1. For each of the 3 countries, give the following information:

a) capital
b) location/the countries that share its borders:
c) the religious breakdown of the population:
d) the type of government:
e) the chief of state (and head of government if different) [If monarch or dictator, since what date has he/she ruled? - include name of heir apparent for monarch]:
f) the population:

[Find the answers at the CIA World FactBook website. For each country, answers can be found under the "Geography" "People" and "Government" headings.  Go to worldatlas.com for a list of continents.]

2. For ITALY:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in an almost constant state of activity. Why do people live so close to this active volcano?

3. For MACEDONIA:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) How many Macedonian Jewish people were sent to a Nazi death camp during WWII?
c) The original headline of this Associated Press news report was "Macedonia remembers tiny Jewish community." The population of Macedonia today is just over 2,000,000. The Jewish community in 1941 was approximately 5% of the Macedonian population. Why do you think the AP chose to refer to the number of Jewish people deported to their deaths as a "tiny" community in a country whose population was less than 2 million people?

4. For BULGARIA:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) Read the "Background" below on Bulgaria. How would you describe Bulgaria's parliamentary VP Dimitar Peshev, and Christian church leaders who successfully blocked the deportation of any of Bulgaria's citizens?