. Length — 750 words minimum.