Assignment #1:
(due February 23)

Modern Spain and Portugal

1. General description of the political systems?
which political parties? how many members to the parliaments?
how are the countries organized in regions?

2. What are the main sources of income of Spain and Portugal? Answer the following questions for each country:
1. what is the gross national product?
2. what is the average income (compare to America)
3. how much do people pay in income taxes?
4. in which areas do they work? industry, agriculture, fishing, high tech, service? Give percentages.
5. have the two counties undergone changes?

3. How many people live in the country?
? how many live in the capital? Which capital? Briefly describe its history.
which percentage of the country’s population are immigrants?
where do they come from?

4. Describe the educational systems.
Bring answers in hard copy to our meeting Monday, 2/16.