Religions

Today in human geo we went over our culture quiz. I didn't do too well on it, but i got 10 extra credit points so now i passed. Also we had three shadows Alexis, Marisa, and Sarah. When we were done, we worked on our religion power point. Ellie and I got a lot done, but Drew's internet wasn't working so he was just watching. I learned a lot of new things about Hinduism. 

One lap down, three to go

Today in human geo we took a quiz on spacial divisions and cultural differences. In the beginning of class we reviewed with teacher Jazzmine. I though the quiz was the hardest one we've taken all year. I must have studied the wrong things because i didn't know a lot of it. I probably got all of the questions about the abbreviations wrong because i didn't study them and had no idea what they stood for or men't. I'm glad the first quarter of my freshman year and we only have three more to go!

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!