To complete this step, your essay and research should, at the very least, include answers, rationales, and insights into the following questions regarding your country. Organize your work into a readable and persuasive essay. Do not offer one-liners to the questions below. These are meant to guide your thoughts, not the structure for the essay:
I. Country and Capital City
- What is the name of the country you are researching
- What is the capital city of the country being researched
- Offer a brief description about your country to indicate its geographical location and topography (for e.g., tropical, desert, savanna, mountainous, or a combination)
II. The Colonial History of your Country
- What was the nature and type of colonial rule of your country?
- Which European colonial power ruled this territory?
- What were the dates of colonial occupation?
- What was the impact of colonial rule to local political structures?
- How did colonial occupation impact:the economy,
- social and cultural institutions, and
- traditional religions and spiritual practices?
- Describe two major events during colonial occupation and the process leading to independence.
- What was the date of independence?
III Current Political Context
- Who is the present leader of your assigned country.
- What political system was introduced and what changes were made in the two decades after independence?
- How have the politics of the country changed over the last past twenty years?
- What is the current political system in place, and what are the main political parties?
- When were the last elections held and what was the outcome, that is, which political party gained power and which political party ceded power (if relevant)?
- What was the reaction to the election results among the contending parties, the populace, the media and election observers?
- When are the next elections scheduled to take place?
- Assess the state of the political system and media in the country.
- What is the current relationship between the US and your assigned country?
Created by the Penn State University Libraries on the basics of APA. You may also refer to: APA Quick Citation Guidefor help. Organize your work into a readable and persuasive essay. Do not offer one-liners to the questions above. These are meant to guide your thoughts, not the structure for the essay.