Virtual Voyager #2

Now that you know where in the world to absolutely and relatively find your country, it is time to uncover how your country economically survives year after year.  Your task is three-fold.

First, click on the Fact Monster Link http://sf.factmonster.com/countries.html and find your country in the alphabetical list.   Then, you are required to use the Fact Monster site to look up the United States' economic information (blue column, left-hand side).  You will be looking for your country's Monetary Unit, GDP, Income Per Capita, Inflation, Unemployment, Exports, Imports, and Trading Partners.  Both the data from your country and the United States will be recorded on the Virtual Voyager handout.

Lastly, you are going to "Sum It Up" in $2.00 or less.  Each word costs $.10 therefore a summary sentence for each economic comparison needs to be 20 words or less.  Your sentences will create a paragraph and use proper spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and transitions.  Your paragraph will be 10 sentences long including and introduction and conclusion.
For example, Mrs. Aschbrenner's country is Colombia.  She learns the monetary unit of Colombia is a Colombian Peso.  The GDP is $470.7 billion, the average per capita is $10,100, and inflation is 3.7%.  Colombia's unemployment is 19.8%, it exports $56.5 billion in goods, and it imports $54.7 in goods.  Colombia's trading partners include US, Venezuela, Ecuador, China, Mexico, and Brazil.  Mrs. Aschbrenner researches and records the same data for the US.  Now it is time to "Sum It Up" in $2.00.

"Colombia and the US have economic similarities and differences. (Intro sentence - 9 words).  Both countries operate using a monetary unit, although the US uses the dollar while Colombia uses the Colombian Peso. (19 words) Colombia's GDP is $470.7 billion which is approximately $13.5 trillion less than the US. (14 words) Colombians earn $10,100 per capita which is about $35,000 less than Americans. (12 words)  The Colombian Peso is inflated 3.7% while the US dollar is not inflated but worth less than its face value. (20 words) Both countries suffer from unemployment at a relatively equal rate with Colombia's 10.8% only 1% higher than the US.  (19 words)  The US exports $940 billion more in goods than Colombia that averages $56.5 billion. (14 words)  Additionally, the US' imports are more than double Colombia's $54.7 billion. (11 words)  Colombia recognizes the US as a major trading partner however Colombia is not viewed that way by the US. (19 words)  Economically, Colombia and the US have similar financial trends but Colombia is obviously not as developed as the US.  (Conclusion sentence - 19 words)