Notes for Quiz

Cultural Geography- 

• parts of a groups everyday life
• the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members
• these same characteristics can also link or divide a region 

Examples of cultural characteristics-

• language
• religion 
• ethnic heritage 

Language examples- 

• Arabic units the Arab world 
• Spanish unites the Hispanic world 
• Brazil is the only south American nation which does not speak Spanish, they speak Portuguese
• Canada is a bilingual nation, English and French are its official languages 
• Switzerland has multiple languages but its not a conflict 
•  English is now considered the official world language 

Ethnic Heritage examples- 

• In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country
• when strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody war and now they all have separate countries
• The US and Switzerland have merged multiple ethnic groups peacefully in there countries
• Korea and Japan have only one ethnic group

Religion examples- 

• five major religions are; Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
• The Jews are considered the sons of Abraham 
• Shiites, Sunnis 
• Jews, Christians, and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as their holy land
• they are constantly fighting over the land 

Spacial Divisions  how we divide the livable space found on the earth by establishing social economic and political control 

examples- 

• countries 
• economic alliances ; European union, organization of petroleum exporting countries, north america free trade agreement, association of southeast Asian nations 
• political alliances; north Atlantic treaty organization  common wealth of nations, organization of american states, league of Arab states, African union 

Reasons for spacial divisions- 

• difference in culture, language, or religion 
• keeping of historical boundaries 
• imperial consequences and control 
• economic similarities and differences 
• cultural differences (Canada, Ireland, Sudan) 

Nationalism- 

the belief that your nation is the best

Economic differences - 

• fertile land
• access to fresh water
• natural recourses 
• access to the coast 
• fishing rights 

More Notes

Today in human geography we took more notes on reasons for dividing places in the world. We also had  two shadows. We talked about spacial divisions and reasons for them. Like religion, ethnic heritage, and language. Also unions and alliances are reasons for spacial divisions. We also talked about nationalism which is when you think your country is the best. Also if two groups of people do not believe in the same thing, they will fight until death to prove themselves right. 

Seperation in the World

Today we started off class by looking at a diagram of the USA. It was divided by every county in the United States. It showed what each country called soda. Some counties call it pop, fizzes, coke, and like us soda. Most of the south called it pop and the east coast and California calls it soda. The reason Mr. Schick showed us this is to show the diversity in the countries and the world. Then we talked about things that are either unifying or unifying. Those things are languages, religion, and ethnic heritage. I learned that the united states does not have an official language and Canada has two, English and French. 

No Teacher

Today we got into class and there wasn't a teacher in our room for a long time. We figured Mr. Schick had a sub for us but the sub forgot to come. We waited a long time but finally Jazz and Carly went to get Mr. Ireton. Mr. Ireton sent Mr. Miller to come sub. We took an AP test to see what we knew. I thought it was really hard and i didn't know most of the answers. 

Quiz and Kiva

Today in class we took a quiz on population pyramid,s crude birth rate, crude death rate, net migration rate, immigration and emigration. I think i did really good on this quiz. I feel confident and i'm hoping i got a good grade because i need to bring my grade back up because of the last test we took. When everyone was done the quiz we started talking more about kiva. Kiva is a website where you loan money to people around the world who need it and they eventually pay you back. What i thought was cool was that you can choose who you give the money too. I really want our class to bring in the most money so we can win pizza. I think it will be a great experience for us! 

Test Tomorrow

Today in class we had another shadow, Allie. We also found out that we have another test tomorrow. For the whole class we just reviewed for the test and Mr. Schick told us what would be on it. 
Crude birth rate - number of births per year by thousands 
crude death rate - number of deaths per year by thousands 
rate of natural increase- subtract death rate from birth rate, then divide by 10 
net migration rate- the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year
immigration- coming into a country 
emigration- leaving a country 
push forces- war
pull forces- religious freedom, health care, more jobs 
total fertility rate- average number of children born per woman 
replacement rate- 2.1 

Population pyramid- a graphical illustration showing information about population broken down by age and sex 
Christmas tree - developing nation, slow growth rate, high birth rate, short life expectancy (Namibia)
the box- developed nation(slow growth), low infant mortality, slow population growth, long life expectancy (Sweden) 
the cup- developed nation (negative growth), low birth rate, shrinking population, long life expectancy (Italy, Germany) 

Quiz's back and population pyramids

Today in class we got our Lost Boys quiz back. Our class had the lowest average grade. The other classes got a B as their average, and our class got a D as our average. I got an 80%. We went over the answers and then we reviewed population pyramids. We went over what we learned yesterday then we looked at different pyramids for different cities and observed what we saw. We looked at cities in New York, South Dakota, etc.