North America

 

Name of Country
Life
Rights
World Leader
Government Type
Voting
Schooling
Environment
Belize
It's hard living there because of the drug trade
Their rights are high because the leaders let them do whatever
Queen Elizabeth II
parliamentary democracy
President and Cabinet
people 15 and over are able to read and write.
their lakes and forests are getting damaged by people.
Bermuda
Lots of tourism but how do the people there like it?
They want to leave the country because they don't have a lot of rights
Queen Elizabeth II
parliamentary British overseas territory
Only President
people 15 and over are able to read and write.
Pollution and acid rain damage lakes, forest and oceans
Canada
Their life is almost like here
They can  vote for offices
Queen Elizabeth II & Prime Minister Paul Martin
Constitutional Monarchy
Prime Minister
people 15 and over are able to read and write.
rivers are polluted and there is no fresh water and a lot of pollution
Cayman Islands
Their island was almost like paradise.  A lot of people like to visit
they get to vote for a representative
Queen Elizabeth II
overseas territory of the UK
leader is appointed by Queen
people 15 and over are able to read and write.
rain forest is getting ruined.  They chop down trees
Costa Rica
A lot of people like to visit
they can vote
President Abel Pacheco
democratic republic
President
Not so good in schooling
fisheries are protected but ocean is getting polluted.  Less trees because of cattle
Cuba
A lot of people want to leave
they can not vote
Fidel Castro
Communist state
President
They are very high in schooling
they use lots of natural resources
Haiti
if you live there you'll be living in the poorest place in the western hemisphere
they don't have a lot because they're poor
 
Boniface Alexandre
elected government
they don't vote
It is different because they learn more at a higher age
n/a
Jamaica
There is a lot of violence in their lives partly because of the new vote of democrats
They get what they want but use it in bad ways
Queen Elizabeth II
constitutional parliamentary democracy
they don't vote at all
you have to be 15 and over to be in school.
fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism
Mexico
There are drugs selling everywhere, the people can't make a lot of money, and jobs are hard to find
this president was first one voted in
President Vicente Fox Quesada
federal republic
President
people 15 and over can attend school.
bauxite, gypsum, limestone
Netherlands Antilles
in there life they have a lot of population growth in war world 2 but now isn't very popular
they get lots of different drugs and let them allow them to do it
Queen Beatrix
constitutional monarchy
n/a
age 15 and over can read and write
n/a
Panama
It's hard to find jobs, but its getting better
they can vote and they overthrew a dictator
President Martin Torrijos Espino
constitutional 
President
people who are 15 and over can read and write.
natural gas, petroleum, peat, limestone, salt, sand and gravel, arable land
Puerto Rico 
It is like Spanish people living with lots of festivals
most of them speak Spanish there and not a lot speak English
President George W. Bush
common wealth
n/a
.it like our school but has some things lower than ours
coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
United States
it is sometimes complicated and sometimes easy in life problems.
a lot of different people from diff. countries come to United States
President George W. Bush
 
Constitution-based federal republic
President and Gov't officials
Our schools are better than any place in so. No. Am
fish, squid, wildlife, calcified seaweed, sphagnum moss
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