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| Afghanistan | civil war ruined everything |
no rights, rights taken over by Taliban |
Hamid Karzai |
no functional government |
President |
boys and girls school separate, education up to 6th grade is a must, has lowest literacy rate |
No |
Yes: zinc, petroleum, iron, salt, lead, precious and semi-precious stones |
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Armenia |
regular life, multi-religious, multilingual |
same rights as people in the U.S. |
Andranik Markariah |
Republic |
Prime Minister |
no primary or formal schooling, regular public and private schools |
Yes |
Yes: small deposits of gold, zinc, and copper |
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| Bangladesh | people live in villages and don't travel from village to village often |
all can vote, women's rights, right of speech |
Iajuddin Ahmed |
Parliamentary democracy |
President |
like our schools, but boy's education is free, girls are free until high school |
Yes |
Yes: timber, natural gas, coal |
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China |
people very serious, China is a state of etiquette and ceremonies, largest populated |
freedom of speech, freedom of religion freedom of voting, women's rights |
Jiang Zemin |
Communist state |
President | everyone must have education, very high literacy rate |
Yes |
Yes: coal, iron, petroleum, natural gas |
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India |
known for its traditions and festivities |
freedom of speech, freedom of religion freedom of voting, freedom of independence |
Man Mohan Singh |
federal republic |
Prime Minister |
schools for everyone, but not very many schools |
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Yes: coal, diamonds, natural gas, iron, and petroleum |
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Iran |
Remains home to Jewish and enclave |
Property rights, freedom of press freedom of speech, woman's rights |
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Theocratic republic |
President | Education considered top priority |
Yes |
Yes: iron, petroleum, lead, zinc, sulphur |
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Japan |
people are mainly Buddhists, speak Japanese known for its traditional culture and rich, artistic heritage |
right to vote, right to speak, right to own property, women's rights |
Junichiro Koiumi |
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Prime Minister |
home schooling is on rise, children ages 7-14 recommended to go to school, high school not mandatory |
Yes |
Yes: negligible mineral resources , fish |
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North Korea |
under rule of very mean king, people hungry, can't go in or out of the country |
no rights |
king Kim-Jong-il |
Communist state |
none |
have schools, but are not used much because most kids are working at home |
Yes, but only to the people the king likes |
Yes: tin, fish, rice |
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Pakistan |
have mainly Muslims, speak Urdu, culture close to India's culture |
right to vote, right of speech, more liberal than middle east |
Pervez Musharraf |
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President | some private schools, some public,people aren't very educated |
Yes |
Yes: natural gas reserves, salt, limestone, iron, copper, little petroleum, poor quality coal |
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Russia |
people mostly speak Russian and are Russians, but are also multi-religious |
freedom of all religions, weak freedom of expression, freedom of media, freedom of independence, right to own property |
Vladimir Vladimirrovich Putin |
constitutional monarchy |
President | people are really educated, literacy rate is 99% |
Yes |
Yes: oil, natural gas, petroleum, timber, coal, minerals |