Country Report Research Template A comprehensive report template for researching countries around the world. My Country Research By: _______ Date: __________________________________ Name: _________________ Around the World Research Glossary Written below are words that you will see when completing your ‘Around the World Research Project’. It is important that you know what these words mean. Draw a line from each word to its definition. Climate The number of people living in a country Continent A home Currency A large body of lang, usually made up of more than one country Population Name/type of a country’s money Shelter A design on maps that shows you which way is north, south, east, and west Equator The most common weather Transportation An imaginary line that make the centre of the earth Compass Rose The way people get from one place to another Around the World Research Glossary As you conduct your research add in any words and definitions that you want to remember here. Word Definition Around the World Research Name of country: _______________________________ My country is in the continent: ____________________________ My country is in the Northern Hemisphere / Southern Hemisphere Population: _______________________ Area: _______________________ Currency: _____________________________ Official Language(s) spoken: ___________________________ My country’s flag: Which countries or bodies of water surround your country? To the north of my country is: ____________________ To the south of my country is: ____________________ To the east of my country is: ____________________ To the west of my country is: ____________________ Fill in this compass rose: Around the World Research How do you say “hello” in your country? _____________ What is the most popular religion in this country? _____________ What is a commonly celebrated holiday in this country? _____________ How do people celebrate this holiday? Write about at least one tradition. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ If someone were to visit this country, which city or monument would you recommend they go to, and why? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ List some animals that can be found in your country. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is the official sport or most popular sport in your country: _______________________ Around the World Research Is your country close to the equator? _____________ What is the climate in your country? (Are there seasons? Is it usually hot, cold, rainy, snowy, etc?) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is commonly used for transportation in your country? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ What does traditional clothing look like in your country? (draw and label) Around the World Research What does shelter look like in your country? What are homes made from? (describe the shelter, then draw) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ What type of food is eaten in your country? Describe the foods. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Around the World Research Write 5 interesting facts about your country. 1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ My Information Sources