PLEASE NOTE: Daily posting and “Answers” emails will end for the school year on Friday, May 27th.

1. For each of the 3 countries, give the following information:

1. capital
2. location/the countries that share its borders
3. the religious breakdown of the population
4. the type of government
5. the chief of state (and head of government if different) If monarch or dictator, since what date has he/she ruled? – include name of heir apparent for monarch
6. the population

Find the answers at the CIA World FactBook website. For each country, answers can be found under the “Geography” “People” and “Government” headings.

NOTE to students: Before answering the questions below, read the information under “Background.”

2. For IRAN:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) What is Spider 2?
c) What did Iran’s cyber-crimes court accuse those arrested of doing? What charges were brought against them?
d) What social media sites are currently blocked in Iran?

3. For INDIA:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) Who is Vishna Gupta? How did he explain his group’s fervent support for Donald Trump?
c) How did software developer Shourya Sharma explain his support for Trump?
d) What is your reaction to these assertions?

4. For CHINA:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) How long did Communist China’s Cultural Revolution last?
c) What admission did China’s Communist rulers make in 1981 about Communist ruler Mao Tse Dung’s Cultural Revolution?
d) What do the Communist rulers today say about the Cultural Revolution?
CHALLENGE:
Read the “Background” below and visit the link to the wikipedia page on the Cultural Revolution. How many of the following terms can you define? Re-education through labor, Mao’s Little Red Book, bourgeois, public humiliation, the Great Leap Forward