American Government

Use the following charts, graphs, and maps to answer the questions below. Turn the questions in on paper. Answer the final question, #6, in the comments section below.

1. What was the number of independent governments in 1902? In 1997?

2. What hemisphere (eastern, western, northern, southern) has the greatest concentration of multiparty democracies during the 1960s?

3. How did the North Eastern hemisphere change by 1997?

4. What percentage of the world’s population lived under a multiparty democracy in 1902? In 1952? In 1997?

5. What percentage of the world’s population lived under a traditional monarchy in 1902? In 1952? In 1997?

6. Write a one paragraph conclusion on how the types of government changed from 1902 to 1997 and post it in the “comments” section below.

Use this website to find the information you need for your country: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Look up the following:

1) Population, Life expectancy

2) Location (bordering nations)

3) Government type

4) Gross Domestic Product (GDP)