Today Test

Today in HUMAN GEO,  we took our test! I studied and took many notes. so I think I did okay. the test was on Slumdog Millionaire and the five main religions we talked about. they are Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism. those are just the top religions. overall I think the test was good, and very easy if you studied

RELIGIONS

     THE EIGHTFOLD PATHS

        RIGHT VIEW

        RIGHT INTENTION

        RIGHT SPEECH

        RIGHT ACTION

        RIGHT LIVELIHOOD

        RIGHT EFFORT

        RIGHT MINDFULNESS

                  RIGHT DEDICATION

FOUR FAITHS

There is life

Attachment to desire is the origin of suffering

There is a cessation of suffering

The eightfold path will lead to the cessation of suffering

Judaism-

14-18 million (ninth)

Call themselves- Jews

Located- in Israel

Founder- Abraham

Holy book- Talmud, Torah (first five books of the old testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, numbers, Deuteronomy)

Beliefs- ethical monotheism- God is one, and concerned with the actions of humankind

• Ten commandments
• 13 principals of faith

Major Religions

Christianity

2.2 billion largest in the world

Call themselves- Christians

Located- in Europe, the Americas, Southern Africa

Founder- Jesus Christ

Holy book- The Bible, especially the New Testament

Beliefs- Jesus is both human and divine- the Son Of God; he led a virtuous life; he was crucified, died, buried and resurrected

Clergy- the pope is head of the church, priests are local authorities

Islam

1.5 billion (second largest)

Call themselves- Muslims

Located- in Indonesia, Middle East, North Africa

Founder- Muhammad (570-632)

Holy Book- Qur'an

Beliefs- monotheistic, Abrahamic Five Pillars (testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, pilgrimage) ; Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah(God), and observing Islamic law

 

Hinduism

1.1 billion (third largest)

Call themselves- Hindus

Located- in India or Nepal

Holy Book- The Vedas- eternal truth revealed to ancient sages; memorized and composed in verse form 

Founder- no district founder--- it is a series of intellectual or philosophical points of view, also believe in Recantation

Buddhism

500 million to 1.5 billion (vary)

Call themselves- Buddhist

Located- south Asia, china, Nepal, Japan, (there are 1.2 million in the U.S

Founder- Siddhartha Gautama

Denomination- Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, Amidst

Religion

Religion

-can be both a unifying force

• There are 5 major religions in the world today-- Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
• They have millions of followers all believing the same thing

-can also be a dividing force around the world

• Hindus and Muslims fight in India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim)
• There are conflicts between Catholics and Protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland
• Jews, Christians and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as their religions holy site. They are constantly fighting over the land

Spatial divisions- are how we divide the livable space found on the Earth by establishing social, economic, and political control

Examples:

-Countries

-Economic alliances

• You can be a member of more than one spatial group
• Spatial divisions can also cause conflicts or cooperation
• European Union (EU)
• Organization of petroleum exporting countries (OPEC)

Culture

• Culture characteristics- are parts of a groups everyday life. They are the ides and themes which the groups will teach to all members. These same characteristics can also link or divide a region.

Examples: language, religion, and ethnic heritage

Example of culture:

Language-

-Arabic unites the Arab world

-Spanish unites the Hispanic world

• Canada is a bilingual nation.(two languages as their main language) French and English are their official languages
• Brazil is the only south American nation which does not speak Spanish, it speaks Portuguese
• Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the groups
• English is now considered the world language and is used for most business transactions around the world

Ethnic Heritage

-In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country (Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Albanians)

• When strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries
• In the counties of Rwanda and Burundi in Africa, Two ethnic groups are dominate, Tutsis and the Hutus
• The united states and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries.
• Korea, China and Japan have primarily one ethnic group

India Movie

today in human geo, we continued to watch the Indian movie some more. I really like this movie, its very interesting to see how other cultures act. I think Salim is very mean to his brother Jamal. I like Jamal cause he means well and is really smart. I think he is so intelligent because he was brought up all by himself and had to make a living all alone and I think he did a great job even though he made money not that fairly. overall I really like this movie and am excited to watch the rest of the movie tomorrow

Indian Culture: movie

Today we in human geo we are watching a movie on India and how their culture is. They have no space, they don't have any money, it is very filthy. They bath in these areas of water where it is not filtered or clean. Many dig through trash to find things that are worth keeping, its like a big trash dump. Many of the kids don't have parents, and there are many attacks based on religions. The school is packed with children in a very small space with one educator. People make money by stealing, they torture people to get answers.

Extra Credit

Songs-
Home- Daughtry
Temporary Home- Carrie Underwood
Its your life- Francesca Battisstelli

Mexico National Anthem

Mexican National Anthem

Mexicans, at the cry of war
Make ready the steel and the bridle
And let the earth shake to the core
At the roar of the cannon
And let the earth shake to the core
At the roar of the cannon

Gird, oh country, your head with an olive wreath
Given by the divine archangel of peace
Since your eternal destiny was written in heaven
by the finger of God
But should a foreign enemy
Profane your ground with their sole
Think, oh beloved country, that heaven
Has given you a soldier in every son

Dear homeland! Dear homeland!
Your children swear
To exhale breath in your cause
If the bugle in its belligerent (warlike) tone
Summons them to fight with courage
You will get the olive garlands!
They will have a memory of glory!
You will get a laurel of victory!
They will have a tomb of honor!

Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/mexican-national-anthem-himno-nacional-mexicano-mexican-national-anthem.html#ixzz3JRyU9qfG

New Unit:Culural Geography

In human Geo class today we got back our multiple choice bubbled answers back, then we started talking about our next unit. this unit is called Cultural Geography. cultural characteristics are lessons or traditions you were taught by your parents or other extended family members. this can be by language, and religion... by starting this unit we took a look at this map, this map had all different colors witch were labeled from how you call (Soda) either pop, soda, or coke. we figured out that most people from the South call it coke. I think I am going to like this unit a lot because I love learning about culture.

test today

today in human geo, we took our political geography test. I thought it was challenging. you definitely had to know the people for each country and know some facts about them and definitely their government. I think I did alright, I should have studied a little more, but overall the test was okay.

facts

Russia

• Federation government
• Vladimir Putin president since May7, 2012
• 63.6% of the votes went to him
• Six year terms
• Particucaly a dictator cause he has so much power
• Russians like Putin as a president
• Dimitry Medvedev  --prime minister
• United Russia party
• Legislative branch is bicameral federal assembly of Russia
• 450 member state Duma and 166 member Federation Council
• Executive Branch- the president is the supreme commander and chief of the armed forces
• Countries are afraid to attack Russia because Putin and his weapons
• Spent nearly 72 billion dollars on arms in 2011 not as nearly as much as we spend
• They spend more to keep the military strong

 

Brazil

• Has a federal republic government
• This is when the citizens get to vote for who they want
• Dilima rousseff
• Four year term
• Re-elected two times in a row
• She was elected in 2011
• She was the first woman president in Brazil
• She got 51% of the votes
• She was arrested fir participating in political guerilla riot
• She was tortured
• The military made all the decisions back then you had no rights
• She protested against this
• She spent 3 years in prison
• Most people are very happy with their president in Brazil and like their government

upcoming test

today in class we studied for our test tomorrow on political geography. we got this whole power point on information on all of the country's so that we could g over  and make sure we are prepared to take the test tomorrow. I think I am going to do okay, I studied a lot and made flashcards.

absent

today I was absent 11/10 because I was sick.

projects

 

Canada

• Parliamentary democracy- is a democratic form of government which the party with the greatest representation in the parliament forms the government
• Bloc Quebecois- Daniel Paille
• Green Party- Elizabeth May
• Liberal Party- Justin Trudeau

Steven Harper

• Prime minister
• 22nd prime minister of Canada
• Anyone can be elected prime minister over the age 18
• Head quarter of the state is Queen Elisabeth
•  longest term of prime minister was 21 years

Overthrowing leadership

• Prime minister is in office until he or she resigns, dismissed or dies
• Lifespan in parliament is up to only 5 years
• The next Canadian election is October 19,2015

presentations

France

• Government has a republic government and a semi-presidential system
• The government was made in 1958
• Divided into executive, legislative and a judicial branch
• Republic government- means the citizens are entitled to vote the representatives 

Hollande

• Part of socialist party
• He became president on May 15,2012 (shares power with prime minister)
• President 
• He can be president until 2022 if he runs again and wins
• Presidents term is 5 years

Manuel Valls

• Prime minister
• Elected into office on April 1, 2014
• He was born in Barcelona

Change in leadership

• Revolution
• Boycott
• Assassination
• New election

Censure motion: is a statement or vote which states that a person in superior position is no longer deemed to fit to hold that position 

• The socialist party is number one in France
• The leader of the UMP is now Jean-Francois Cope

Cancer awarness

Today in Human Geo we were able to go upstairs for half of the lass and learn about all sorts of cancer and how to prevent them. if you have a good diet and are active then that's the best way to help prevent cancer. you shouldn't eat a lot of red meat like hot dogs, hamburgers, salami.

project

Today was the last day we worked on our human geo political projects.  I was working on Mexico and I think our power point is good, we have slides on Enrique Pena Nieto, lifestyle, leadership, facts in general  and a couple other slides. I think in general our power point is good.

projects

today in human geo we are still working on our projects. I am still working on mine, I have some slides on the presidents leadership and how it would be if the president was not there. I also have the type of government the country is and how its run.

Political geography

 Today in Human Geo we worked on our political Projects again. For my project I am doing the country Mexico, and we are doing a power point about the political government on Mexico. the president of mexico is Enrique Pena Nieto and he was elected in 2011 of December 1. We should be finishing our projects this week.

today we took a pop quiz on what we have learned about these political leaders, I don't think I did very well. our average percentage was a 62 something. which wasn't that bad.

today in class we went over our list we made o interesting facts from the politics we had the other day. We found many interesting facts out about all these political people. one for instance the real Chancellor of Germany is Angela merkul she makes all the decisions and rules. the second person is Joachim Gauck but he doesn't do mucfor Germany.  Both of Joachim Gauck's parents were Nazis, so that brought him up a lot different.

political geography project

MEXICO-
Enrique Pene Nieto
President
Federal Republic

CHINA
Xi Jinping
Prime Minister
Communist State

INDIA
Narendra Modi
President
Federal Republic

RUSSIA
Nadimir Putin
President
Federation

GERMANY
 Joachim Gauck
President
Federal Republic

UNITED KINGDOM
David Cameron
Prime Minister
Constitutional Monarchy and Commonwealth realm

FRANCE
Francois Hollande
President
Republic

Brazil
Dilma Rousseff
President
Federal Republic

Syria
Bashar al-Assad
President
Republic under an Authoritarion

Canada
Stephan Harper
Prime Minister
Parliamentary democracy, federation, constitutional monarchy

Japan
Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister
Parliamentary democracy federation, constitutional monarchy

Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister
Parliamentary democracy

TEST

Today in Human Geo we took our Test on Population and Settlement. We started off by using the CIA world fact book and had questions that went along with that. I feel pretty confident with the test. The fill in the blanks were really easy. But overall I think I did pretty good.

Class Today

Today in Human Geo we reviewed for our test coming up on Friday. We really reviewed crude birth rate and crude death rate, these rates give us The Rate of Natural Increase which is the death subtracted by the birth rate. Net Migration Rate is the immigration subtracted by the emigration. I think I am going to do well on the test this Friday.

Today in human geo Mr. Shick gave us a free premium on Spotify. He did this so that we can use it for a push or pull factor in human geo. I think this is going to be really useful to use to relate to our class and discussions. Today we mostly all got our passwords to sign up to Spotify. Spotify is the pilot program we are using to get this 3 month premium.

Today we talked about the united states and comparing our country to others in different categories like population, land, religion and more. we compared all these on the CIA wordbook. I really like using this site cause it gives you all the information you need and more. we also had a group discussion on all the facts that we looked up to see if our country was the greatest country in the world.

Today October 1, I was not in class due to being on retreat.

Today we went over the video called The Population Pyramid as a class. The pyramid is based on age and gender. The pyramid for Rwanda was big at the bottom and grew smaller at the top.

Today in Human Geo we watched a video called Pyramid Population. This was about how fast our population grows at a rate of time. There was a study done that there 217 born every min. and 106 every min. I though that was very interesting. After we were done watching the video we had to answer discussion questions that went along with the video.

Today in Human Geo we got back our first test. We went over it as a class. I did okay on the test I now know I should definitely take better notes in class just in case we do have an open book test where we can use our notes. I thought there were too many questions on Ancient Greece.  Throughout this unit I liked learning about Globalization and how many cultures compare to ours.

Population and Settlement

          Today we started a new unit about population and settlement. There are 7 million people on the planet today. I learned that the US is ranked 50 in the world. If you think about it that's not very good. This is because of our diet and lack of exercise. People now are going home and sitting in front of the TV and not doing anything active. Peoples diet in the US is decreasing cause of all the processed food. The life expectancy for the US is 78.54 or something around there.

Today in class we all studied. we used quizlet to help us. I made flash cards and did a practice test. I think quizlet is very helpful.

CLASS TODAY

Today in Human Geo as a class we came up with some test questions for our test coming up this Wednesday. We talked about "The Message To Garcia", Globalization, The Ancient Greeks, and the "Did You Know 3.0" video we watched.

Globalization

Today in human geo we learned about globalization and how American companies have franchised to other country's like China and Japan etc.. This gives the American companies a chance to make more money on their product. Globalization is the connection of different parts of the world, the expansion of international cultural economic/political activities. One of the trading routes was called the Silk Road. Globalization is growing around the world everyday.

I was absent today due to not feeling well.

terms (revised)

agora- central spot in ancient Greek-city states(gathering space) artistic, athletic, spiritual, and political.
arete- means "excellence of any kind", also may mean "moral virtue", the act of living up o ones full potential.
polis- central urban area (body of citizens) was a independent city.
508 B.C-birth of democracy
Socrates-Greek philosopher, one of the founders of Western philosophy (470 B.C)
Death of the Socrates-corrupting the youth of Athens, introducing strange gods, sentenced to die by drinking Hemlock
Socratic Method- discussions between individuals
If they called you an idiot- they wanted their personal needs to fulfill those around them

Terms

Agora- was a central spot in ancient Greek city-states.

Arete- means "excellence of any kind”, the term ay also mean “moral virtue”, the act of living up to one’s full potential.

Polis- an independent city and its surrounding region under a unified government

508 B.C- “Democracy” began in Athens, todays meaning “ruled by the people”               http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/access/greek/timeline_greece.htm

Socrates- Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the western philosophy

Death of Socrates- - was a classical convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens and introducing strange gods, and has been sentenced to die by drinking poison hemlock.

Socratic Method-named after the classical Greek philosopher Socrates, discussion between individuals
What the ancient Greeks meant if they called you an idiot- someone who thought their own personal needs trumped those of the society around them, and over time, the word "idiot"               http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greekpolitics/f/GreekIdiots.htm

Rest were Wikipedia..

"Message to Garcia"

               Today in human geo we talked about "The Message To Garcia". the main idea is you need to work hard to be trusted. Rowan was the  guy that took the letter to Garcia without any complications or complaining. The president gave Rowan the letter, the President at the time was McKinley. The war that was going on at the time was the Spanish-American war and part of it was in Cuba.

Day 4

Today we talked about our blogs and how to work them correctly. We learned how to attach links to our blogs and saw that you can post a video as well. we also made a title for our blog.

JC

There are many things I can do to make me a better student through high school. One thing I can do is stay organized, if I stay organized I will know what I have and when I have a text or quizzes. You could keep a planner with you so that you can have your homework written instead of having it all typed. Another thing that could make me a better student is having time management, if you can manage your time you can get things done earlier. A third strategy that could help is asking questions, by asking questions you will understand what you are doing in class. Another one is participation, when you participate it shows that you understand what you are learning. My last thing would be doing your homework, doing your homework every night can get your grade up very easily.

second day

Today in human geo we made sure everyone got their blogs working and sent for the first half of class. We also saw the syllabus with everything we need to now for the course. We learned that there is NO EXTRA CREDIT. Mr. Schick’s room is in 121 the T.V studio. There are also penalties for late assignments, the deduction is ten percent per day that you do not turn in your work. We are also graded on participation.  That was our second day of human geography.

dimitrahumangeo.com

      I had a great first experience at John Carroll. I meet so many new friends that I will be with for the next four years, and great teachers as well. I love having off mods because I think it gives the students a break to just socialize and relax. My goal this year is to have good grades and be involved in the school activities.  I am so excited to be apart of the John Carroll school and ready to have a great year.