Latvia

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/latvia

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Latvia?Baltic region, Northern Europe
2. How many people live in Latvia?Approximately 1.8 million
3. How big is Latvia?64,589 square kilometers
4. What is the capital of Latvia?Riga
5. What language do people speak in Latvia?Latvian (official), Russian
6. What kind of government does Latvia have?Democratic unitary parliamentary republic

Ethnolinguistic Group: A group of people who share a common language and cultural identity.
Unitary State: A state governed as a single entity in which the central government is ultimately supreme.
Parliamentary Republic: A republic that operates under a parliamentary system where the executive branch derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature.
Human Development Index (HDI): A composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.