Assignment 1 (Ashley)

1. What is your country’s governmental system? Provide a definition (www.cia.gov)
1. Communists under MAO Zedong established an autocratic socialist system that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. A Communist society a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
2. List five important events in your country’s history since 1914.
1. 911
2. Civil War – End of Slavery
3. Pearl Harbor
4. Vietnam
5. Great Depression
3. What is your country’s economic system? (www.cia.gov)
1. Capitalist/ mixed economy
4. List your nation’s five largest trading partners? (www.cia.goI. General Questions : Countryv)
1. China
2. Canada
3. Mexico
4. Japan
5. Germany
5. What is the monetary size of your domestic and foreign debt? (www.cia.gov)
1. 10.9 trillion
6. To which country does your country owe the most money? (www.cia.gov)
1. China
7. What is the numerical size of your standing and reserve armed forces? (www.cia.gov)
1. 3 million
8. Are you a nuclear power? (www.cia.gov)
1. What countries do you share your religion(s) with? List them.
a. Africa
b. Asia
c. Europe
d. N/S America
e. Middle East
2. Does your country object to any, all, or some of the religions of another country. Briefly explain.
a. France rejects some Islamic Muslims
3. Define Sharia.
a. The body of Islamic laws
4. What role does Sharia play in your country?
a. The Sharia affects the citizens living in France. February 18, 2009 France expressed worry Wednesday that Pakistan's decision to allow local leaders in a strife-torn northwestern region impose Sharia law would mark a setback for girls and women’s' rights
5. What role does religion and state play in your government?
a. Catholicism is the primary religion in France. France had traditionally been considered the Church's eldest daughter, and had close links to the Pope, which caused conflicts, in particular during the Reformation between Catholics and Huguenots. Care is generally free for people affected by chronic diseases
Yes
9. List your country’s most important cultural values? (www.cia.gov)
1. Religion
2. Individuality
3. Freedom physically/ verbally
4. Equality
5. Liberty
6. Media
10. To what extent, if any, does your government control media and culture? Briefly describe
1. The government does not control the media, but moderates it so that they can filter out certain information that they like or dislike and prevent it from getting to the public.
11. List your country’s most important resources? (www.cia.gov)
1. Coal
2. Oil
3. Petroleum
12. List the important resources is your country lacking? i.e. what does it need to import a great deal of?
1. Money
2. Oil
3. Petroleum
13. What is your country’s population? (www.cia.gov)
1. 304, 059, 724
14. What is your country’s main religion? What percentage of your people are this religion?
1. There is not main religion in America, because it is a secular nation that possesses an Amendment that allows people to pick their religion without being forced to pick one.
15. List other religions, if there are any, which play and important role in your country.
1. Christianity
16. What is your government’s policy towards religion and state? (www.cia.gov)
1. Religion is free because American is a secular nation, and the government is made for the people by the people.