Political organization: America

In order to learn the political organization of The Americas, here you have some materials at your disposal:

• a map of North and Central America and a map of South America
• a list of countries of The Americas and their capitals
• some geographical games on American countries and capitals:
  South American countries
  Central American countries  
  What's the name (Central)...?
  What's the name (South)...?
  What's the capital of (Central)...?
  What's the capital of (South)...?

Here are links to empty political maps of The Americas IN TWO PARTS (Tip: print them in a single paper on both sides): 

• North and Central America 
• South America

In the maps you must 

• write the name of the countries (in CAPITALS) and place their capitals (in Lower case) 
• write the name of the oceans and seas.

Democracy around the world: The Economist's Democracy Index 2018

Here you can find some information about the current situation of democracy around the world. 

• A map of the world showing the four types of regimes depicted in colours, the 2018 ranking and their evolution since 2006.
• In this link you can find the 2018 report on Democracy Index issued by renowned British weekly The Economist. 

Here are some activities to do:
1. Make up a current table similar to that on page no. 219. (You can find it on Wikipedia.)  
2. Name the 20 countries labeled as 'Full democracies' and write some of their features. Where are those countries mainly located? How many of them are monarchies? 
3. Name some of the features of the authoritarian regimes. Which is the most authoritarian regime in the world? Comment the examples of two Latin American countries that have sunk into this cathegory.
4. What is it said about women's political participation in the 2018 report?
5. What does the word 'populism' suggest to you? In which countries of Latin America has populism returned? Why? Highlight the ideological differences between their two leaders.
6. Which European countries have declined in the rankings of democracy? Explain shortly the causes.

Madrileños por el mundo: Asia

De la conocida serie documentales en la que personas originarias de la Comunidad de Madrid cuentan cómo viven y trabajan fuera de España, selecciono una muestra de países de Asia para mostrar la gran diversidad natural, social y cultural del más extenso de los continentes:

Madrileños por el mundo: Kazajstán

 Madrileños por el mundo: Kuala Lumpur (Malasia)

 

Madrileños por el mundo: Islas Maldivas 

En los dos últimos reportajes se menciona el durian, una exótica fruta típica del sudeste asiático que por su aspecto, olor y sabor no dejan indiferente a nadie. Veamos qué opinan de ella estos niños:

KIDS vs. FOOD #16 - DURIAN

   

Who Bit My Border?

In this interesting 2012 article in The New York Times you can learn how the island of New Guinea was split between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (commonly PNG). Reading Who Bit My Border? will allow you to understand the origin of an agreement that led to this curious line, the border between two continents: Asia and Oceania.

Political organization: Asia

In order to learn the political organization of Asia, here you have some materials at your disposal:

• a full map of the continent
• a list of Asian countries and capitals
• some geographical games on Asian countries and capitals:
  Where is...?
  What's the name...?
  What's the capital of...? 

Here is a link to an empty political map of Asia. In this map you must 

• write the name of the countries (in CAPITALS) and their capitals (in Lower case)
• colour the SIX regions into which Asia is divided (Central, East, North, Southeast, Western and South) according to the political division of the UNSD 
• write the name of the oceans and seas.

Political organization: Africa

In order to learn the political organization of Africa, here you have some materials at your disposal:

• a full map of the continent
• a list of African countries and capitals
• some geographical games on African countries and capitals:
  Where is...?
  What's the name...?
  What's the capital of...? 

Here is a link to an empty political map of Africa. In this map you must 

• write the name of the countries (in CAPITALS) and their capitals (in Lower case)
• colour the FIVE African regions into which Africa is divided (Northern, Western, Central, Eastern and Southern) according to the political division of the African Union 
• write the name of the oceans and seas.

Please, do not forget to draw the border of the new country of South Sudan (this map comes from an older version), and remember to place some archipelagos (Sao Tomé, the Seychelles and Mauritius) that are not shown.

English | Unit 6: An unequal world

Here you have the English materials related to Unit 6 "An unequal world". You can download them here.