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.