Test Results

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Today in Human Geo, we went over the test. It was a 2 hour delay day after 2 days off of school. The answers were C,D,A,C,C,B,A,B,C,A,C,B,B,D,A. From the test, one can learn that microloans can have positive effect on a community in many ways. Eliminating your business's competition is not one of these ways. Students wanting to attend college are the most recipients of microloans. KIVA is a successful microloan provider who has lent money to over one million borrowers. Almost half a billion dollars is the approximate total value. 410.89 is the average size of KIVA loans. The repayment rate for KIVA loans is just over 99%. Sometimes the interest rate charged for their loans  can be as high as 23% is the main problem with the KIVA microloan program. I have met someone who actually lent money through KIVA.org. A microentrepeneur is a business operator who runs a very small business. Malaria is a mosquito born disease, A philanthropist is a person who generally donates money to good cause. Malaria kills at least 665000 people. Removing people from areas near stagnant water is not an effective way to eliminate malaria. Bill Gates is a billionare donating money to battle malaria. Poor people find it hardest to access banking services. A female mosquito can give people malaria.

MIcrofinance Test

Today in Human Geo, we took the Human Geo test. Overall, I think it was pretty easy if you studied. All the questions on the test were on Mr. Schick's PowerPoint so that made it much easier. The test even had silly questions and answers. They were "have you ever met a person who has used Kiva" and answers such as Grace Mottley and Gummi. It had questions such as how many people donated this or average amount of loans. It had definition questions with microentrepreneur, malaria and philosophary. Mr. Schick graded the test 10 minutes after I finished them.

Study Guide

Today in Human Geo, Mr. Schick showed us the study guide. Below are all the notes I took in class. Microfinance is a form of financial services for entrepreneurs and small businesses lacking access to banking and related services. Microloans are a small loan given to individuals who might not have access to typical banking services, usually to start or expand small, self-sufficient business. One of the best-known lenders is kiva.org. As of November 26, 2013 Kiva has distributed $498,939,550 in loans from 1,015,823 lenders to 1,177,248 borrowers. A total of 637,003 loans have been funded through KIVA. The average loan size is $410.89. The average Kiva user has made 10.06 loans. Kiva's current repayment rates for all its partners is 99.01%. Who receives microloans? Micro entrepreneurs who are trying to start a small business. Villagers needing to fund a clinic, hospital, or other health care facility (malaria treatment, drugs, hypos, refrigerators, sanitation). Teachers trying to run a school (buying anything from books and pencils to desks and chairs). Students wanting to further their education (college tuition). What are the problems with microloans? There are high interest rates sometime as high as 23%. The cost of providing banking services to those living in poverty is high. Being the company that provides tiny loans can be expensive. What's harder and more time-consuming to process: one $500,000 loan, or five hundred $1000 loans? That's it. Mr. Schick isn't finished.

Test Question

1. What is microfinance?

the lending of small amounts of money at low interest to new businesses in the developing world

     2. What are microloans?

The business or policy of making microloans to impoverished entrepreneurs.

    3.What is Total Fertility Rate?

Average number of children born per woman

    4. What is the difference between pull and push force?

Pull are good qualities that make people want to go to a certain country. Push are bad qualities that make people want to leave their current country.

   5.What does the peace corp do

They reacel to third world countries and villages and help them set up things like infrastructure or buisnesses that the village needs to stay alive.

   6. What country does Angela Merkel run/has  the position of chancellor in?

Germany

    7. When studying globalization, the most important concept to consider is ____________

interconnectedness

    8  What is considered the language of business, finance and commerce?

English

What kind of people does microfinancing help

Poor people who cant use big banks and don't have money

Why do some nations hate globalization

Because they don't want other nations cultures to spread to theirs.

Microfinance Powerpoint

Today in Human Geo, we reviewed our PowerPoint. The following information are the notes taken on the PowerPoint and talked by Mr. Schick in class. Microfinance is a general term to describe financial services to low-income individuals or to those who do not have access to typical banking services. Microloans loans people money to help them them get a kick start in a small business that they think will be beneficial to their village or town.
Microfinance helps poor people start what they want to do. It helps small businesses start up and stay running. This helps the local economy it also helps pay for insurance. If you get sued, the microfinance will help it get started again, or if your small business gets damaged, they will provide you the money to get your business back on track so you can start making money again. Microfinance is an opportunity for the less fortunate people to have stuff that they usually would not be able to afford or start up. Microfinance allows poor people to build their assets, for example by getting land, Constructing or improving their homes and purchasing livestock.
Poor people are the ones who are least likely to be helped by regular banks. Problems in developing countries that can be helped by Microfinance. Examples include malaria, drought, and clean water. Then Mr. Schick explained how just because your poor doesn't mean you have welfare. Malaria is a life-threatening disease transmitted by mosquitoes. It was once thought that the disease came from fetid marshes, hence the name mal-aria (bad air). In 1880, scientists discovered the real cause of malaria: a one-cell parasite called plasmodium. Later they discovered that the parasite is transmitted from person to person through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito, which requires blood to nurture her eggs. Every year, malaria causes 655000 deaths. Every minute, a child dies from malaria. Right now, International Medical Corps is on the ground to combat malaria and help save lives. Doctors are trying to figure out how to make a vaccine for malaria. "an important part of this process is understanding the mechanisms of naturally acquired immunity to malaria." Loans help people with small businesses to get a kick start on what they want to do. They may get funds, structure investments, housing, and help for the economy in small areas near by. With more small businesses, there won't be as many large corporations. This means that wildlife areas in villages will be healthier because of reduces fumes from factories. This means that people will have a better quality of living. Areas that are consumed by large corporations have pollutants in the air and unhealthy living conditions. 
Clients are too poor to pay interest as well as repaying the loan capital, so projects have low or no interest rates. Clients need a large lump sum to restart activities after a conflict, so loan sizes are large (for example, more than one-fifth of annual income). Clients prefer to use the loan for agricultural activities, so projects have long loan terms (six months to one year). Clients have often lost all their assets and have no collateral, so projects use group-based methodologies. Clients need micro-finance to kick-start their businesses, so projects are impermanent. The remit of the organization is to assist the poorest households, so projects target the most vulnerable households. How bout them Vikings.

Gummi!

Today in Human Geo, Mr. Schick introduced us to Gummi. In 4th grade, he threw Gummi around the classroom until he threw it  into his teachers coffee cup. The teacher didn't find out until her 4th sip. Then he got in trouble. In 5th grade, he threw Gummi again until he hit his 138 year old teacher in the ribs. She got mad and ripped Gummi''s arms off. The wire then cut the teachers hand open. Mr. Schick got in trouble again and the teacher had 20 pounds of bandages on her hand. In 7th grade, he introduced us to his teacher who was abusive. If someone didn't pay attention, he would hit them in the head. Then one day he made a comment and he lifted small Schick off the ground from the sides of his hair until they were eye level. He said he cried and it was extremely painful. He also said he was 4'10 78lbs in high school and the teacher was over 6 feet. Then another day in his life, he wrote one line one thousand times which is 20 sheets of paper both sides. Then everyone else told their stories just to have fun.

Today, two girls came in to talk about the Senior Variety Show. I can't go Tuesday and still undecided on Wednesday. Then Mr. Schick talked about retaking the test which failed most people. The people who retake it can only be the ones who fail. It can only help not hurt test but it someone past, you can only get a 70. Its a one time offer according to Mr. Schick. After that, we worked on an all class microfinance PowerPoint where everyone works together. At points it looked like a success and at other points it was a terrible idea. My computer would not work so I couldn't do anything. Although it didn't work, I looked over many slides. Micro finance is basically helping third world countries or poor people start buisenesses. When I thought if this I think of KIVA because people loan money to them and if the buisness is booming they all get payed back ( well they all get payed back no matter what). There are also micro loans which are ways to get these buisnesses going by lending them money like KIVA. Lasty, their are many problems in these third world countries such as malaria drought and dirty water.

Schickless

Today in Human Geo, Mr.Schick wasn't here today. We reviews our online project and took notes on the diseases and conflicts the town in the thing dealt with. Basically we talk to a bunch of people to get her information and then in the end when you feel like your ready, you talk to the mayor and tell him your thoughts on what the town should do to solve a certain conflict. There is usually one answer that is no where near close. After completing all of them I got a little certificate (I think but I don't remember).  Then I played game for the rest of the mod.

Today in Human Geo, we had a Today, we had a class discussion about small businesses. Micro finance can help small businesses get a start. Microfinance is the lending of small amounts of money at low interest to new businesses in the developing world. These include saving accounts, fund transfers, loans, and insurances. Also bigger buisnesses have more of an advantage than the smaller ones. The bigger businesses have the ability to attract more customers or eventually just buy the small company. This ruins the small company since there not making money.  Also during class Mr. Schick said that the other classes wanted to stop having Schick talk and make us write notes and use project. My section said that this was confusing and wanted to just write notes. 

Test Results

Today in Human Geo, we looked at our test. Mr. Schick showed us a picture of what he looked like while grading this test. It was a one eyed, one eared monster. The monsters brain was also a cone sticking out of his head. The results were horrific. A lot of people failed. It was suppose to raise our grades. The test instead lowered most peoples grades. Reasons why people got some answers wrong include misreading the text. Even though key words were bolded. Mr. Schick recommended to read carefully. Hopefully we will remember this for midterms.

Peace Corps Challenge

Today in Human Gow we took the peace corps challenge. The challenge was not that hard it just took a lot of time and effort. It was suppose to be a learning expierence for our new unit which Mr. Schick called the most boring unit ever. The challenge was basically what would you do to solve each problem and you had to use your own knowledge mixes in with information given to you by people living in cities to decide which decision was right for the city. Along with the challenge we looked at a video about micro finance. It was interesting and should help.

Test Day

Today in Human Geo, we took the world leaders test. The test was open notes but blog only. The test for most people who did finish probably took almost the whole class to take. It was difficult but only if you didn't have the answer to a question on your blog. The test had questions like what leader does this or what country has this type of leader or what leader or country is this based on a map.

COuntry Leader Part 3

Mexico is a federal republic headed by President Enrique Pena Pieto. He was the eldest of four siblings in a middle class family; his father, Gilberto Enrique Pena del Mazo was an engineer for the electric company and his mother, Maria del Socorro Nieto a schoolteacher. Reports that he fathered two children in extramarital affairs while his wife Monica raised the couple's 3 children, plus the investigation into the sudden death of his wife at home in 2007 have prompted many to call him the Teflon candidate because trouble seem to slide off him. Two years later he announced his engagement to soap opera actor Angelica Rivera. Rivera became his wife in a star studded wedding ceremony two years ago and is now the first lady of Mexico.
 Saudi Arabia is a kingdom ruled by Abdallah bin And al-Aziz Al Saud, who is both King and Prime Minister. He has fathered 22 children, the youngest when he was 79. He is worth approximately 22 billion dollars. He was appointed commander of the Saudi Arabia National Guard a post he was still holding when he became king. In November 2007, King Abdullah visited Pope Benedict in the apostolic Palace. He is the first Saudi monarch to visit the Pope. In March 2008, he called for a "brotherly and sincere dialogue between believers from all religions." In 2011, he granted women the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, the biggest change in a decade for women in a puritanical kingdom that practices strict separation of the sexes, including banning women from driving (the only country in the world with such a  ban.) The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth realm, ruled by Prime Minister Dave Cameron and Queen Elizabeth the second. . At the age of seven, the young Cameron was paced off to Heatherton, a highly exclusive preparatory school, which counted Princes Edward and Andrew among its pupil. Then, following in the family tradition, came Eton, Britain's top private school. His first child, Ivan, who was born profoundly disabled and needed round the clock care, died in Feb. 2009. The experience of caring for Ivan and witnessing at first hand the dedication of NHS hospital staff, is said by friends to have broadened Mr. Cameron's horizons. He had, friends say, led an almost charmed life to that point. Cameron is the youngest prime minister in over 200 years. Elizabeth became queen on Feb. 6 1952 and was crowned on June 2 1953. Her reign has lasted 60 years - and counting. Venezuala is a federal republic headed by President Nicolas Maduro Moras. Nicolas Maduro Moros worked a s a bus driver before politically active in the early 1900s. Maduro was introduced to Hugo Chavez in 1992, after Chavez and other disenchanted members of the military were imprisoned for an attempt coup and Maduro began campaigning for Chavez release. After President Chavez won a third team in October 2012, he selected Maduro to serve as vice president.

Country Leader Review Part 2

Today in Human Geo, we reviewed country leaders. All the information has been copied and pasted from the noted taken in class. Dilma opposed Brazil's military dictatorship of the 1960s and 70s and served three years in prison, where she was repeatedly tortured. She has been divorced twice and has a degree in economics and now rules the country with the eighth-biggest economy in the world. She also underwent chemotherapy for lymphoma in 2009 and now in remission. China is a communist state, ruled by President Xi Jinping. He is the son of revolutionary veteran Xi Zhongxun, one of the Communist Party founding fathers. He married folk singer Peng Liyuan who also holds the rank of army general, in 1987. To many in China, Ms. Peng was the better known half of the couple before Xi Jinping became leader of the Communist Party. The couple have a daughter name Xi Mingze who is studying at Harvard University in the US. France is a republic headed by Francois. Hollande has no previous experience in a national government position. The mother of his four children is Segolene Royal with whom he shared a 30 year relationship. He was born in 1954 in the city of Rouen to an extreme right physician father and progressive social worker another. Germany is a federal republic headed by President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel. Graduated from University of Leipzig in 1978 with a  degree in quantam chemistry from the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin in 1986. Has been Chancellor since November 2005. Merkel has earned the top spot on the FORBES list of Most Powerful Women In The World for eight of the past 10 years at number one. India is a federal republic headed by President Pranab Mukherjee. He taught Political Science at the Vidiyanager College and worked as a journalist before entering politics. Mukherjee was rated as one of the best finance ministers of the world in 1984 and was adjudged the best parliamentarians in 1997. He had a conflict with Rajiv Gandhi (who took over as Prime Minister from his mother Indira after she was assassinated in 1984) and started his own party - Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress. Iran is a theocratic republic, ruled by Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-Khamenei and President Hasan Fereidun Ruhani. In 1963, Khamenei took part in street protests against the U.S. backed Shah of Iran. After the uprising was quashed, Khamenei was exiled. Khamenei was imprisoned multiple times and, in 1975, was internally exiled to a remote region in southeastern Iran. Was elected President of Iran in 1981 and re-elected in 1985. Became Iran's Supreme Leader in 1989. Ruhani has held several parliamentary posts, including deputy speaker and has also served on the Supreme National Security Council. Recently elected President of Iran in June 2013. He has been openly critical of the outgoing president, saying Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "careless, uncalculated and unstudied remarks" have cost the country dearly. Israel is parliamentary democracy, headed by President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
 Shimon Peres was born in Belarus. To escape the persecution of the Jews there, the family fled to Palestine in 1934. When Arab forces launched their attach on the new state of Israel in 1948, Peres was given the chief responsibility for securing  military equipment for Israel abroad. Later he organized Israel's nuclear program and is regarded as the father of Israel's atomic bomb. As Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres was in charge of the Israeli negotiations during peace talks with the Palestinians. In the autumn of he showed the Nobel Peace Prize with his own Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

Country Leader Review

Today in Human Geo, we reviewed our test and started looking at the leaders of the 12 out of the 13 best countries. For the test, once again my section had the highest average. Then we started looking at the leaders of the top countries. Afghanistan is an Islamic republic headed by Hamid Karzai. He emerged as a resistance leader under Taliban rule and worked to undermine the regime. He knows many languages and several times in 2001 he warned the US that the Taliban were connected with al Qaeda and that there was a plot for an imminent attack on the US, but his warnings were unheeded. Brazil is a federal republic headed by President Dilma Rouseff.

LEADERS FUN FACTS OF THE DAY!!!!

Enrique Pena Nieto:

• He is the fifth member of his family to serve as the governor of the State of Mexico.
• Peña Nieto's election marks the return to power of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The PRI controlled the Mexican presidency for more than 70 years, until the 2000 election.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/world/americas/enrique-pea-nieto-fast-facts/index.html

Angela Merkel:

• She is the first female German chancellor
• Being the daughter of a Lutheran pastor and teacher, Merkel grew up in a rural area north of Berlin (capital) in the then German Democratic Republic

http://www.biography.com/people/angela-merkel-9406424

Nicolas Maduro:

•  After Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez won a third term in October 2012, he selected Maduro to serve as vice president. Maduro worked alongside the outspoken president until Chávez's death in March 2013
•  Maduro pledged to complete the socialist transformation of Venezuela begun by Chavez, to increase gun control in the country's impoverished areas, and to increase the nation's minimum wage by 30 to 40 percent

http://www.biography.com/people/nicol%C3%A1s-maduro-21145011

Li Kequiang:

• 2nd ranked member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee.
• Received 2940 votes out of 3000

http://www.chinafile.com/china%E2%80%99s-next-leaders-guide-what%E2%80%99s-stake

David Cameron:

• Descendant of King William IV,and born into a wealthy English family
• At age 43, Cameron became the youngest prime minister of the United Kingdom since 1812.

http://www.biography.com/people/david-cameron-39203

 Manmohan Singh:

•  only prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term
• Some of his achievements include the passing of the important National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Right to Information Act by Parliament in 2005

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Manmohan-Singh

Jean-Marc Ayrault:

•  sat in parliament since 1986 and was initially on the Socialists' left wing before gradually moving to social democracy
• served as mayor of France's sixth largest city Nantes

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-05/16/c_131590091.htm

Hasan Fereidun Ruhan:

• was a Lawyer,Muslim cleric, Representative of the Supreme Leader to the Supreme National Security Council, Member of the Assembly of Experts, head of the Political and Social Committee of the Assembly of Experts, President of the Center for Strategic Research.
• Studied at Ph.D. Constitutional Law, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK(Thesis entitled: The Flexibility of Shariah; Islamic Law)M. Phil. Law, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK(Thesis entitled: The Islamic legislative power) B. A. Judicial Law, University of Tehran

http://president.ir/en/president/biography


 Hamid Karzai:

• Hamid Karzai received just a little over 50 percent of the vote in his recent election
•  emerged as a resistance leader under Taliban rule and worked to undermine the regime.

http://www.biography.com/people/hamid-karzai-537356?page=1

Dilma Rousseff:

• Prior to running for president, she had never run for an elected office
• First female president of Brazil

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/04/world/americas/dilma-rousseff---fast-facts/

 Binyamin Netanyahu:

• Affected by his brother's death, Netanyahu organized two international conferences on ways to combat terrorism, one in 1979 and another in 1984
• First Israeli prime minister to be born after the state was founded in 1948

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/01/world/meast/benjamin-netanyahu---fast-facts/

Assigngment

Mexico:
Federal Republic
President Enrique Pena Nieto
 He was the eldest of four siblings in a middle class family; his father, Gilberto Enrique Pena del Mazo was an engineer for the electric company and his mother, Maria del Socorro Nieto a schoolteacher. Reports that he fathered two children in extramarital affairs while his wife Monica raised the couple's 3 children, plus the investigation into the sudden death of his wife at home in 2007 have prompted many to call him the Teflon candidate because trouble seem to slide off him. Two years later he announced his engagement to soap opera actor Angelica Rivera. Rivera became his wife in a star studded wedding ceremony two years ago and is now the first lady of Mexico.

Germany:
Federal Republic
Chancellor Angela Merkel
Graduated from University of Leipzig in 1978 with a  degree in quantam chemistry from the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin in 1986. Has been Chancellor since November 2005. Merkel has earned the top spot on the FORBES list of Most Powerful Women In The World for eight of the past 10 years at number one.

Venezuala:
Federal Republic
President Nicolas Maduro

China:
Communist State
Premier Ll Kequiang
 He is the son of revolutionary veteran Xi Zhongxun, one of the Communist Party founding fathers. He married folk singer Peng Liyuan who also holds the rank of army general, in 1987. To many in China, Ms. Peng was the better known half of the couple before Xi Jinping became leader of the Communist Party. The couple have a daughter name Xi Mingze who is studying at Harvard University in the US.

United Kingdom:
Constitutional Monarchy and Commonwealth Realm
Prime Minister David Cameron

Saudi Arabia:
Monarchy
King and Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud

He has fathered 22 children, the youngest when he was 79. He is worth approximately 22 billion dollars. He was appointed commander of the Saudi Arabia National Guard a post he was still holding when he became king. In November 2007, King Abdullah visited Pope Benedict in the apostolic Palace. He is the first Saudi monarch to visit the Pope. In March 2008, he called for a "brotherly and sincere dialogue between believers from all religions." In 2011, he granted women the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, the biggest change in a decade for women in a puritanical kingdom that practices strict separation of the sexes, including banning women from driving (the only country in the world with such a  ban.)

India:
Federal Republic
President Pranab Mukherjee
He taught Political Science at the Vidiyanager College and worked as a journalist before entering politics. Mukherjee was rated as one of the best finance ministers of the world in 1984 and was adjudged the best parliamentarians in 1997. He had a conflict with Rajiv Gandhi (who took over as Prime Minister from his mother Indira after she was assassinated in 1984) and started his own party - Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress.


France:
Republic
Francois Rollande
 Hollande has no previous experience in a national government position. The mother of his four children is Segolene Royal with whom he shared a 30 year relationship. He was born in 1954 in the city of Rouen to an extreme right physician father and progressive social worker another.

Iran:
Theocratic Republic
President Hasan Fereidun Ruhani and Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini - Khamenei
In 1963, Khamenei took part in street protests against the U.S. backed Shah of Iran. After the uprising was quashed, Khamenei was exiled. Khamenei was imprisoned multiple times and, in 1975, was internally exiled to a remote region in southeastern Iran. Was elected President of Iran in 1981 and re-elected in 1985. Became Iran's Supreme Leader in 1989. Ruhani has held several parliamentary posts, including deputy speaker and has also served on the Supreme National Security Council. Recently elected President of Iran in June 2013. He has been openly critical of the outgoing president, saying Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "careless, uncalculated and unstudied remarks" have cost the country dearly.

Afghanistan:
Islamic Republic
President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai
He emerged as a resistance leader under Taliban rule and worked to undermine the regime. He is well versed in several countries, including his native Peshto, Persian, Hindi, French and English.

Brazil:
Federal Republic
President Dilma Rousseff
Dilma opposed Brazil's military dictatorship of the 1960s and 70s and served three years in prison, where she was repeatedly tortured. She has been divorced twice and has a degree in economics and now rules the country with the eigth-biggest economy in the world. She also underwent chemotherapy for lymphoma in 2009 and now in remission.

Israel:
Parliamentary Democracy
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Presiden Shimon Peres

 Shimon Peres was born in Belarus. To escape the persecution of the Jews there, the family fled to Palestine in 1934. When Arab forces launched their attach on the new state of Israel in 1948, Peres was given the chief responsibility for securing  military equipment for Israel abroad. Later he organized Israel's nuclear program and is regarded as the father of Israel's atomic bomb. As Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres was in charge of the Israeli negotiations during peace talks with the Palestinians. In the autumn of he showed the Nobel Peace Prize with his own Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

Test Day

Today in Human Geo, we took a test. The test was half review on our previous quiz and half study guide that we were suppose to look at. Mr. Schick said that previously the averages for the test for the other sections were 69% which is failing and 71% which is a D-.   However, my class got extra time to study because of the mass on Friday. In result of this, I felt like the test was very easy as I had extra time to study. After that we started writing notes on the next unit. He

How is this world organized?

 

Country- an identifiable land area

 

Nation- a population with a  common culture

 

State- a population under a  single government. Also known as country

 

City-State- A single culture under a single government. A nation which has the same borders as a State.

 

NATION

 

A group of people with a shared identity. Nations are culturally homogeneous groups of people, larger than a single tribe or community, which share a common language, institutions, religion, and historical experience.

 

INDEPENDENT STATE

 

Has boundaries, organized economy, education, transportation, government, sovereignty, external recognition

 

COUNTRY

 

Simply a piece of geography. Lines on a map.

re they are.

The Funny Canadian

Today in Human Geo, we reviewed the notes we went over yesterday and watched a video about a Canadian who is explaining stuff related to it

Notes to Study

I will write study notes for the upcoming test.

Christianity
-2.2 billions adherents (highest)

-called Christians

-located in Europe, Americas, South Africa

-denominations include catholic church, eastern orthodox church, protestants

-founder: Jesus Christ ( Abrahamic origin)

-holy book is Bible

-beliefs include Jesus is both human and divine - the Son of God; he led a virtuous life; he was crucified, died, buried, adn resurrected; he ascended into heaven where he reigns with God the Father

-clergy: the Pope is head of the church, preiests are local authoritites


Islam
-1.5 billion adherents (second largest)

-called Muslims

-located in Indonesia, Middle east, and North Africa

-Denomination are Sunnis (75 - 90%), Shiites (10 - 20%0

-founder is Muhammad (570-632)

-holy book is Qur'an

- beliefs include monotheistic, Abrahamic Five Pillars (testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, pilgrimage) Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah (God), and observing Islamic law

Hinduism

-1.1 billion adherants (third largest)

-called HIndus

-located in India and Nepal

-holy book is Vedas - eternal truths revealed to ancient sages; written in verse form (meant to be sung and easily memorized)

-no distinct founder - it is a series of intellectual or philosophical points of view, rather than a rigid, strict set of beliefs - probably the oldest religion, although Hinduism is less a religion that a way of life, or a faith

-believe in reincarnation and karma

Buddhism

-500 million to 1.5 billion adherants

-called Buddhist

-located in southeast asia, China, Nepal, Japan and 1.2 mil in US

-denominations are Tibetan, Zen, Theravade, and Amidist

-Four Noble Truths are "There is suffering", "Attachment to desire is te origon of suffering", "There is a cessation of suffering", "The Eightfold Path will lead to the cessation of suffering"

-Eightfold Path are RIGHT VIEW, INTENTION, SPEECH, ACTION, LIVELIHOOD, EFFORT, MINDFULNESS, DEDICATION

Judaism

-14-18 million adherants (ninth)

-called Jews

-located in Israel

-Abraham is founder

-holy book is Talmud and Torah (first five bboks of Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)

-beliefs are ethnical monotheism - God is one, and concerned with the actions of humankind. Also Ten Commandments and 13 Principles of Faith

Mr. Schick please give me one extra point for the blog. I apologize that this is late.

The Five Main Religions

Today in Human Geo, we went over the five main religions with our presentations. Well, actually it was more like two and a half. I don't remember most of the things we covered so Im gonna say what I remember or think is true.

• Most Hindus live in India
• Hindus believe in karma
• Hindus have many Gods from a scale of importance
• Hindus believe in reincarnation based on how good you lived life
• Buddhist believe in Buddha also known as Siddartha Gautma
• Buddhist are fine with followers practicing other religions
• Jews believe in the first five books of the Old Testament and no other books
• Jews holy site is Jerusalem
• Jews don't have a lot of followers

That's all I remember and I know that most of this information is not going to be on the test

Quizzy Results

Today in human geo, we went over the answers on the quiz and started religion presentations with Hinduism being first . The quiz we took was suppose to raise our grades if we were on the border of the next grade above. Here is some information that one can learn from this quiz. Ethnic heritage, language and religion are the three examples of characteristics of culture. Portuguese is the official language of Brazil not Spanish or Brazilian. Canada has English and French s its two official languages. English not American (since its not a language) is the language of business, finance and commerce. Switzerland has very little conflict between its ethnic groups like the US. Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, and Albanians used to be one country called Yugoslavia. Judaism has the smallest amount of members out of the five main religions (mainly due to Hitler). Christianity is the largest. Most Indians believe in Hinduism beliefs. Christianity is number one in the Middle East. Islam has two sects called Sunnis and Shiites. Jerusalem is the holy site of Jews, Christians and Muslims. Christians fought each other in Northern Ireland in 1970. EU stands for European Union. UN stands for United Nation. OPEC stands for Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NAFTA stands for North America Free Trade Agreement (I think).

Islamic Fun Facts

Today in Human Geo, we made a presentation on one of the five major religions. My group got Islam. Here are some fun facts

• 1.57 billion followers in the world
• 25% of the world follows Islam
• Second largest religion
• Fastest growing religion
• It originated from the Middle East around 600 A.D.
• Belief in judgment day
• Belief in Predestination
• Muhammad was last messenger
• Allah is one and only God
• The Qur'an is the holy book
• Call their priest the Imam

Surprise! We had a Quiz!

Today in Human Geo, we took a quiz. The quiz for most people was unexpected but it was on Mr. Schick's blog. The quiz was suppose to help people raise their grades up before the quarter (or decrease it) .Before the quiz, we went over some things that were going to be on the quiz. We did this for like 20 munutes. Then we took the quiz. The quiz wasn't hard but it wasn't that easy unless you studied which I didn't. It had everything that was on the PowerPoint. The questions that caused most people problems were what religion fits with this country or what is highest. Also another one was which acronym does what.

The US is NOT the greatest country in the world

Today in Human Geography, we watched a video. It was about a man who was on this show and college students come up and ask questions. The second question asked was why is America the greatest country in the world. Two people not including the man supported the question. The other says he disagrees and stated his reasons with a whole lot of statistics and some f bombs. After that, the class had a huge discussion on the video and if America was the best country in the world. Some things the class said was America was not the greatest but no country is better than America meaning no country is the best in the world. This is cause every country has their advantages and their flaws. For example, America has many job opportunities but is struggling with government and economy. In my opinion, America is not the greatest country in the world but Canada is. The reason being is it has flaws yes just like every other country but it has many of the same advantages that the US has. The difference is the economy is a lot better and they are chiller than America. They don't want to get in other countries business they just worry about themselves. Also Bieber and Drake lived there.

Cultural Characteristics Part 2

Today in Human Geo, we resumed Cultural Characteristics. we started with religion

Cultural CHaracteristics

Today in Human Geography, we looked over cultural characteristics. The three main examples of cultural characteristics are religion, language and ethnic heritage. In the real world, ethnic heritage is an example by having a country like Japan have one ethnic heritage which is Japan. On the other hand, the United States has ethnicities of all sorts. Everywhere one looks there is a white, black, Hispanic Asian you name it. Language in the real world has a country like Canada speak English and French. Mostly all of Canada speaks English except Quebec which speaks French. There was even a point where Quebec wanted to separate themselves from Canada since they were mostly French speaking. The United States once again are really diverse in language despite broadcasting being mainly English. Our class only covered the main religions for religions. They are Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism Islam and Hinduism.

AP Human Geo Test

Today in class, Mr. Schick was absent but that's alright. A sub gave us a AP Human Geo Test. There was 75 questions and we had like 40 minutes to complete them. I only got 48 questions answered. The test was extremely hard to pass. About a third of the questions have somewhat been reviewed in class. Everything else is probably something well see in the future. The test was definitely worth taking since well see it again. Next time Ill be sure to pass it since Ill be ready for it.

Test Results and Start of Cultural Characterisitcs

Today in Human Geography, we went over the test and started cultural characteristics. Section 1 which is my section once again topped the averages cuz were number 1. Mr. Schick went over each question one by one and explained it. He also made part or the class do Math in a Human Geo class. There was also a big discussion on number 22 where the correct answer was A but a lot of people chose B. The question was which population pyramid most needs people to help out on the work force. B had very little 20s to 40s and rarely any elderlies. A had a decent amount of 20s to 40s and a decent but less amount of elderlies. Some say A was correct because they need more people to take care of elderlies since they need a lot of help. Some say B was correct due to the fact that there was very little 20s to 40s and needed more people to carry out daily jobs. Sadly A wins and I chose B. Moving on the only details learned about cultural characteristics today were that they were part of a group's daily life, ideas and themes which group will teach to all members and characteristics can also link or divide a region. Also examples include religion, language and ethnic heritage.

Test Day

Today in Human Geography, we took a test on Population Pyramids. The test overall was very easy if  you were paying attention in class or took notes. There was stuff on definitions, what RNI and NFR stand for, the rate of real world examples using Math, and what population pyramid represent certain countries/ situations.

More Pop Pyramids

Today in class, we resumed our talk about population pyramids. We also got our quizzes back and my section go the highest average which was 86%. The problem with that is the previous class got the same average but did not use notes like our class did. On to population pyramids, we mainly talked about a lot of differnet examples of population pyramids and used it to see what it tells you about that place. In a town in Michigan, there was a lot of people from 20-29 but less children and less adults. This is because that is a college town home of the Michigan Wolverines and students are from ages 19-29 and since they are not allowed to have children anywhere below 18 is low. Also Florida has a lot of people form 55+ but not a lot below 55. because that is where a lot of people want to retire and not deal with teens

Test Day and Pop pyramids

Today in Human geography, we took our test on God Grew Tired of Us. The test was really easy especially if you paid attention to the movie. After the test, we began something new. We talked about population pyramids. Population pyramids are used to analyze growth/decline of fertility, mortality and migration in cities. There are three types of population pyramids. They are Christmas Tree, Box and Cup. Christmas Tree shaped like a Christmas tree is when a countries growth rate are slow, the birth rate is fast and the life expectancy is low. Examples are Chad and Zimbabwe. The box which is shaped like a box is when there is low infant mortality, slow population growth, and a long life expectancy. Examples are United States and Canada. The cup which is shaped like a cup is when there is low birth rates, a shrinking population and a long life expectancy. Examples are Italy and Japan.

God Grew Tired of Us Part 4

Today in HUman Geo, we resumed God Grew Tired of Us and finished the documentary. We resumed when they fast forwarded one year where everyone has their jobs and is living the American life. John is enrolled in community college, Panther is working at a hotel and Daniel is finding ways to afford college. We also know that John's family have been found and that his mom and sister are still alive but they are naked and ill. The rest of the family has been killed from the war. Later on, we learn that the Africans are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. We learn this when the guys were unhappy celebrating 4th of July as fireworks to them look like their family getting bombed in war. As more time passes by, John is enrolled into the University of Syracuse and is part of the Lost Boys organization. Panther has graduates from Pitt University and is going to build a school in his hometown and marry his girlfriend. Daniel is going to build a hospital in his hometown. We also learn that Daniel is the only person who's parents have not been discovered which likely tells us that his family has been killed in the war.

God Grew Tired of Us Part 2

Today in class, we resumed God Grew Tired of Us. We start with John and Daniel go to Pittsburgh PA while Panther goes to Syracuse New York, home of the Syracuse Orange. They are all part of this program where the US pays for them for 3 months but after 3 months they have to get a job and live the way they are suppose to live and repay there debt for the plane travel. When they first arrive, a man introduced them to the refrigerator, toilet, lamp, shower, electricity uses, and kitchen uses. When they are out in public, they do awkward things (in Americans heads). When the Sudanians were sitting down one on one, they explained that they did that to hold on to African culture. The Africans may be living in America and have to act American to blend in but they grew up in Africa and to them that's home and they don't want to let it go.

Today in human geography, we watched a documentary called God Grew Tired of Us. So far, we have reached to where the Africans have started talking about moving to America. In the movie, a civil war between North and South Sudan breaks out in 1983 due to the fact that the South are mostly Christians and Animist while the rest were Muslim. The three main characters in the film were Panther Bior, John Bul Dau and Daniel Abul Pach. John and Daniel were both separated from their parents due to the war.  This war resulted in 2 million deaths. Those who weren't Muslim and were captured had to either die/suffer or get a hole punched in their sack so they couldn't produce. In the start of the war, Panther John and Daniel traveled to Kenya for the U.N. Refugee Camp which included 86000 other people (mostly men). They ended up having to walk to Ethiopia which took 5 years. During the walk, 27000 people in the walk shrunk to 12000 at the end. People had lack of food, water and shelter plus they had to survive lion and coyote attacks. For those who survive, they were given education but after that they were only hoping for a better future. Later on Panther, John and Daniel ends up deciding to go to the US in Pittsburgh and Syracuse for hope of a better future. That is where our class left off. 

CIA Factbook Facts

Today in class, we reviewed the answers to the CIA Factbook. The main questions that were discussed had to do with population, exports, oil, military, GDP, AIDS, Catholicism, and migration. What I learned from this is that we have a massively increasing amount of people in the world with 700 billion now. Later on when I'm an adult, we might have 10 billion. We revisited how China makes everything but learned that surprisingly Mexico is third in airports because of its job opportunity.  We learned that Saudi Arabia makes money from exporting oil but US is number 1 in importing oil. This explains how much the US uses oil with cars and lawn mowers and plastic. We learned how GDP is the Gross Domestic Product of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. Qatar a tiny rich place is number 1 while the US is not even in the top 10 with it lazily buying things from other countries instead of making things. We learned how Africans are high up in AIDS because it constantly wants to make children unprotectedly but the US is 18th. That is sad since we talk about unprotected sex all the time and you can simply buy a condom at Walgreens if you want to have sex. We talked about how the US only has 23.9% of people Roman Catholic but Mexico is 82.7%. That's over 4/5 people. Finally, we learned that Libya is number 1 in migration not the US

Fun Facts of the Day

1. What is the population of the United States?

    316,668,567

2. What are the five largest countries in the world, by population?

    China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil

3. What is the population of Pakistan?

              193,238,868

4. What kind of government does the United States have?

             Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition

5. What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe?

    95%

6. What is the largest country in the world by area?

             Russia

7. What country has the third greatest number of airports?

            United States

8. What country has the greatest number of exports?

             China

9. What country exports more oil than any other?

    Saudi Arabia

10. What country imports more oil than any other?

            United States       

11. What country has the second largest proved reserves of crude oil in the world?

    Venezuala

12. Can women serve in combat roles in China’s military?

            No.

13. What is GDP?

Gross Domestic Product of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year

14. What country has the highest GDP per capita in the world, and how much is it?

             Qatar

15. Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita?

    No

16. Most of the countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what continent?

             Africa

17. 11 of the top 12 countries with the highest number of deaths from HIV/AIDS can be found

in which continent?

    Africa

18. What other country is in the top ten?

            India

19. Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths?

    18th

20. Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones?

            No

21. What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic?

    23.9%

22. What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic?

82.7%   

23. What is Net Migration Rate?

    A figure for the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons

24. Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world?

    No, it’s Libya

25. According to the Factbook, what is the current population of the entire planet?

    7,095,217,980

Why US has increasing population?

Today in Human Geo, we went over three key terms. Migration, pull/push force, and total fertility rate. In migration, there is immigration and emigration. Immigration is when someone enters a country and pretty much lives there. Emigration is when someone leaves a country to move to another country. The difference between the two for a country is the net migration rate. Next, a push force are reasons why people emigrate to another country. For example, religious persecution, lack of job opportunity and bad living environment. A pull force are reasons why people want to immigrate to a certain country. For example, religious freedom, job opportunity, better living conditions. Finally, total fertility rate is the amount of babies a woman has. This means if a woman gives birth to a child who lives for at least an hour, add one to the total fertility rate. The amount total fertility rate to have a population stay the same is 2.1. The reason its not two is because children die as children so obviously that decreases the population. For the United States, why does the population increase especially since the total fertility rate is below 2.1. This is where all 4 terms comes together. Many people migrate to the Unites States because it is a free country with many job opportunities and the total fertility rate is only .04 lower than the average.

Test Day Part 2 and Unit 2

Today in Human Geo, we resumed our test after the fire drill on Friday limited our time. I felt that the test was fair since all questions were covered in class. After the test, we went over definitions and explanations on important words to know in Unit 2. These words are life expectancy, crude birth rate, crude death rate, developing nations, developed nations, rate of national increase, net immigration rate, immigration,  emigration, push force, pull force and total fertility rate. The only four definitions that we went over is life expectancy, crude birth rate, crude death rate and rate of national increase. Life expectancy means average number of years to be lived by a group born in the same years. Crude birth rate is number of births per 1000 of population. Crude death rate is number of deaths per 100 of population. Finally, rate of national increase is (birth rate-death rate) / 10. We also went over the first four important facts that have to do with population. There is currently 7 billion people on Earth and about 77 million per year. Also 90% of population growth is from Africa, South and East Asia and Latin America. The last fact is that women lives longer than men due to the fact that men take a riskier way of life.

Test and Fire Drill Day

Today in Human Geography, we took a test. The multiple choice questions on the test shocked me a little bit because there were like 5 or 6 questions that were related to A Message to Garcia and Socrates. Also the first question was related to Wikipedia which I really did not expect. The short essay questions were expected to be what they are. Overall, I felt like the test is pretty easy and all information has been covered in class. What makes it even better is that we had a fire drill today which gives us extra time to study and prepare for what were going to write on our essay. The fire drill was very unexpected. A teacher almost got wet from the sprinklers during the fire drill. 

Presentations and Studies

Today in class, some of the groups presented their powerpoints on the pros and cons of globalization. In my opinion, all the presentations were great and taught me new things and ideas that I might use in the upcoming test for the globalization part of the essay. They also contained information that Mr.Schick covered in class as well. For example, something I learned was that it can make the rich richer and the poor poorer and something that I already knew is the Nike sweat shop example. After all the amazing presentations, we went over the test and questions. On the test, there will be 10 multiple choice questions and 3 short essays. The first essay question has to do with the unexamined life is not worth living and what it means. The next has to do with infrastructure. The last has to do with globalization and the elements. TIME TO STUDY!!!

Nike Behind the Swoosh Part 2

Today in class, Mr.Schick pulled up a website he found about Nike and their sweatshop problem. The website kind of connects with the video Behind the Swoosh we watched the previous class. According to the website, Nike has resolved its problem with sweatshops. They increase paying workers from just over a dollar a day to 3.7 a day. Since they have no vacation, they make an overall $962 a year. . That's pathetic. One can make more money working at Mcdonald's which also probably has better working conditions. With Nike doing this, the rich (high up Nike workers like CEO) get richer and the poor get poorer since they save 50000 a day by doing this. So yes Nike did make help the Indonesians a little bit but still they have to fight for their lives daily.

Behind the Swoosh

Today in class, we went over Mr. Schick's expectations for all blogs so I will make sure this blog is at least 150 words and an interesting name. After this, we watched a video called Behind the Swoosh where a man named Jim Keady talks about why Nike is bad. The main reason in his opinion after research why Nike is bad is because it violates Catholic teachings and he is Catholic and that it punishes factory workers. One day, he got signed as coach for St. Johns, one of the best soccer colleges at the time. However, the college uses Nike and forces all athletes and coaches to wear Nike. Jim was than fired for not wearing Nike since he believed it was bad. After all of that, he and a girl named Leslie Kretzu traveled to Indonesia to live the daily life of and Indonesian. In Indonesia they experienced wages of 1.25 a day, horrible living conditions and being painfully hungry and tired. They learned in there experience that children do not go to school and have to take care of themselves while parents are working. These children play in an area where burned Nike stuff releases toxins which lead to cancer for these children. Also, the parents face a life and death situation everyday with them worried about life everyday. After this experience, they traveled to Oregon to meet with the CEO of Nike Phil Knight. He was offered to go to Nike but refused. The last thing the duo did was bring Indonesians to America and show athletes what they go through because of Nike.