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MYCENAEAN'S

2010-01-25T19:34:00.000-05:00

The Mycenaean’s lived in 1600B.C.-1100B.C. They were probably the last group of people/civilization to live in the Bronze Age in Ancient Greece. Their government was a monarchy which means that they had a king as a ruler. Their cities were built up on hillsides and mountain like places with walls around their cities so they were protected and could spot enemies and intruders easily. This was a very smart way of keeping their cities safe. The Mycenaean’s were one of the first civilizations to have a sufficient army of some sort. This was because the people were very experienced sailors and used their ships as weapons and protection. As a result of their good army and sailing experience, they took control over the Aegean Sea. Their society unlike the Minoans that relied on trade relied on conquest.

Review Test Questions

2010-01-06T10:30:00.003-05:00

Today in Human Geography class we looked at the review test and Mr. Schick told us what questions were on the test and which ones were not and it helped us out alot. I am going to review the questions tomorrow night and saturday night and then the night before the exam for Human Geography so in will be prepared for the test on Thursday. I hope to do well on the test because i am going to study alot. It was a very prouductive class and it whent by very fast.

Indian Presentaion

2009-12-18T12:12:00.000-05:00

Today in human Geo class, we whent to the brown room to see many displays of indian cultural props. Each student was at a table with many different artifacts and gave us short presentations on what was on the table and how those artifacts were used. It was really interesting because they were actual artifacts from indians and Mr. Scholl made some of them. He made many indian shoes that he made that took him about 1 year to make. I learned alot about different things that indians used and it was really interesting to see all the different cultuarl aspects of the indians life. I will deffinatley take Anthrapology when i am a senior.

Sub-Saharan Research Project

2009-12-18T08:43:00.002-05:00

1. What is the Total Population of each of these nations?

2. What is the TFR?

3. What is the Crude Birth Rate?

4. What is the Crude Death Rate?

5. What is the overall Life Expectancy?

6. What is the infant mortality rate?

7. What is their colonial experience? Who did they gain their independence from, and when?

Nigeria
1. Total Population-149,299090
2.TFR- 4.91
3. Birth Rate- 35.65
4. Death Rate- 16.56
5. Life Expectancy-46.94
6. Infant Mortality Rate-94.35
7. Gained independence in 1960 from the british

Ethiopia

1.Total Population-85,237,388
2.TFR-6.12
3.Birth Rate-43.66
4.Death Rate-11.55
5.Life Expectancy-55.41
6.Infant Mortality Rate-80.8
7. Ethiopia gained their actual freedom in 1994, this was when they had their own muliparty society. They faced many different rulers and wars along their way to becoming a miltiparty society from 1930-1994

Sudan
1.Total Population-41,087,825
2.TFR-4.48
3.Birth Rate-33.74
4.Death Rate-12.94
5.Life Expectancy-51.42
6.Infant Mortality Rate-82.43

7. Sudan gained independence from the UK in 1956. Sudan whent through many wars and millions died. This countrys unstability has affected many other countries in their area.

This country is still developing because of their population and economy.

Kenya

1.Total Population-39,002
2.TFR-4.56
3.Birth Rate-36.64

4.Death Rate-9.72

5.Life Expectancy-57.49

6.Infant Mortality Rate-54.7

7. They gained independence on december 12, 1963

This country is still developing because of the young population.

South Africa
1.Total Population-49,052,489
2.TFR-2.38
3.Birth Rate-19.93
4.Death Rate-16.99
5.Life Expectancy-48.98
6.Infant nMortality Rate-44.42
7.Gained independence on may 31, 1910 from British.

This country is still developing because they have many problems in their country.

United States

1.307,121,123

2.tfr-2.05

3.13.82

4.8.38

5.78.11

6. 6.26

7.1776 on July 4th!!! we gained our independence.

This country is developed because they are very technilogicaly advanced.

Flag and Population Graphs!

2009-12-16T09:50:00.020-05:00

Movie again in Human Geography Class :)

2009-12-09T21:57:00.001-05:00

Today in human geography class, nit was Mr.Schicks birthday! Happy Birthday :) so we continued to watch the movie and i was able to then answer question 9. 10 cannot yet be answered. Question 9 follows.......

9. The boys do not know much about food and do not know what some of the things are. The boys are lonely because they are not used to living with only a few people. It is hard for them to afford college and other things. When the boys arrive in the United States, it is very exciting for them but over time it can be sad. They are satisfied about sleeping well and having plenty to eat, but they get lonley a lot of the time because they were so used to living with hundreds of people in one village and now it is only about 3-4 of then in an apartment. They don’t see each other a lot because they are always working different shifts and sometimes don’t see each other for a week because they are working so much. It is a much better life in the U.S. for them but they are not used to the people and their personalities of the people. They are not a friendly her as they were back in Kenya.

Sudan Video in Class :) awesome video!

2009-12-08T22:00:00.002-05:00

Today in Human Geo Class, we watched a movie on The Lost Boys of Sudan. We have not finished it but I am very excited to finish it :) it was very interesting and probably my favorite movie i have watched in class that was educational...... so here are the questions we were asked to answer while watching this movie.

1. Nichole Kidman
2. Sudan- Ethiopia- kakuma, Kenya-
3. Panther, John, Daniel
4. one that flees; especially : a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution
5. ?
6. Lost boys of Sudan
7. Start in Sudan(Home Village)- travel/flee to Ethiopia-Are then moved to Kakuma, Kenya.
8. These people have fled from their country because of war and have no place to go. They have been chassed out of their villages and homes, many of them were burned, force sterilized, or killed in other harsh ways. They have gone to camps where they are safe but there is little food and water at these places, and many starve to death. These people have moved many times from place to place so they are safe or because of governmental issues. The people that were fortunate enough to be chosen to come to America have never heard of or have experienced electricity, shower, butter, electronics, etc. Our live compared to these people are very different and I feel very fortunate to have the life I am living now.

9-10 cannot be answered because we have not yet finished the video. :)

human Geo class was good :)

2009-12-03T21:42:00.002-05:00

Today in class we looked at a map of africa and started to fill it in. It was very interesting to see where everything was located and what it was called. We also colored it which made the class go by very fast. tomorrow we are being tested on something that i must go and read now. :)

Human geo class......Project again

2009-12-02T21:39:00.000-05:00

Today in class we worked on our projecxts again. We outlined what our projects was goin to be. It was many paragraphas and lots of information. Alexa has the outline on her blog :)

Human Geo class.....project

2009-12-01T12:46:00.000-05:00

Today in class we worked on our reports and we got a lot of information on our topic. Here are our notes from todays class.
Site 1:
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1246099
Paragraph 1
Coffee: article of commerce; factor in daily lives
vaguely aware of its principle production found in South + Central America
Paragraph 2
All practical purposes trade in coffee is Pan American commerce
Coffee trade: very important, ties us with Latin America
Paragraph 3
Large value attached to imports
Produced greatly in Latin American countries
1937-1939: coffee represented 34.5% of exports from 14 producing countries
Paragraph 4
Coffee: top 3 US imports
Coffee: responsible for 70 million dollars worth of sugar
Helps dairy industry
Paragraph 6
Most Latin American countries produce coffee as an essential export
This trade has had a great impact in the development and satiability for countries in the Western Hemisphere
Paragraph 8
Friendships between countries increase trade, extend culture

Human Geo class :/

2009-11-19T20:34:00.002-05:00

Today in Human Geo class, i was very tired. We whent over our tests and i did not do as good as i wished but i will get my grades up. I am working on the extra credit report and it will help i hope :) So today i corrected my test and i realized that i knew most o the answers that i got wrong i just wasnt trying hard enough. But the second test i did worse because i did not have my book with me to study the nights before because i was sick and was not sable to get my book so this was upsetting :( but it was a prouductive class because we covered alot of information and review material!

ABC's Global Warming Research Awesomeness :)

2009-11-18T22:01:00.002-05:00

Global Warming Research

There are many causes to global warming. These include, Carbon Dioxide from Power Plants, Carbon dioxide emitted from cars, carbon dioxide emitted from planes, carbon dioxide from buildings, Methane, Nitrous oxide, deforestation, etc. Most of these are pollutants which is one of the main problems with global warming. One main factor of global warming is the greenhouse effect. In the atmosphere, there are 4 main greenhouse gasses, Methane, Carbon Dioxide, CFC, and Nitrous oxide. Without these gasses, we would freeze and die because these gasses make the earth warm and able to survive on. There is a picture below this paper to show how this really works. Because of all the factors listed in the second sentence of this paper, thousands of scientists known as the intergovernmental panel on climate change have concluded that humans are 90% responsible for global warming.

Class depression :(

2009-11-18T21:56:00.002-05:00

So today in class I discovered that i did not do so well on the last test we took but it was because I was sick te day before the test and i did not have my book >:o so i did not get such a hot score, but i am doing the extra work thingy to get my grade up because if i am ineligable i will not be able to do the plays and i am already failing another class too!!!! :/ So i listened in class today and I already have the recipie picked out that i want ot do for the tuesday food thingy. It has cranberries in it and peppers, I know..... wierd combo but i think it will be good :) so it was an interesting day.

Human Geo Class Disscution and note taking

2009-11-11T13:03:00.000-05:00

Today in Human Geography, we finished up our disscutions on the five themes of human geography and how it affects North America. The notes follow..........

North America

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
12:17 PM

Canada and U.S.-335 million people
The Population is Highly mobile.
Megalopolis.
Incredibly culturally diverse.
Environmental geography:
Humans-surounding world.
Ex. Hurricane Katrina
Settlement
One of the fastest nations to develop
Economic diversity.
Welcome different cultures.

Beauty and the Beast :)

2009-11-10T11:34:00.004-05:00

I am excited to go to Human Geography today. i have it next class, and i am now in math class. It is quite boring, which is why I am blogging. I am also excited for the play this week. We are performing Beauty and the Beast. It is amazing and breath taking. The emotion and time that is put into this performance is very hard and difficult. The play is on Thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday. It will be awesome and everyone should come. If you have not yet bought ticketts, they are availible in the bookstore and are $12 each. Please buy ticketts for thursday night especially because that is the night that we have sold the least ticketts to and there are great seats still available in the front sections!!! Come buy them, its not to late!!! I know you will enjoy this performance of the Disney Classic Beauty and the Beast! :)

Economic and Social Development in America

2009-11-10T11:24:00.000-05:00

Joe Novak
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11/10/09

Economic and Social Development

The Theme I chose was Economic and Social Development. This deals with the people and economy in North America are developing through globalization. North America is very lucky to have so many natural recourses available for them to use. These recourses and raw materials include our climate and biological diversity, soils and terrain, our abundant energy, metals, forests, etc. North America has an extremely efficient agricultural system of production. It emphasizes the efficiency of transportation systems for food, global markets, and large capital investments in farm machinery. Agriculture is critically important of North American Economy. More than 15% of agricultural wealth comes from Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska. North America produces about 12% of the world’s oil, but we use about 25% of oil in the world. Most of our oil is from the Middle East, Africa or the Americas. Our most abundant fossil fuel is coal.

Connectivity has a big impact on the economy of North America; this means that our locations are linked with each other through transportation and communication structure. Technology is very advanced in North America. We have the use of transportation systems such as automobiles, air travel, trains, etc. This has helped us globalize throughout the years. North America is a very globalized nation and has advanced greatly throughout the years.

Re-test relife

2009-11-07T11:30:00.000-05:00

Today in human geograph, Mr. Schick let us finish up our tests. I still did not compleete all of the test because I did not know everything that was on the test. It was nice of him to do this because the test was very long and difficult. I had a good day in class. :)

Test

2009-11-04T11:27:00.000-05:00

Today in human geography, we took a test on every thing we have learned from katrina-global warming. it was hard, and we did not have substantial time to finish the test. I hope i get a good grade even though i did not complete most of it.

No comment Human Geo

2009-11-03T12:49:00.002-05:00

Today in Human Geography Class, we disscussed different opinions on global warming by looking at our power points. This assignment was given for us to show what we think about global warming. After presenting our power point, we were told that our opinion was false. But opinions are never false. so now i am confused.

Powere point time!

2009-10-23T08:33:00.002-04:00

Today in class we uploaded our power points to a flash drive. As we discussed these power points, we took notes on the main info in the power points. They covered the five main factors called Climate Control. These are Solar Energy, Latitude, Interaction between Land and Water, World Pressure systems, and Global Wind Patterns. All of these are contributers to Climate Control. My group had Solar Energy. Notes Follow Bellow.......

Global Climates

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
9:47 AM

- People need food
- Climate determines what food is grown
- Culture, economy, and technology determine how people adapt to their climate
- Climate links us in our globalized economy

Climatic Controls
• Solar Energy
• Latitude
• Interaction between land and water
• World pressure Systems
• Global Wind Patterns

Solar Energy
• Also know aw insolation.
• If there was no sun or solar energy, our planet would freeze.
• Most of the solar energy is absorbed by our land surfaces and water surfaces.
• The Greenhouse Effect is the natural process of atmospheric heating.

Class Discussion? :)

2009-10-20T22:51:00.004-04:00

Today in class we discussed the questions that we posted on the Todaysmeet website. It was very interesting to hear what our ideas were on the hurricane katrina situation. My idea was to digg out all of the land and build a huge floating city on a raft of some sort. But I know that this is impossible but would be really cool to do! We also discussed the topic of how the people in New Orleans had no idea that the hurricane would end up to being a catagory 5 hurricane. The cities walls were only made to withstand a catagory 3 hurricane. So they obviously werent prepared. Somewhere within this class discussion, some one mentioned something about making the city with a huge water slide and slide into the city and most of them would die? so it was a pretty laid back class but we covered alot of ideas and information on ways to rebuild the city and stuff like that. I liked discussing things in class because i love to debate and brainstorm with others and share ideas :)

Global Warming Link!

2009-10-18T22:01:00.001-04:00

http://www.globalwarming.org/

Human Geo Class Happenings :/

2009-10-16T08:20:00.001-04:00

Today in class i was tired. we finished the online test and it is below this entry. I am writing a small entry because im tired:(

Human Geo Class Happenings :/

2009-10-16T08:20:00.000-04:00

Today in class i was tired. we finished the online test and it is below this entry. I am writing a small entry because im tired:(

Human Geo NOTES!

2009-10-08T16:26:00.003-04:00

Today in class we continued to work on our power points. My group finished it and uploaded it to a flash drive. These are the things that we entered into our power point.......

Wheat, corn, sorghum, rice
Advancing- Geographic luck
Rice- It originated in china, in ten thousand years ago. It grows about 4 feet tall. Just like wheat, rice is an integral element around the world. Rice helped Chinas economy because it was and still is one of their main food eaten and sold there, as well as many other places in Asia. Wild rice can grow up to 10 feet in marshes, and is native to America.

Sorghum- It can grow up to 15 feet tall. It is grown in hot, aired places because it is resistant to droughts and heat naturally. How its made- Grains are mashed into pulp, boiled, then eaten. It has low protein but has lots of carbohydrates. Sorghum was originated by farmers in tropical niger- congo. It was the success of the African agricultural revolution.

NOTES! Human Geo 10/6/09

2009-10-07T08:30:00.002-04:00

• Humans breaded animals so they did not have to hunt. This Is known as animal domestication. A good domesticated animal is one that has a baby each year. Goats and sheep were the first animals that were domesticated. Horses and oxen plowed land to plant more food.
1. Goats
2. Sheep
3. Pigs
4. Cows
5. Horses
6. Donkeys
7. Camels(two)
8. Water buffalo
9. Llamas
10. Reindeer
11. Yaks
12. Cattle(two)
• The ancestors of these animals are from Asia, north Africa, and Eurasia.
• Homes started to develop. They coated the walls in plaster. There were more people in the villages now. They made plaster from limestone. Learning to use fire was the next big part of technological advances in the world.
• People in New Guinea never advanced, because they took too much time feeding themselves.
• Europeans brought over their animals and food to the new world.

Questions:
In order to get the New Guineans into the 21 century, we need to go to them, and help them with their crops and give them more technology. They need to get into the 21 century because they need to keep up with our world and arent a third world country.

Epic Notes of HG Class :)

2009-09-30T22:33:00.002-04:00

Today in the Epic Human Geography class conducted by Mr. Schick, we sat for a while and tried to get a video uploaded. When we did, we took notes on it and disscused it briefly. It was about people in a place called Papua New Guinea and it was awesome!
Here are the notes:)

Europeans have dominates for years because of their technologies. Such as gun, germs, and steel.

What Separates the Haves from the Have Not's?

Takes place in Papua new guinea

People have been living there for about 40,000 years. They want to know why we are so technologically advanced and places like Papua have so little. The people in new guinea are very smart, and know how to survive. The usa is the richest and dominates over the rest of the world.

Internet Failur During Test :(

2009-09-29T17:31:00.003-04:00

Today in class, we took a test online about all of the information we have learned from the beginning of the year. I like this idea, because it was easy and convinent. We had problems with internet connection, which made it dificult to get started on the test. Some of the students did not even get onto the internet. This was frustrating because it shortened our time to take the test, and most did not finish. Our school has wireless internet access, and these problems should not occur so often, i think the wirless connection is not as reliable as others because most wirrless accesses dont fail so offten. These problems occur in most of the classrooms.

Globalization Chapter Test

2009-09-29T12:17:00.007-04:00

“On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this graded academic work. I am a person of integrity and I do not cheat.” Agree to this statement by typing your name here: Joe Novak

Globalization is the increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change. Those who are pro-globalization believe that wealth will “trickle down” from rich countries to poor countries. They also believe it will spread the benefits of new ideas and new technologies to all nations. One organization that loans money to nations so they can invest in business is the IMF. On the other hand, those who are anti-globalization say it is not fair, because the richest 20% of the world’s people consume 86% of the world’s resources, resulting in inequalities between “haves” and “have nots.”

Use the CIA Factbook to answer the following questions: In Luxembourg the life expectancy is 79.33, the infant mortality rate is 4.56 deaths per 1000 live births, the literacy rate is 100%, and the TFR is 1.78. In Libya the life expectancy is 77.26 , the infant mortality rate is 21.05 deaths per 1000 live births, the literacy rate is 82.6, and the TFR is 3.08 .

We often categorize nations as being “developed” or “developing” nations. Vietnam and Mexico would be considered developing nations; Japan and Canada are developed nations.

The current world population is over 6,790,062,216 billion people. The number that measures how many children the average woman in a nation will bear is known as the Total Fertility Rate, which is abbreviated as TFR . When this number is exactly 2.1 , then the population stays the same; if it’s higher, the population goes up, and if it’s lower, the population decreases. The population is growing fastest in developing nations.

A population pyramid that is shaped just like a pyramid -- wide on the bottom and narrow at the top -- shows a country whose population is rapid growth. If it is shaped more like a vase or a soda bottle, that nation’s population is slow growth. young people are found at the bottom of the pyramid, and Men are found on the left hand side.

When discussing migration, people who are entering a country are known as immigrants, and people who are leaving a country are known as emigrants.

People leave their country for many reasons. An example of a push force is war, and an example of a pull force is better paying jobs . If a nation’s net migration rate is a negative number, it means more people are leaving the country than are arriving.

Globalization is greatly disputed. I think that there are good and bad sides to it. The middle argument is that globalization can improve our world, but does have its disadvantages. Globalization helps us to get to use more thing from other countries, and to trade with a variety of countries. The disadvanteges are that only the rich parts of the world are using the products that the poor parts are making. Some people say that the money will slowly trickle down to the less wealthy people and countries, but I disagree. I think that the poor countries will continue to be poor, because it is extremely hard to make money in a poor country when the U.S. is having trouble with employment and poverty. It is not as bad as in other countries, which is why so many people are trying to move to the united states. This will effect the population in other countries.

This article talked about how Mexican Immigrants want to move to the united states. They say that it is much better in the united states. Only 14% were not satisfied with the U.S. They call it the Land of opportunity. Lateley there has been a decline in the Mexicans migrating into the united states, but it is believed to be only be temporary. Aproxamiley 7 million mexicans in the Unites States that are there illegaly.

Top Secret CIA Info!

2009-09-25T08:26:00.003-04:00

The United States is the fourth largest nation on earth, with a population of 307, 212,123. The total fertility rate is 2.05, and the net migration rate is 4.31, resulting in a population growth rate of 0.975%, which means their population is rising slightly. The infant mortality rate is 6.26 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 78.11 years (75.65 for men, 80.69 for women), which means they probably have a good health care system. The literacy rate is 99%, which means they have an excellent educational system. The main language is English, spoken by 82.1% of its people, and the secondary language is Spanish, spoken by 10.7% of its people. 82% of the population lives in cities.

France is the 22 largest nation on earth, with a population of 64,057,792. The total fertility_ rate is 1.98, and the net migration rate is 1.48, resulting in a population growth rate of 0.549, which means their population is slightly rising. The infant mortality rate is 3.33 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 80.98 years 77.79 for men, 84.33 for women), which means they probably have a good health care system. The literacy rate is 99%, which means they have an excelent educational system. The main language is french, spoken by 100% of its people, and the secondary language is none , spoken by none of its people. 77% of the population lives in cities.

Japan is the 11 largest nation on earth, with a population of 127,078,679. The total fertility rate is 1.21, and the net migration rate is N/A, resulting in a population growth rate of -0.19, which means their population is same. The infant mortality rate is 2.79 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 82.12 years ( 78.8 for men, 85.62 for women), which means they probably have a excelent health care system. The literacy rate is 99% , which means they have an excelent educational system. The main language is japaneese, spoken by 100% of its people, and the secondary language is none, spoken by none of its people. 66% of the population lives in cities.

Niger is the 64 largest nation on earth, with a population of 15,306,252. The total fertility rate is 7.75, and the net migration rate is -0.57, resulting in a population growth rate of 3.677%, which means their population is growing slowly . The infant mortality rate is 116.66 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 52.6 years (51.39 for men, 53.85 for women), which means they probably have a bad health care system. The literacy rate is 28.7, which means they have a bad educational system. The main language is French, spoken by 100% of its people, and the secondary language is none spoken by none of its people. 16% of the population lives in cities.

Iran is the 20 largest nation on earth, with a population of 66,429,284. The total fertility rate is 1.71, and the net migration rate is -2.62, resulting in a population growth rate of 0.883%, which means their population is steady. The infant mortality rate is 38.75 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 71.14 years (69.95 for men, 72.72 for women), which means they probably have a poor health care system. The literacy rate is 77%, which means they have a reasonable educational system. The main language is Persian, spoken by 58% of its people, and the secondary language is Turkish, spoken by 28% of its people. 68% of the population lives in cities.

Mexico is the 12 largest nation on earth, with a population of 111,211,789. The total fertility rate is 2.34, and the net migration rate is -3.16, resulting in a population growth rate of 1.13, which means their population is decreasing greatly. The infant mortality rate is 18.42deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 76.06 years (73.25 for men, 79 for women), which means they probably have a reasonable health care system. The literacy rate is 91%, which means they have a good educational system. The main language is Spanish, spoken by 93% of its people, and the secondary language is indegenous, spoken by 5% of its people. 77% of the population lives in cities.

The Bahamas is the 177 largest nation on earth, with a population of 309,156. The total fertility rate is 2.1, and the net migration rate is -2.13, resulting in a population growth rate of 0.536%, which means their population is decreasing greatly. The infant mortality rate is 23.17 deaths per 1000 live births, and the life expectancy is 65.78 years (62.63 for men, 68.98 for women), which means they probably have a below average health care system. The literacy rate is 95.6, which means they have a good educational system. The main language is english, spoken by 100% of its people, and the secondary language is creole, spoken by imigrants of its people. 84% of the population lives in cities.

Real World:Human Geography

2009-09-24T13:16:00.003-04:00

Immigration and Emigration

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration_and_refugees/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=immigration&st=cse

This article states that for the first time in U.S. history, the number of illegal immigrants has out numbered the amount of legal immigrants. People are disputing over the way illegal citizens are being handled. Detention centers and jails are filling up with illegal imigrants. The nations plan it to establish more centrilized control over the prisoners and disiplinary systems.

The More the Merrier: Population Growth Promotes Innovation(nytimes.com)

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/the-more-the-merrier-population-growth-promotes-innovation/?scp=1&sq=world%20population&st=cse

This article talks about how population effects technology. The more people there are in the world, the more ideas on how to conserve more energy and other ideas like this aree created. It takes a while for some one like this to be found/born, which is why there has to be so many people born. Population also effects the marketplace, in ways of supporting it to give more money to the comapies and people that need to create more technologicly advanced ideas and prouducts.

Fertility Rise for Richest - Boon or Trouble?(nytimes.com)

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/fertility-rise-for-richest-boon-or-trouble/?scp=1&sq=total%20fertility%20rate&st=cse

This article informs that the total fertility rate in developing countries, are dropping. The rates have dropped to, or lower than, 2.1 This causes social and economic problems of all sorts. The countries with the most development already, will have a stable birth rate, or greater.

Homework 9/23/09

2009-09-24T12:14:00.002-04:00

Most People that migrate, migrate to the United States. The reason they migrate to the United States is because they want more job opportunites and to make more money. These are some examples of pull factors. The push factors are usually just the opposite of the pull factors. Examples of these, are famine, poor amount of money, bad jobs, war.
Net Migration Rates:
United States - 3.52 per 1,000
Canada - 6.02per 1,000
Mexico - -2.65 per 1,000

Migration Patterns

2009-09-23T10:08:00.002-04:00

Migration Patterns
Today in class, we learned about Migration Patterns and the different causes of the population because of migration. These things include Migration, Emigration, Refugees,Push and pull factors etc.
- Never before in history have so many people been on the move. More than half of the people in the country, has moved away from their birth home. Fully a third of the migrants live in 7 industrial countries: Japan, Germany, France, Canada, The U.S.A., Italy, and the United Kingdom. Most of these people move to cities, where there are lots of jobs, lots of people, and lots of opportunity. The three ways a population In a nation can change: Migration, Death, Birth.
- Some migrants move for other reasons such as war, persecution, famine, and environmental destruction cause people to flee to safer places.
- Refugees: A person who flees their country because of well founded fears based on race, ethnicity, religion, or political views.
Push and Pull factors: Push- Factors that make people want to leave their country. Pull- Factors that make people want to go to another country, things that look attractive about another country.
-Net Migration Rates: People immigrate into a country, and emigrating is when you leave your country.

The Demographic Transition

2009-09-23T07:28:00.002-04:00

The Demographic Transition

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
12:28 PM

Today in class, we talked about the domestic transition. These are the notes we took.

Industrialize-The country is producing things.
Urbanize-more people are living in cities.
Things change as more people start to live in the cities.
Rate of Natural Increase-it depicts the annual birthrate and death rate percentage.
/the country will go through different stages.
Stage 1: High Stationary
Stage 2:Early Expanding
Stage3: Late Expanding
Stage 4:Low Stationary
Stage 5:Declining?
We talked about this topic while looking at a graph in our book. Looking at this in the book helped me understand more clearly about the topic.

Population Pyramid

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2009 and 20 years later

Notes and class happenings. 9/15-17/09

2009-09-15T13:02:00.000-04:00

Today in Human Geography class, we took a test on world regions and globalization. After the test, we took notes and learned about Population Pyramids. Notes from this class are below.

Population Pyramids: Patterns for understanding

Wednesday, September 09, 2009
9:51 AM

Population Pyramids: Patterns for Understanding

Things to learn-
These pyramids can help human geographers to understand whether the population is going to go up or down. Learn how to analyze these pyramids.

Elements of the population pyramid
Age: population pyramids visually present the population of a particular country broken down by age.
Gender: Population pyramids are split. One side represents the number of males in a particular population; the other reflects the number of females within the same population.
Young and old populations: Percentage of population under age 15: global average is 30 percent, low is 17 percent(Europe); high of 42 percent (Africa); high number indicates great potential for future growth; percentage of population over age 65: identifies need for health care and other social services.
Life expectancy: the average number of years a person is expected to live. This is affected by many factors.

2009-09-09T12:29:00.001-04:00

- Sweatshops

Sweatshops are basically factories where people assemble things like clothing, shoes, and similar products etc. The working conditions are crude. People work in sweatshops because the other local jobs are worse. Their theory is that once most people in their country are working in sweatshops, then they can improve conditions and create better industries.

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Part One:
1. North America-J

2. Latin America-D

3. The Caribbean-L

4. Sub-Saharan Africa-G

5. Southwest Asia and North Africa (The Middle East)-I

6. Europe-C

7. The Russian Domain-E

8. Central Asia-F

9. East Asia-H

10. South Asia-B

11. Southeast Asia-K

12. Australia and Oceania-A

Part Two:
1. United States-North America
2. France-Europe
3. Iraq-North Africa/Southwest Asia
4. China-East Asia
5. Saudi Arabia
6. Haiti-The Carribean
7. India-South Asia
8. Japan-East Asia
9. Venezuela-Latin America
10. Iran-North Africa/South West Asia
11. Russia-The Russian Domain
12. The United KIngdom-Europe
13. Israel-North Africa/Southwest Asia
14. Germany-Europe
15. Tibet-East Asia
16. Afghanistan-Central Asia
17. Brazil-Latin America
18. North Korea-East Asia
19. Egypt-North Africa/Southwest Asia
20. Kenya-Sub Saharan Africa
21. Pakistan-South Asia
22. Vietnam-South East Asia
23. Mexico-Latin America
24. Cuba-The Carribean

Source:
http://www.infoplease.com/

Homework

2009-09-03T13:28:00.000-04:00

• Globalization- The increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes
of economic, political, and cultural change.

Five themes of Human Geography
- Location
- Place
- Region
- Human environment interactions
- movement

Chapter 1: Diversity Amid Globalization NOTES

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- There are major differences between Physical Geography and Human Geography.
- Students should be able to identify the Five Themes of Human Geography and identify the various Political Regions.
○ Physical Geography examines climates, landforms, soils, vegetation, hydrology (land)
○ Human Geography explores social, economic, and political factors; demography, migration, culture (people)
- Geography explores both topics(culture geography, politics, population) and regions (such as North America or Southeast Asia)

• Globalization- The increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes
of economic, political, and cultural change.

Five themes of Human Geography
- Location
- Place
- Region
- Human environment interactions
- movement