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No. Country Geography Capital Head of State

Region : AFRICA

1 TanzaniaEast Africa- Indian

ocean at east

Dodoma/ Dar es Salaam

(largest city & commercial

capital)

President Jakaya

Mrisho Kikwete

2 Algeria

North Africa -

Mediterranean Sea tothe North

Algiers

Abdel Aziz

Bouteflika

3 Morroco

North Africa- Coasts

stretch from the

Mediterranean in the

North to the Atlantic in

the West

Rabat - Other Commercial

centers include Tangiers and

Casablanca

REGION: South

America

1 Venezuela

North Western Coast

of South America -

bordering guyana to

the east, colombia to

the west and Brazil toits south

CaracasPresident Hugo

Chavez

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2 Argentina

Argentina's continental

area is between the

Andes mountain range

in the west and the

Atlantic Ocean in the

east. It borders

Paraguay and Bolivia

to the north, Brazil and

Uruguay to the

northeast, and Chile to

the west and south.

Buenos Aires Kristina Fernandez

3 Ecuador

Lies with colombia to

its east and to its west

is the pacific ocean.

Peru to its south

Quito Rafael Correa

4 Colombia

Lies in the Northern

Portion of South

American Continent.

Shares borders with

venezuela, ecuador,

panama, brazil. It has

the Carribean Sea

towards its North East

and Towards it west is

the Pacific Ocean.

Bogota Juan Santos

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5 Guyana

Lies in the Northern

part of South

American Continent.Has the Carribean

Sea towards its north

and shares borders

with Suriname,

Venezuela, Brazil.

Georgetown

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Form of Government History Economy

Unitary Republic

The name Tanzania derivesfrom the names of the two

states Tanganyika and

Zanzibar that united in 1964

to form the United Republic

of Tanganyika and

Zanzibar, which later the

same year was renamed the

United Republic of Tanzania.

These two states were

previously divided between

Germany and Britain

IMF program in 1980s.

Poverty has lessened.

Based on agriculture. It

has abundant mineral

resources. 3rd largest

producer of gold in

Africa after SouthAfrica

and Ghana. It also has

large natural gas

reserves.

Semi-presidential republic

Part of Ottoman Empire,

Spanish colony and thenFrench

Emerging economy

which has natural gasand oil resources

Constitutional Monarchy

Remained part of the

Ummayad Empire, The

Ottoman and later parts of it

became Spanish and French

Protectorates. It acquired

independence in 1956

The major resources of

the Moroccan economy

are agriculture,

phosphates, and

tourism. Morroco has

undergone an IMF

programme. Its

economy has seen

some recovery and it

has now entered into

various free trade

agreements

Federal presidential

republic

Was a Spanish colony from

16th to 18th century. To this

day its official language is

Spanish. It faced political

turmoil in the 20th century

with various military

dictatorships and corrupt

leaders at the helm of affairs.

Today the President HugoChavez leads what is known

as the Bolivarian revolution

for revival of democracy,

eradication of corruption and

economic independence.

Venezuela exports rice,

corn, fish, tropical fruit,

coffee, beef, and pork.

The country is not self-

sufficient in most areas

of agriculture;

Venezuela imports

about two-thirds of itsfood needs. Petroleum

exports contribute to

33% of the GDP,

leading to an overall

trade surplus.

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Federal presidential

republic

A former Spanish colony.

Argentina remained a stable

entity during many crises and

was a major food supplier for

the allies during the two

World Wars. But it saw

military regimes and corruptgovernments which led to an

economic slump and a loss

of the country's prestige at

the end of their loss in the

Falklands War of 1982. By

2002 the economy was is a

state of turmoil and had

defaulted on its foreign debt.

But prudent policies since

then have led to an

economic revival.

Predominantly

agricultural economy

with contributions from

the service sector as

well.

Unitary Presidential

Republic

Remained a Spanish colony

from 15th to 18th Century.

Attained independence in

1830. It has seen turmoil in

the form of authoritarian

rulers and a war with Peru in

1941. Eventually it settled to

a democratic republic.

Ecuador's economy has

heavily depended onexporting resources

such as petroleum,

fish, shrimp, timber and

gold. In addition, it has

rich agriculture:

bananas, flowers,

coffee, cacao, sugar,

tropical fruits, palm

oil, palm hearts, rice,

roses, and corn. The

countrys greatest

national export is crude

Unitary Presidential

Republic

Spanish Colony till the early

19th century. Off icial

language to this day is

Spanish.

Even though theColombian Economy

has been doing well in

recent times, it does not

have an equitable

distribution of wealth

and more than half the

population lives in an

utterly dismal state of

poverty. Exports

include: Petroleum,

Coal, Coffee, Gold and

Emeralds.

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Semi-Presidential Republic

The combined territory of

modern day Guyana,

Suriname and French

Guiana has remained a

colony of the French, Dutch

and the British. It is one of

the four non-spanish

speaking territories on the

continent along with Brazil,

Suriname and French

Guiana.

Its economy is

dependent upon exports

such as gold, sugar,molasses and even

diamonds are found

here. Other than that it

also exports bauxite,

fish, Shrimp.

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Other info

Member of OPEC

Known for its tropical

weather and rich species in

its amazonian forests. Home

to portion of the Amazon

basin. Member of OPEC.

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Currently it is facing an

economic crisis due to

emerging market instability.

With Inflation levels above

50% they dediced to change

their currency to the US

dollar replacing sucre. Is

undergoing an IMF financial

restructuring programme.

Known for its biodiversity

and tropical flora and fuana.

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The present population of

Guyana is racially and

ethnically heterogeneous,

composed chiefly of the

descendants of immigrants

who came to the country as

either enslaved or

indentured labourers from

Africa, India, Ireland, the

Netherlands, Germany and

Portugal to work on Sugar

plantations. The population

therefore is made up of

groups with ethnic

backgrounds from India,

Africa, Europe, China, with

Abori inal.