Lesson 3: What's the Difference?
Handout 1

Research Guide

I. Human-environmental interaction

A. How have people changed or altered the environment?

B. How does the environment affect the people who live in the country?

II. Economy
A. Economic facts
1. Percent employed in agriculture
a. Chief agricultural products
2. Percent employed in industry
a. Chief manufactured products
3. Percent employed in other areas

4. Gross domestic product or gross national product (where available)

a. Per capita GDP may be helpful in determining the wealth of the people living in the country.
Remember: These figures do NOT indicate income. This figure may be easier to understand than the billions of dollars indicated for the GDP or GNP.
B. Type of economy (market, command, traditional)
III. Government
A. Describe the type of government in the country: democratic, totalitarian, socialist, communist
IV. Examples of injustices and/or discrimination
A. Give examples of discrimination, intolerance, and injustices found. (Examples may be from Lesson Two: Violations and Dreams.)

B. Indicate which organizations (if any) have or are attempting to intervene on behalf of the people.