General Information
    Note Taking
    Research Notes
    Natural Disasters
    Environmental Issues

General Information:

You will need to research two countries. Try to select two countries that seem
very different when you first think about them. You could also select two countries
that you know people originally come from but you don’t know too much about.
Once you have selected your countries you need to research them and make
notes under the following headings:
    General Information
    Economy
    Climate
    Natural disasters
    Environmental Issues

You can get your information from the following websites:
    FactMonster: http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html
    InfoPlease: http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
    The World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
    Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
    BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
    Library of Congress: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/list.html

Or, you could use any other web-site or any other source (books, travel agents, interviews with other people).