Instructions:

Use an online resource, NationMaster.com, to create a map showing the "Top Ten
Countries" for a wide variety of statistical information;

1. Copy the top ten countries generated at the back of the map
2. Label the maps with the headline Top Ten Countries for _________.
3. Color the MAP to show the "top ten countries" for the category s/he is
assigned.
4. Write a brief paragraph explaining what information is illustrated by the
maps they created.

Crime: Assaults (countries with largest number of assaults)

Crime: Assaults per capita (countries with largest number of assaults for every
1000 people)

Crime: Car thefts per capita (countries with largest number of car thefts for
every 1000 people)

Crime: Murders (countries with largest number of murders)

Crime: Murders per capita (countries with largest number of murders for every
1000 people)

Crime: Police (countries with largest number of police officers)

Crime: Police per capita (countries with largest number of police officers for
every 1000 people)

Crime: Prisoners (countries with largest number of prisoners)

Crime: Prisoners per capita (countries with largest number of prisoners for every
1000 people)

Crime: Robberies (countries with largest number of robberies)

Crime: Robberies per capita (countries with largest number of robberies for
every 1000 people)

Democracy: Presidential elections, registered voter turnout (countries with

largest percent of voters who vote in elections)

Economy: Budget expenditures per capita (countries that spend most money per
person)

Economy: Exports (countries that export the most goods to other countries)
Economy: Exports to the United States. (countries that export the most goods to
the United States.)

Economy: Gross National Income per capita (countries in which people earn the
most, on average/per person)

Economy: Imports (countries that import the most goods from other countries)

Economy: Imports from the United States. (countries that import the most
goods from the United States.)

Economy: Inflation 1990-2000 (countries with highest inflation rates)

Economy: Population below poverty line (countries with highest percent of

people who live below the poverty level)

Economy: Tourist Arrivals (countries with largest number of tourists from other
countries)

Education: Literacy, total population (countries with highest number of people

who can read)

Energy: Electricity consumption per capita (countries in which the most

electricity is consumed per person)

Energy: Gasoline Prices (countries in which gasoline is most expensive)

Energy: Oil consumption per capita (countries in which the most oil is consumed
per person)

Environment: Threatened Species (countries with largest number of species

known to be threatened)

Geography: Area (land) per capita (countries with the most land available for
each person)

Geography: Largest city population (countries with largest number of people

who live in large cities)

Geography: Precipitation (countries that get the most rain each year)

Health: Life expectancy (countries in which people are expected to live longest)

Health: Probability of not reaching age 40 (countries in which the most people
die before age 40)
Health: Tobacco - Total adult smokers (countries with largest percent of adult
smokers)

Health: Tobacco - Total young smokers (countries with largest percent of young
smokers)

Labor: Long-term unemployment (countries with largest percent of workers

unemployed long-term)

Labor: Unemployment rate (countries with highest percent of unemployed

workers)

Language: Spanish speakers (countries with largest percent of people who

speak Spanish)

Media: Cinema attendance per capita (countries in which people see the largest
number of movies per person per year)

Media: Internet users (countries with largest number of Internet users)

Media: Internet users per capita (countries with largest number of Internet
users for every 1000 people)

Media: Newspapers (countries with the most newspapers)

Media: Newspapers per capita (countries with largest number of newspapers for
every 1 million people)

Media: Personal computers per capita (countries with largest number of

computers for every 1000 people)

Media: Televisions per capita (countries with largest number of televisions for
every 1000 people)

Military: Armed forces personnel (countries with the most military personnel)

Military Expenditures - Dollar figure per capita (countries that spend most, per
person, to support the military)

People: Divorce rate (countries with largest number of divorces for every 1000
people)

People: Persons per room (countries with largest number of people who live in
each room of a home)

Transportation: Airports per capita (countries with largest number of airports for
every 1 million people)
Transportation: Highways paved per capita (countries with largest number of
kilometers of paved highway for every 1000 people)

Transportation: Motor vehicles (countries with largest number of vehicles for

every 1000 people)