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.