Our First Human Geo Test

Today, we took our first test of human geo. I wasn't a very easy test either. Well, it wasn't that hard, but I didn't know what to study. Unfortunately, I feel like I failed the test. I will just have to wait and see.

Notes for Our Test

Egypt:

-In Africa

-Hot, Dry summers.

-3 times bigger than Mexico.

-90% is Muslim.

-1% Christian.

Iran:

-98% Muslim

Saudi Arabia:

-#1 oil in exports in the world

-#2 in oil production

-Islamic

-monarchy

-#5 in gas reserves

-# in the world  

-good health care

-may use nuclear weapons on Israel.

-trying to build nuclear weapons.

-they hate Israel

Israel:

-Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon

-timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand

-limited arable land and natural fresh water resources pose serious constraints; desertification; air pollution from  industrial and vehicle emissions; groundwater pollution from industrial and domestic waste, chemical fertilizers,  and pesticides.

-In Asia.

-18 years of age for compulsory (Jews, Druzes) and voluntary (Christians, Muslims, Circassians) military service; both  sexes are obligated to military service; conscript service obligation - 36 months for enlisted men, 21 months for  enlisted women, 48 months for officers; pilots commit to 9 years service; reserve obligation to age 41-51 (men), 24  (women) (2010).   

-Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Naval Forces (IN), Israel Air Force (IAF) (2010)

-Israel has a technologically advanced market economy.

-Jerusalem  (capital)

-2010 estimate 7,645,600

-75.5% Jewish, 20.3% Arab, 4.2% other

-Hebrew, Arabic

-Unemployment rate:   

7.6% (2009 est.)

-Oil - production:   

3,806 bbl/day (2009 est.) 99 Compared to world.

-Oil - consumption:   

231,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)

country comparison to the world: 52 

-Oil - imports:   

318,900 bbl/day (2007 est.)

country comparison to the world: 34 

-Government type:   

parliamentary democracy

-Independence:   

14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)

 Christianity:

• Today it is the largest religion in the world, with around 2 billion followers

• Date founded:

c. 33 AD

• Place founded:

Palestine

• Founder:

Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish carpenter

• Religious professionals:

Priest; bishop; archbishop; patriarch; pope; pastor; minister; preacher; deacon

• House of worship:

Church, chapel, cathedral, basilica, meeting hall

• Holy book: Bible

Judisum:

• date founded

c. 1300 BC

• place founded

           Mesopotamia

• founder

Abraham 

• spiritual leader

rabbi (rebbe in Hasidism)

• place of worship

synagogue ("temple" in Reform Judaism)

• day of worship

Saturday (Shabbat/Sabbath)

• theism

monotheism

• Holy Book: Torah

Islam:

• date founded

622 CE

• place founded

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

• founder

Muhammad (born c.570), a trade merchant from Arabia

• religious professionals

sheikh; imam (Shi'ite)

• house of worship

mosque

• sacred text

Qur'an (Koran)

Checking Blogs and Grades

Today, we all checked our grades to make sure we had everything ready for tomorrow. Tomorrow our grades will freeze and we will see what our mid-quarter grades are. We also looked at our blogs to make sure everything is working correctly. We also prepared for our test on Wednesday.

Today In Class: 9-24-10

Today in class we just went over our presentations. There were about 4 groups with 3 or 4 people in each. We all presented the important info we found about the 3 major religions of the world. Check out my groups presentation on my blog.

Three Major Religions of the World

http://prezi.com/3b4zqimj5pow/the-three-major-religions-of-the-world/

Class Work In Groups: Sept. 23, 2010

Today, we worked in our groups again. We continued to research the three major religions. Using perzi we made a cool PowerPoint. Tomorrow in class we will present what we found.

Class Talks: Sept. 22, 2010

Today, we talked about terrorists attacks. We helped Mr. Schick to come up with an idea to show the terrorist attacks around the world. We also used Prezi. We had to research in groups and make a presentation. We researched three major religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. We saw how much more intriguing it is to use Prezi instead of just a PowerPoint.

In Class: Sept. 20, 2010

Today, we talked about our assigned countries. My topic to research was Israel. I was in a group with 2 other people and we identified all the important facts. Everyone in class shared what they had discovered.

Identifying Countries

1.  United States- North America https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
2.  France- Europe https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html   
3.  Iraq- Middle East: Asia https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html
4.  China- Asia https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
5.  Saudi Arabia- Middle East: Aisa https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html
6.  Haiti- Central America: North America https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ha.html
7.  India- South Asia https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
8.  Japan- Asia https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
9.  Venezuela- South America https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html
10. Iran- Middle East: Asia https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html
11. Russia- Central Asia https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
12. The United Kingdom- Europe https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html
13. Israel- Middle East: Asia https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html 14.Germany- Europe https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gm.html
15. Tibet- Asia http://maps.google.com/
16. Afghanistan- South Asia https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html
17. Brazil- South America https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
18. North Korea- Asia http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/kp.htm
19. Egypt- Africa https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html
20. Kenya-Africa https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html
21. Pakistan- South Asia https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html
22. Vietnam- Asia https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
23. Mexico- North America https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
24. Cuba- North America https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html

Remembering 9-11

https://docs1.google.com/document/edit?id=11NEi-PYgB339f4BtXvpn8OAaIkuFrl5mjPSa9U-0HdI&hl=en&pli=1#

Working on 9-11 Paper

Today, in class we received time to work on our paper. Our paper is about the horrible day of September 11th. Mr. Schick also helped us with any problems we were having with our assignment.

A Look back on a Historical Event

Today, we talked about the significantce of 9-11. Mr. Schick showed us some new websites we could use for our paper. We learned that we should not site one of our sources as wikipedia. He did tell us that we should use the sources listed on wikipedia and showed us where to find them. He aslo showed us how to use Easy Bib. It is a site that helps you site your sources quicker and easier.

Vocabulary

1. Geography is the study of the features, lands, phenomena, and inhabitants of Earth. It's the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements. wikipedia.org and dictionary.com
2. Globalization describes a process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of communication, transportation, and trade. wikipedia.org
3. Population is the total number of men, women, and children inhabited in a country, city, district or area. dictionary.com
4. Immigration is the entering of non-native people coming into a country to settle there. dictionary.com
5. Industrialization is the process of social and economic change that transforms a human group from a pre-industrial society into an industrial one. wikipedia.org
6. Culture is the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group. wikipedia.org
7. Religion is a set of beliefs concerning to cause, nature, and purpose of the universe esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. dictionary.com


World population: U.S. Census Bureau
The world population is 6,866,469,763.


Top 5 Populations: Internet World Stats
Ranked# 1. China 1,330,141,295
Ranked# 2. India 1,173,108,018
Ranked# 3. United States 310,232,863
Ranked# 4. Indonesia 242,968,342
Ranked# 5. Brazil 201,103,330


Top 5 Religions: adherents.com
Ranked# 1. Christianity
Ranked# 2. Islam
Ranked# 3. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist
Ranked# 4. Hinduism
Ranked# 5. Chinese traditional religion

What will be next? Did you know 3.0

     Today, in my Human Geography class we watched a video clip about how fast the world is moving. I thought it was fasinating that the world is progressing at such a fast rate. If the world is at this speed what will it be like in the future? Will there be flying cars or maybe even robots that serve our every need? No one really knows, but we do know that anything is possible. All of the changes have affects. Some will help us out and others may make things more difficult, but we will just have to take the back seat on this journey as time goes on. We can only imagine what will happen.
      In this video I learned that they are preparing men and women for jobs that don't even exist yet. There using technology that hasn't even been invented in order to solve problems that they don't know. It shows me that people are discovering new things every single day. In just a few short years everything can change. People are putting all the information they have and are trying to put it together. The world is moving at such a fast pace that they need to be jumping ahead. Things you learned your first year of college probably will be outdated the next year. How will I keep up? It will be difficult in my opinion. I will have to constantly update myself and continue to take in all that I can.
     In conclusion, it shows us that we will never know whats going to come next. There are some many intelligent minds working together. As the years continue to go on I am going see what the world offers me. I'm sure one day I will be sitting back reminiscing on my younger year. Time is going on and all i can ask is what will they come up with next?