Country_____________________

Name_______________________

African Countries Web Quest

A Go to www.wikipedia.org
1. Type in the name of your country in the box. Click on the arrow.
Use the box in the right column to answer:
What is the capital? _________________________
Who is the leader/president? _________________________
B Go to weather.cnn.com Scroll down. Type the name of the capital in the
gray
box. Find these answers:
3.
Current condition: _______________ Temperature: _________
Humidity:_____________
Wind: __________
Sunrise:__________
__________

Sunset:

C Go to www.cia.gov In the right hand side, under Quick Links, click on

World
Factbook. In the white pull down menu, click the name of your assigned
African country.
4. What are the bordering countries? (dont worry about size of the borders)

___________
_______________________________________________________________________
_
5. Scroll down to the People section. What is the population?
__________________________
6. What is the life expectancy at birth? ______________________________ (use total)
7. What is the literacy rate? __________ (use total)
8. What are the religions? (top 5)

_____________________________________________
9. What are the languages? (top 5)

____________________________________________
10. Scroll down to the Government section. List the government type:
___________________

***If you dont know the government type, click on the book symbol to learn more.

11. Scroll down to the Economy section. List 5 of the Exports-Commodities:

_______________

________________________________________________________________________

E Go to www.worldtimeserver.com. Scroll down to Current Times, type in

your
country & click Get Time.
12.

Record the current time HERE in America: ____________

13.

Record the current time in your country: ____________

14.

What is the difference, in hours? _______________ *They are AHEAD of

us