Create Your Own Country!!!!!! Create a country of your own. Use your imagination. The sky is the limit so have fun! Want your country to be underground? Go for it! Want your people to speak only in monosyllabic grunts? Fine. Just remember that it must be logical, and you must answer the questions provided about your country. Use these questions as your checklist for making sure you have addressed all the necessary points for your country.

Country… Using both the real world and your imagination you will be creating your own country. Each of the pages required for your travel guide must be assigned to a person or persons in the group. There are just five rules that you have to follow: 1) Your country must be located somewhere on the surface of the Earth. You can create an island or you can place your country between real countries. 2) Based on the location of your country your climate and vegetation must be realistic. You cannot have a tropical forest in a desert. 3) Your group must have typed detailed responses to the list of questions below. 4) You must also include everything that is on the check list. 5) The sky is the limit, so be creative and have fun!

Cover Page The Cover page is the name of your country and the National Flag you created to represent it.

Page 1 - Map ______ Map (15 pts) Job__________ ______ Nation’s Capital ______ Include 5 other cities ______ Include 5 Physical Features and their symbols ______ National Capital on both maps. _____ Map Requirements (20 pts) ______ Symbol for Capital (5 pts) ______ Map must have a Key (3 pts) ______ Map must have a Scale (3 pts) ______ Map must have a Compass Rose (3 pts) ______ Both Maps have realistic lines of longitude and latitude (3 pts) ______ Map is creative, colorful, and neat (3 pts)

Page 2 – Basic Information ______ What is the name of your Country? ______ What does your countries flag look like? What is the story behind it? ______ What is your country’s national anthem?

Page 3- Location ______ Where is your country located? ______ Include your country’s quadrant (NE, NW, SE, SW) and continent ______ Using cardinal directions to identify the closest countries and bodies of water. ______ The absolute location of your country’s capital (Longitude and Latitude). ______ Identify 5 physical features that are located in your country. ______ How does the location of your country determine the vegetation and climate?

Page 4- Place ______ Describe the physical geography of your country. ______ What natural resources can be found in your country? ______ Where can the natural recourses be found? ______ What is the population of your country? ______ Where do most of the people live? ______ What types of jobs do people have to make a living? ______ What language(s) is spoken? ______ What is the ethnic make-up of the population? ______ What types of transportation is there? ______ Why is your country unique and special?

Page 5- Human-Environment Interaction ______ How do people use the environment? ______ How have they changed the environment? ______ What are the consequences of these changes? ______ What jobs have been created by the environment?

Page 6- Movement ______ What are the methods of communication in your country? ______ How are goods and natural resources transported?

Page 7- Region ______ What kind of social structure is there in your country? ______ What type of economic system is there? ______ What kind of political system (democracy, anarchy, communism, dictatorship, etc.) governs your country? ______ Is your country governed by one big central government or smaller local governments?