Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Vietnam
Colonized: 2 September 1945 (from France)
Per Capita Income: $2,600 (2007 est.)
Literacy Rate:
total population: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Life Span:
total population: 71.33 years
male: 68.52 years
female: 74.33 years (2008 est.)
HIV Population:
220,000 (2003 est.)
3 Connections: French
Ethnic Groups: Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1% (1999 census)
Languages: Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Per Capita Income: $2,600 (2007 est.)
Literacy Rate:
total population: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Life Span:
total population: 71.33 years
male: 68.52 years
female: 74.33 years (2008 est.)
HIV Population:
220,000 (2003 est.)
3 Connections: French
Ethnic Groups: Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1% (1999 census)
Languages: Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Laos
Colonized: 19 July 1949 (from France)
Per Capita Income: $1,900 (2007 est.)
Literacy Rate:
total population: 68.7%
male: 77%
female: 60.9% (2001 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
total: 79.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 88.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 69.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Life Span:
total population: 56.29 years
male: 54.19 years
female: 58.47 years (2008 est.)
HIV population: 1,700 (2003 est.)
3 connections: Legal system based on traditional customs, French legal norms and procedures.
Language: Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
Ethnic Groups: Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong and the Yao 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1%
Per Capita Income: $1,900 (2007 est.)
Literacy Rate:
total population: 68.7%
male: 77%
female: 60.9% (2001 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
total: 79.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 88.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 69.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Life Span:
total population: 56.29 years
male: 54.19 years
female: 58.47 years (2008 est.)
HIV population: 1,700 (2003 est.)
3 connections: Legal system based on traditional customs, French legal norms and procedures.
Language: Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
Ethnic Groups: Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong and the Yao 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1%
Monday, June 2, 2008
Chad
Colonized by:France
Natural Resources: petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt
Per Capita Income: $1,600 (2007 est.)
Language: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
Literacy Rate:
total population: 47.5%
male: 56%
female: 39.3% (2003 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
total: 100.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 106.48 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 94 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Life Span:
total population: 47.43 years
male: 46.4 years
female: 48.5 years (2008 est.)
Language:
French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
Ethnic Groups:
Sara 27.7%, Arab 12.3%, Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%, Kanem-Bornou 9%, Ouaddai 8.7%, Hadjarai 6.7%, Tandjile 6.5%, Gorane 6.3%, Fitri-Batha 4.7%, other 6.4%, unknown 0.3% (1993 census)
Money: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States
3 Continued Influences:Legal system: based on French civil law system, Money:Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States,Language:French
Natural Resources: petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt
Per Capita Income: $1,600 (2007 est.)
Language: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
Literacy Rate:
total population: 47.5%
male: 56%
female: 39.3% (2003 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
total: 100.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 106.48 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 94 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Life Span:
total population: 47.43 years
male: 46.4 years
female: 48.5 years (2008 est.)
Language:
French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
Ethnic Groups:
Sara 27.7%, Arab 12.3%, Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%, Kanem-Bornou 9%, Ouaddai 8.7%, Hadjarai 6.7%, Tandjile 6.5%, Gorane 6.3%, Fitri-Batha 4.7%, other 6.4%, unknown 0.3% (1993 census)
Money: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States
3 Continued Influences:Legal system: based on French civil law system, Money:Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States,Language:French
Sudan
Sudan
Natural Resources:petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower
Language:Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English
Ethnic Groups: black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
Literacy Rate:
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 86.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 87.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 86.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est).
Life Span:
total population: 50.28 years
male: 49.38 years
female: 51.23 years (2008 est.)
Colonized by:
1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK)
3 continued influences: money pounds (UK), one official language English,5 % are christian
Natural Resources:petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower
Language:Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English
Ethnic Groups: black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
Literacy Rate:
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 86.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 87.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 86.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est).
Life Span:
total population: 50.28 years
male: 49.38 years
female: 51.23 years (2008 est.)
Colonized by:
1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK)
3 continued influences: money pounds (UK), one official language English,5 % are christian
Friday, May 30, 2008
New nation seeks stability
Why did many nations win their independence from European rule after World War II?
The people in the colonized countries had started movements to get their freedom. National leaders were insisting that the countries be freed. Britain, France and other countries tried to keep the colonies but they were out of money from the war, their armies had been crippled by the war and the citizens were tired of fighting.
How did the Cold War undermine imperialism?
The United States and the Soviet Union came out of the war as super powers. Each wanted the colonized countries to be freed and they were trying to become allies with the colonized countries. They offered them economic military help.
Why did many new nations remain unaligned?
Many did not want to get in the middle of the fight between the United States and the Soviet Union. They wanted world peace not more world tension.
How many new countries emerged during the Great Liberation?
90 new countries emerged.
What problems did new nations face while seeking stability?
The European countries had made boundaries that separated the people with similar cultures. Now, new boundaries were again made for countries. People with different cultures had to live together in new countries. They didn't have things in common. The people were not prepared to set up a government. Many areas had revolutions or civil wars to decide who would win control. Some areas were controlled by military or a dictator took control. The majority of the people remained poor and little was done to educate them.
The people in the colonized countries had started movements to get their freedom. National leaders were insisting that the countries be freed. Britain, France and other countries tried to keep the colonies but they were out of money from the war, their armies had been crippled by the war and the citizens were tired of fighting.
How did the Cold War undermine imperialism?
The United States and the Soviet Union came out of the war as super powers. Each wanted the colonized countries to be freed and they were trying to become allies with the colonized countries. They offered them economic military help.
Why did many new nations remain unaligned?
Many did not want to get in the middle of the fight between the United States and the Soviet Union. They wanted world peace not more world tension.
How many new countries emerged during the Great Liberation?
90 new countries emerged.
What problems did new nations face while seeking stability?
The European countries had made boundaries that separated the people with similar cultures. Now, new boundaries were again made for countries. People with different cultures had to live together in new countries. They didn't have things in common. The people were not prepared to set up a government. Many areas had revolutions or civil wars to decide who would win control. Some areas were controlled by military or a dictator took control. The majority of the people remained poor and little was done to educate them.
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