1. Papua New Guinea(PNG) By: Catherine Ross and Maggie Downing

2. British Commonwealth A British commonwealth is a monarchy including a queen and king whose power is inherited, however they have little power. The prime minister is elected and is the head of the executive branch and the head of the government in Great Britain. ✴L✴Leaders ✴P✴Prime Minister Peter Paire O'Neill ✴Q✴Queen Elizabeth II

3. Constitutional Parliamentary Democracy ✴P✴Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare is the leader of PNG. ✴A✴A Constitutional Parliamentary Democracy is a democratic government with a parliament and a constitution that protect the peoples rights. ✴T✴T he leaders are elected into office

4. Economy ✴E✴Exports- coffee, cocoa, copra,palm kernels,tea,sugar, rubber, sweet potatoes,fruit, vegetables, vanilla;poultry, pork; shellfish ✴I✴Imports- Machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemical Palm kernels

5. Economy (continued) ✴T✴The economy is struggling because the GDP per capita is only $2,500 and 37% of the population live below the poverty line. ✴T✴The country is also a success because it thrives in its exotic exports around the world ✴T✴The economy type is a traditional economy which is an economy based on traditions and customs Cocoa

6. General Geography ✴L✴Located in the south pacific 6 S, 147 E ✴S✴Slightly larger than California ✴M✴Mostly mountains with coastal lowlands with rolling hills ✴T✴The Lowest point on the island is Pacific Ocean 0 meters ✴T✴The highest point on the island is Mount Wilhelm

7. Political Map

8. Physical Map

9. World Map

10. Climate ✴H✴Has Seasonal monsoons ✴N✴Northwest monsoon season- December to March ✴S✴Southeast monsoon season- May to October ✴I✴In PNG there are multiple Rain Forests ✴P✴PNG is just beneath the equator which causes it to have a tropical climate

11. Country Flag ✴T✴The yellow bird is a symbol paradise and full flight represents the country's freedom ✴T✴The five stars symbolize the constellation the Southern Cross, representing the stars Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon ✴T✴The design was created by a 15- year-old student ✴T✴The flag was formally adopted in 1971

12. Currency Different coins 1 Toea=$1.32048 2 Toea=$ 2.64096 5 Toea=$6.60240 10 Toea=$13.2048 20 Toea=$26.4096 50 Toea=$66.0240 75 Toea=$99.0360 100 toea=$132.048 100 toea=1 kina Many of the coins have British figures on them because they are part of the British commonwealth.

13. Language ✴T✴Tok Pisin (official) ✴E✴English (official) ✴H✴Hiri Motu (official) ✴T✴There is about 860 other tribal languages ✴T✴The tribal languages make up one-tenth of the world languages.

14. Culture This man is wearing traditional war paint and garments that are often used in traditional ceremonies or events, celebrations and holidays

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16. Culture (continued) click here to watch the whole video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV8q06PU5Wk&safety_mode=true&persist_safe ty_mode=1&safe=active

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