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Your team will utilize the information from your country data sheets to complete the database, spreadsheet and PowerPoint sections of your geography portfolio.  The information that you are locating is based upon the Five Themes of Geography. You will need to include information from at least 4 different sources, one of these should be a print source. Please use the table below to record the information needed to compile your bibliography.

Location:
 
What are the latitude and longitude coordinates of this country?
What are this country's major cities, landforms, and resources?
Place:
 
What is this country's official name, size, and population?
What customs, religions, languages, and ethnic groups are found in this country?
Describe this country's landforms, natural resources, plants and animals.
Describe this country's climate and weather patterns.

Relationship Within Places:
 

How have the people in this place adapted to the climate? 
How has the climate affected the settlement of people within this country?
How do the people of this country use their natural resources ?
What forms of energy do people of this country use?
How do the different cultures in this country get along?
How do people of this country make their living?
What economic issues face this country?
Describe some of the important people and events in the history of this country.

Movement:
 

Where do the majority of people live in this country? 
How are goods, services, and people transported within this country?
How are people, goods, services and ideas moved to and from this country?
What methods do people use to communicate ideas and information?
How have traditions and customs passed from one generation to another?

Regions: 
 
 

What type of government does this country have and how was it formed? 
What are some unique characteristics of this country?
What are some major tourist attractions found in this country?

 

Bibliography Source Check - List

Resource
Title
Author
Date
URL  or Publisher
Book
publisher
Encyclopedia

& volume #

if signed
publisher
Internet Site
_

of site & date searched
URL
CD-ROM
_
publisher

Sample Bibliography

When you prepare your bibliography you must list your sources according to the MLA Style Sheet. Following are the examples for the four types of resources your team will have used in locating your data:
 
Book Selby, Anna. Spain:  Country Fact Files. Austin, Texas: Raintree-Steck Vaughn. 1994
Encyclopedia Galloway, J.H. (1996). "Brazil". World Book Encyclopedia. 1996 ed.
Internet Atlapedia Online. 4 Oct. 2000 <http://www.atlapedia.com>
CD-ROM China.  CD-ROM. World Book, 1998.

Bibliography Evaluation Rubric

Your team will need to review your final bibliography; the completed bibliography will be evaluated on the following components:
Component
5 points
3 points
1 point
Total
Sources
 All sources are listed 2 or more sources are listed Less than 2 sources are listed
_____
URL's
 Complete URL's are listed for all sources 2 or more URL's are listed for all sources Less than 2 sources are listed 
_____
Notations
 All sources contain complete notations Several sources contain incomplete notations Information is missing throughout the bibliography
_____
Spelling
 No spelling errors occur in the bibliography Several sources contain misspelled entries Spelling mistakes are present throughout the bibliography
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