Republic of the Philippines

TARLAC STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
La Paz Campus, Tarlac

POLAND
And
MALDIVES
(A Comparative Analysis)

Submitted by:
Virginia Tagudin
BEED 2-1 La Paz

Submitted to:
Ms. Monica Elaine M. Guiam
SS2 Instructor

First Semester, 2016-2017

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MAP OF POLAND
MAP OF MALDIVES

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Geographic, Social and Economic Indicator
Capital:
Area:
Population:
Major language:
Major religion:
GNI per capita:
Inant mortality rate (per
1000 live birth):
GDP annual growth:
Human Development Index

Poland
Warsaw
312,685 sq km
38.4 million
Polish
Christianity
22,790 PPP dollars
4.50

Maldives
Male
298 sq km
393,595
Divehi
Islam
9,900 PPP dollars
23.70

8.10%
0.843

5.77%
0.706

Profile of each country

The size o the country (geographic area, population and income)
Poland
Maldives
Poland, a country the size of New Mexico, is The Republic of Maldives is a group of atolls
in north-central Europe. Most of the country
in the Indian Ocean about 417 mi (671 km)
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is a plain with no natural boundaries except

the Carpathian Mountains in the south and the
Oder and Neisse rivers in the west. Other
major rivers, which are important to
commerce, are the Vistula, Warta, and Bug.

southwest of Sri Lanka. Its 1,190 coral islets

stretch over an area of 35,200 sq. mi (90,000
sq. km). With global warming and the
shrinking of the polar ice caps, the Maldives
is directly threatened, as none of its islands
rises more than six feet above sea level.
History and colonial

Maldives comprises 1,191 islands in the

Indian Ocean. The earliest settlers were
probably from southern India. Indo-European
speakers followed them from Sri Lanka in the
fourth and fifth centuries BC. In the 12th
century AD, sailors from East Africa and Arab
countries came to the islands. Today, the
In 1772 Lack of a strong monarchy enabled
Russia, Prussia, and Austria to carry out a first Maldivian ethnic identity is a blend of these
cultures, reinforced by religion and language.
partition of the country.
In 10th century at that time Poland was ruled
by a dynasty called the Piasts. A Piast named
Mieszko I reigned from about 960 to 992. In
966 he became a Christian and his people
followed.

Nevertheless in the 12th and 13th centuries

Poland prospered and town life flourished. A
king named Henry the Bearded reigned from
1201 to 1238. His wife Jadwiga encouraged
German merchants and craftsmen to come
and live in Poland. They founded towns with
German laws. Some Germans also came to
farm uncultivated land in Poland.
In 1384 the Polish nobles finally accepted
Louis' daughter Jadwiga as Queen of Poland.
They also arranged for her to marry Jagiello,
Grand Duke of Lithuania and the two
countries became allies. Jagiello became
Wladyslaw II of Poland (reigned 1386-1434).
Wladyslaw joined the Catholic church and his
people followed.
However in the late 15th century the Polish
nobles became increasingly powerful and the
monarchy grew weaker. In 1505 the king
agreed that no political changes would be
made without the consent of the nobles.

The Maldives (formerly called the Maldive

Islands) were first settled in the 5th
century B.C. by Buddhist seafarers from India
and Sri Lanka. According to tradition, Islam
was adopted in 1153. Originally, the islands
were under the suzerainty of Ceylon (now Sri
Lanka). They came under British protection in
1887 and were a dependency of then-colony
Ceylon until 1948. An independence
agreement with Britain was signed July 26,
1965. For centuries a sultanate, the islands
adopted a republican form of government in
1952, but the sultanate was restored in 1954.
In 1968, however, as the result of a
referendum, a republic was again established
in the recently independent country. Ibrahim
Nasir, the authoritarian president since 1968,
was removed from office and replaced by the
more progressive Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
in 1978. Gayoom was elected to a sixth fiveyear term in 2003.

The 16th century was an age of economic

prosperity for Poland. Furthermore learning
flourished in Poland. The greatest Polish
scholar was Nicolaus Copernicus (14731543). In his day people believed that the Sun
and the planets orbited the earth. In 1543
Copernicus published a theory that the Earth
and the other planets orbit the Sun. At the
time it was a revolutionary teaching.
The 17th century was a troubled one for
Poland. At that time the Poles controlled the
Ukrainian Cossacks. However in 1648 they
rebelled and in 1654 the Russians joined them
in a war against the Poles. In 1655 the Swedes
invaded Poland and overran most of it.
However the Poles rallied and the war with
Sweden ended in 1660. The war with Russian
ended in 1667. However the wars left Poland
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devastated. Apart from the material damage a

large part of the Polish population was killed.
In the 18th century Poland continued its
political and military decline. Prussia and
Russia took advantage of the lack of strong
central government to interfere in Poland. In
1697 Frederick Augustus of Saxony became
king of Poland. When he died in 1733 a
Russian army marched into Poland and
compelled the Sejm to elect his son king.
Increasingly Poland was the plaything of the
great powers.
In 1807 Napoleon turned some of the Polish
territories into the Duchy of Warsaw, a French
satellite state. In 1812 almost 100,000 Poles
fought with Napoleon against Russia.
Polish culture flourished in the late 19th
century and the Poles formed political
movements including the Nationalist League,
the Christian Democrats and the Polish
Socialist Party.
Meanwhile in the 1930s Poland was
threatened by both Nazi Germany and
Communist Russia. In 1939 the two signed a
secret agreement to divide Poland between
them.
Ethnic and Religious composition
Catholic 87.2% (includes Roman Catholic Sunni Islam is the state religion. Historically,
86.9% and Greek Catholic, Armenian the Maldives were converted to Islam from
Catholic, and Byzantine-Slavic Catholic .3%), Buddhism in the 12th century. Under the 1997
Orthodox 1.3% (almost all are Polish cnostitution, freedom of religion is limited,
Autocephalous Orthodox), Protestant 0.4% Islam being the only religion accepted in
(mainly
Augsburg
Evangelical
and public. Consequently, the vast majority of
Pentacostal), other 0.4% (includes Jehovah's population professes adherence to Islam,
Witness, Buddhist, Hare Krishna, Gaudiya reported as 98.4% as of 2010.
Vaishnavism, Muslim, Jewish, Mormon),
unspecified 10.8% (2012 est.)
Industrial Structure
Agriculture: This sector is primarily run
privately and accounts for 5% of the GDP
and occupies more than 17.4% of the
workforce. Self-sufficiency in food
products is a commendable achievement of
Poland. The country has an abundance of
crops such as potatoes, sugar beets, rye and
wheat. Poland is also relatively rich in
natural resources, primarily coal, sulfur,
copper, silver, lead and zinc. The sector also
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involved in food and beverage processing,

shipbuilding and the manufacture of
machinery, iron and steel products,
chemicals, glass and textiles. Structural
problems, surplus labor, inefficient small
farms, and lack of investments affect this
sector. Although slow progress has been
made in the restructuring and
privatization of sub-sectors such as coal,
foreign investments in energy and steel in
the recent past have improved the scenario.
Political orces & External Economic
Economic comparative Analysis
Concluding Statement
Key terms