City description

What to include?

A city description• Population• Location• Climate

– Charts (or)– Describe seasons/month

• Type of government– Just write name

• Religions– You may use existing religions or

make new ones

• Literacy Rate (given as a percentage)– Definition: person above 12 yrs. old

who can read & write

• Neighborhoods– List names (short description)

• Terrain – Quick written description

• Natural Resources– If any, make a list

• Currency– Just a name

• Education– Any schools, museums, library

• Language– You may make up a new

language (just have name)

Examples

Governments• Monarchy• Dictatorship/Tyranny• Republic• Democracy• Oligarchy/Aristocracy• Socialism/Communism

Religions• Polytheism• Emperor Worship• Monotheism• Christianity• Judaism• Islam• Buddhism• Taoism• Confucianism• Hinduism• Ancestor Worship

Example Description: Cleveland• Population: 396,166• Location

– On south shore of Lake Erie in the Midwest of U.S.; Cuyahoga River in city

• Government: Republic• Literacy Rate: 95%• Natural Resources

– Natural gas, coal, oil, salt, agriculture• Neighborhoods

– The Flats: entertainment– Downtown: business, entertainment,

shopping, eating– Ohio City: immigrant, working-class– East Side: residential– West Side: residential

• Currency: US Dollar

• Education– 30 public high schools– 65 public elementary schools– 8 libraries– 17 museums– 5 universities

• Languages– English (85%), Spanish (10%), Italian (2%),

other (3%)

• Terrain– Sea level near lake; river in middle; small

hills in southern suburbs

• Religions– Catholic: 60%– Jewish: 10%– Protestant: 15%– Islam: 2.5%– Other: 11%

Climate Example