How do we know which countries are rich?

Your to-do list

• What data would you look at to determine whether or not a school is a good one? Please post your answers here.

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How do we know if a country is wealthy or not? Please post your answers here.

What is GDP?

Let's talk about GDP v. GDP per capita. Head to the CIA World Factbook please. Grab a name tent. Look up what your country's GDP purchasing power parity and GDP per capita are. Use the 2014 data, please. Be sure to note not only the figure but the world rank (labeled as country comparison to the world on the site) as well. Record your country's name and all of the data you were asked to collect on the name tent.

But after all of this, is GDP even the best measure? Check out GDP Smackdown! Keep track of the pros and cons to using GDP according to this video.



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Homework: Your first map quiz on Europe. Be ready with your Western European countries for Monday! Check out the list of countries you will need to know for each quiz here. Click here to see what the quiz will look like.

You will need to know the following countries for Monday

• Andorra
• Belgium
• France
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Luxembourg
• Netherlands
• Portugal
• Spain
• United Kingdom