1. For POLAND, give the following information:

1. capital
2. location/the countries that share its borders
3. the religious breakdown of the population
4. the type of government
5. 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
6. 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.

NOTE: Before answering the questions below, read the info under “Background” below.

2. For POLAND:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) What is the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration?
c) Why has Poland decided not to sign on to the Global Compact on Migration?
d) What did Slovakia’s Prime Minister have to say about his country’s rejection of the UN migrant pact?
e) Slovak foreign minister Miroslav Lajcak, who oversaw the drafting of the UN migration pact last year while serving as President of the U.N. General Assembly, threatened to quit the government if Slovakia rejected it. He said the issue was “being hijacked by populists, xenophobes and nationalists.”
Soeren Kern at Gatestone Institute wrote in 2017: “Europe’s establishment parties, far from addressing the concerns of ordinary voters, have tried to silence dissent by branding naysayers as xenophobes, Islamophobes and neo-Nazis.” They are also referred to as “far-right” “nationalist” as negative labels. A nationalist is defined by Oxford as: a person who advocates political independence for a country: a person with strong patriotic feelings, especially one who believes in the superiority of their country over others. Why do you think people who put the interests of their own country and borders first are labeled as bad/negative? Explain your answer. Ask a parent the same question.