Day #36-The Relenting Review

Today in Human Geo class we did a review on the exam test that we will take on Thursday. I think that overall it will be a relatively easier test than some of my other classes but we will see because this semester was fun. But that is the thing I am so concerned about is that I think that I had to much fun this semester and did not study or try hard enough. I will not make that mistake again next semester. There is a lot of information on that review sheet from this year and I do not know if I will be able to take it all in on Thursday. There is a lot of topics that we covered this year for sure and it will be challenging but if I study I will do well.

Day #35-The Tackle of The Test

Today in Human Geo we took the test on microfinance and it was hard to see how I did. I thought that I did pretty well but I do not know yet because at the same time I could have gotten a bad grade as well. I think that I got a B average area but I hope that I need to get a good grade so we will see. I knew all of the questions except two maybe three of them.

Day #34-Microfinance Matrix

Today in Human Geo we did a couple of things that were all very interesting. For the first part of class we talked about Mr. Schick and his academic team so it was interesting. The topics that he picked were very hard to understand. He gave us a couple of examples of the questions that his team had to answer during the academic events and I thought that it would be very hard to answer and I would not be happy to be on the team. That was all during the first half of class which was not fun to deal with.  While the second half of class we went over a couple of the slides in Microfinance so we didn't finish. But for the test Friday I really hope that the power point is up by then because it will be a great study tool.

Microfinance Make-Up Mysteries

1.) Q: What do loans for small businesses?
A: Loans give the business small amounts of money to get a kick start on their ideas or businesses.

2.) Q: What is microfinance?
A: A form of financial aid for small businesses that don't have access to banking services.

3.) Q: What solutions does microfinance solve?
A: Microfinance solves the destruction of small businesses do to the fact of large businesses taking control.

4.) Q: What is a microlender?
A: An organization that makes business loans to individuals who are not able to obtain financing from traditional lenders

5.) Q: How can we improve microfinance?
A: People can get a loan from other people who have money. Once the people who are borrowing can escape poverty, they can pay the donors back.

6.) Q: What is Kiva?
A: Kiva is an online website for giving microloans to the people who are asking for it.

7.) Q: What is a microloans?
A: Loans to people who ask for money to start their small business.

8.) Q: What kind of problems in countries that need microfinance?
A: Malaria, Drought, and Clean Water.

9.) Q: What is malaria?
A: Malaria is a life-threating disease spread by female mosquitos.

10.) Q: What are solutions to malaria?
A: Doctors are trying to figure out vaccines for malaria, and International Peace Corps. are trying to fight the battle against malaria.

Day #33-The Funny Folk Tales

Today in Human Geo we had a very easy class and it was easily the most fun of a class that I could have because it was so easy. All we did in class was just tell stories so that was so easy and it was funny because the stories that THE SHICK MAN told were classic. I wish we could have more classes like that but we didn’t get any work done so we won’t be able to. But it was a great final class of Human Geo before the break so I am happy about that. Now I know the famous Gumby stories that everyone who has ever had Mr. Schick has talked about. In this class it is not my favorite class because of the material but it is my favorite class because of the teacher and it is so much fun. It is up there with German and English when it comes to having fun.

Day #32-Argueable Assingment

Today in Human Geo we did a new project and did something new and a change for the first time in a long time. We made a project as a class on Google documents. I thought that it was a great idea and a chance for us to do something on our own. But once again there were a few people who thought differently than the teacher and blew this thing out of proportion. Some people think that there should be rule and civilized but if it went there way than there is a more than likely chance that work would not have been done. We should have assigned partners and then each group makes a slide or two and then will edit that slide until we are done. While the entire class was yelling and carrying on and trying to get order my partner Zach and I managed to finish and edit four slides that were ready to be read. we managed to get four slides done in 30 minutes and that was just two people. But unfortunately two of them got deleted and then we lost them but that was the work that people could. There are some people in this class that think that they are the leader and boss and rule everything but yet they are not because it was A CLASS PROJECT FOR EVERYONE TO WORK ON.

Day #31-Problem People

Today in Human Geo we went over the paper for our project and the questions during the entire class. I was not happy with how long it took to go over the paper because we only got to go over like 2 questions. There were some people that were complaining about the project and I think that people need to deal with the fact that we are doing the project and just do it. Mr. Schick is the teacher and the way he teaches is the way that we need to follow because he is the teacher. He chooses how we learn the material and how the lesson every day goes. But yet other people think that they are better than everyone else and don’t need to follow the rules and it annoys me. Because those people throw a fit when they don’t get their way and they should not get their way in the first place. Besides I think that the way that we are doing things now in class is better than usual.

Day #30-The Unfair Unit

Today in Human Geo we went over the test that we took last week and I felt bad when I took that test because it was quite hard when it took it. I thought that it was a little unfair because he said that on his blog most of the things we did not need to write down but in the end we had to write down a bunch of stuff. But in the end we needed all of things that we needed on his blog. So in the end I thought that it was so unfair that we could not use the things that we needed from his blog. The only thing that made up for the fact that we could not get the best of grades was the fact that we could use our blogs. So in the end I disagreed with what had happened and I did not like with what went down with this test.

Day #29-The Troubling Test

Today in Human geo we took a test on the leaders of the world and I thought that it was relatively hard test and I would not want to take it again. The only good thing that came out of the test today was the fact that we got to use our blog to help us with a couple of the questions on the test. But I was not happy with some of the questions that I had to answer. He said that we didn’t need some of the topics that were on the test but yet we did. I strongly disagree with what the test was about.

Replacement Blog

Today we updated the president/ world leader blog in class.

Replacement Blog

Today in Human Geo we updated our blog and that was all that we did for Monday November 11th, 2013

Day #28-The Terrific Test

Today in Human Geo class we went over the test that we got back and went over it. I did a pretty good job on the test even though the last question that I did was right and he put it down as wrong. So then he changed because everyone had a problem with that question. So now I have an 80% on that test which will help my grade a lot more. The questions that we did were pretty hard and I was not happy about that because they caused me problems on the test. The religion questions I did not get a good grade on because I got Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism mixed up quite a few times and I should have studied harder than I did. The other parts of the quiz from the first part of the unit I had done a great job on it. But the religion will have to be better in the near future.

Interesting Incite

President Enrique Pena Nieto:Mexico
-When President Pena Nieto was elected into office it brought back the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which has not been in power since 2000
-Angelica Rivera is the wife of Nieto and she is a opera star
-He had an affair with many women had still managed to be elected president
-Oldest of four siblings in a middle-class family father an engineer, and mother a teacher  president.gov

President Xl Jinping:China
-He is the son of a Chinese communist named Xi Zhongxun
-Xi was the first ever communist leader who spoke a clear Mandarin
-Married a folk singer Peng Liyuan
-Daughter is studying at Harvard  president.gov

Premiere Li Keqiang:China
-He is the youngest provincial governor in China 1998
-In the election he got 2,940 votes out of 3,000    president.gov

President Pranab Muhkerjee:India
-He has been the leader of India for nearly six decades
-Pranab was accused of committing gross excesses
-Taught political science at a college and also worked as a journalist before becoming president
-Started his own party     president.gov

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh:India
-Singh worked for the UN from 1966-1969
-Singh has been re-elected four times in his terms in office    president.gov

President Hamid Karzai:Afghanistan
-His grandfather was in the 1919 war to free Afghanistan
-He warned America in 2001 of the attacks on 9/11
-He can speak five different languages fluently
-Resistance leader during the Taliban era    president.gov

President Joachim Gauck:Germany
-As a kid he lived in East Germany
-He became a pastor because he refused to become part of the youth communist groups   president.gov

Chancellor Angela Merkel:Germany
-She is the first woman in history to hold both chancellor of Germany and Christian Democratic Union
-She has been ranked the world's second most powerful person in the world
-Degree in physics, got a PhD in quantum chemistry
-Chancellor since November '05      president.gov

Queen Elizabeth II: United Kingdom
-Her first ever radio broadcast was at the age of 14
-She has been the queen of England since 1952
-60 year leader    president.gov

Prime Minister David Cameron: United Kingdom
-He lost his first ever election in 1997 but then won in 2001
-When he won in 2001 he was the youngest Prime Minister in England in 198 years
-He went to a prep school
-One child who was born in '09 named Ivan    president.gov

President Francois Hollande: France
-He supports same-sex marriage
-His first foreign trip, the plane transporting him was struck by lightning
-No experience in a Government position
-He has had a 30 year relationship with the mother of his 4 children
-He had parents who would argue over their job     president.gov

Prime Minister Jean Marc Ayrault: France
-When he was mayor of Saint-Herblain, he was the youngest mayor to govern a city of 30,000 people or more
-He learned German as a French-men      president.gov

President Dilma Rousseff: Brazil
-Captured in jail from 1970-1972 where she was tortured
-First woman of Brazil to hold office in history
-Degree in economics
-In remission for lymphoma       president.gov

President Nicolas Maduro Moros: Venezuala
-Only a few years ago he was a bus driver
-He was a bodyguard for a candidate in a election in 1983
-Helped the release of Chavez from prison
-Chavez died of cancer and Moros was Vice President was named President       president.gov

King and Prime Minister Abdallah Bin Abd al- Aziz al Saud: Saudi Arabia
-He was Saudi Arabian National Guard during the time in which he became king
-He has four wives, seven sons, and fifteen daughter     president.gov

Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini- Khamenei: Iran
-Victim of an attempted assassination
-He has forbid any use with nuclear warfare       president.gov

President Hasan Fereidun Ruwoni: Iran
-He was arrested many times before the Iran revolution for public speaking
-He brought a civil rights charter when he was elected into office      president.gov

President Shimon Peres: Israel
-The world's oldest head of state
-He was Polish but changed when he came to Israel       president.gov

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel
-Major part in the Israeli military
-In times in the 1950's and 1960's he lived in the United States      president.gov

The Peoples Presidents

    

Countries

                                                                           

Mexico
 

Federal Republic
 

President Enrique Pena Nieto                                                                                                                                     

 

China

Communist State

President Xl Jingping

Premier Ll Keqiang

 

India

Federal Republic

President Pranab Mukherjee

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

 

Afghanistan

Islamic Republic

President Hamid Karzai

 

Germany

Federal Republic

President Joachim Gauck

Chancellor Angela Merkel

 

 

United Kingdom

Constitutional Monarchy and

Commonwealth Realm 

Queen Elizabeth ll

Prime Minister David Cameron

 

France

Republic

President Francis Hollande

Prime Minister Jean Marc Ayrault

 

Brazil

Federal Republic

President Dilma Rousseff

 

Venezuela

Federal Republic

President Nicolas Maduro Moros

 

Saudi Arabia

Monarchy

King and Prime Minister Abdallah

Bin Abd al- Aziz Al Saud

 

Iran

Theocratic Republic

Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini- Khamenei

President Hasan Fereidun Ruhani

 

Israel

Parliamentary Democracy

President Shimon Peres

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day #27-Troubling Test

Today in Human Geo we had a test that we took and going into the test I felt very confident in my ability. I studied all weekend but I was not happy because Friday I was ready but then I had to wait another three days unlike the other classes so that was a disadvantage. But I did get more days to study so that was an advantage. But when it came to the actual test it did not go over well. The beginning questions I aced because I studied for them. But then at the time of the test I totally drew a blank between the differences in the religions. I did not do well in the questions for the five major religions of the world. I could not think about anything and I was not confident at that time. I was nervous and after the first set I blew thru and the second set I struggled for sure. I did not get a horrible grade but not what I had expected to have gotten because I worked very hard to help myself.

Day #26-The Fast Facts

Today in Human geo we went over the final parts of the five major religions of the world. But the part that I liked was the fact that Mr. Schick did it instead of groups so it went by a lot faster and we got done it good time. Plus he knew what we needed to know and what we didn’t need to know so that meant less writing of things. That way the notes we took were a lot shorter and that was a huge benefit to my hand. He went over all five religions in under 20 minutes while we got three and a half religions done as a class in two days of nearly an hour combined. That is why Mr. Schick should present all presentations to the class because people goof off way to much when presenting. Plus they go into extreme detail that we do not need to know and it wastes time. The way that we did it in class today is the way that I think we should do it every time that we must make a group project.

Day #25-Power Point Presents Practices

Today in Human Geo we went over more power points from the five major religions of the world. We finished the power point on Hinduism, presented Judaism, and started my group’s power point of Buddhism.  Thought that the presentation looked very good for our group and that a lot of the design credit has to go to Ryan in this case. He found pictures, laid out the design, made the font, and made it look nice. But the group had to find the formation in order to put it in the power point and we did that. Logan, Zach, and I all found the information and all that credit has to go to us. We found the information, gathered ideas, laid out sentences, and gave ideas on how to write for Ryan so overall it was a group effort. I found many interesting facts in the class today. But the biggest thing would have to be the fact that even though all five major religions are very different, they have many similar traits as well.

Day #24-Power Point Playing

Today in Human Geo we went over our quizzes that we got back and I got a good grade. I got my first A on a quiz or test this year and it was a 90%. I am satisfied with that grade because I did not go into major detail when it came to studying for this test so an A to end the quarter was great. I know that I can do better in the future but it is a step into the right direction. The questions that I got wrong I felt that if I had studied more that I could have gotten it right so then I would have gotten a 100%. Then we looked at the first power point of the five major religions. I think that it was a good idea to make the power point onto paper because then we didn’t have to take notes. But then at the same time we had to fill in answers so then we had to pay attention. Today was not my favorite class but it was a happy class to be in.

Day #23-Group Graded Work

Today in Human Geo class we set our groups to talk about all of the main five religions in the world. It was either Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, or Judaism, and my group got Buddhism. We had a lot of cool facts to write about because it was suck a cool religion. At first I did not think of it very highly but then we went onto search engines and looked up facts on the religion to get background and then I realized how interesting the religion is. We got topics on holidays, origination, size, leaders, conflicts, and so much more. But then during the middle of our research my laptop died and I had to plug it in and I was not happy. I had a cool website up that I was excited to read about and put onto our power point. The only bad thing is that I lost the name of the website so I cannot go back and look it up again. But in the end I think that the power point that we have right now is very cool and interesting and we aren’t even done.

Day #22-America's Absence

Today in Human Geo the topic that we went over was easily my favorite class that we have had all year. I loved the video that we watched and for the man that said why America isn’t the greatest country in the world was completely true. But after the video our class reviewed the topic and I completely disagreed with most things said. We focused on the little things and that is exactly what Will didn’t want. He said we need to reach for the stars and that we went for it all and we never relied on anyone. We were the best and now we aren’t and people need to realize that because America is not right and her people are wrong. We are not the best and we need to wake up and everyone must see that and until the day we do we will continue to go downhill. The people who revered who were the successful ones were the people who knew America wasn’t the best. They made the country the best but we stopped right there once we were the best. But now we are not and no one realizes it but the people who reach for the stars. In order to succeed it takes a certain level of failure, but too much failure brings us down. America is at that point right now, we are failing but in the potential for this country we will be the best again. We are bending, but the question is, will we break.

Day #21-Genetic Geography

Today in Human Geo we went over more from the power point on cultural geography. There was a lot more information that I really wanted to know because for the class it was a lot to take in and to write. That part I did not like but I did like the facts that were presented and the conclusions that were made because basically they were all true. They stood out higher than any other facts from power points that we have learned all year so far. I thought that all the differences that we have in our culture makes us who we are. People say that we are all the same but way down we are each different in our own ways. From our religion to our race, language to look of us, ethnic heritage to ancestry, or in any other way we are all different. And I think that is the point of the unit, that even though the world is similar we are all different. We each have traits that are not similar to any other person, even out of seven billion people. We are not billions of people, we, ourselves are one of billions, and we need to come to the day that we aren’t similar to the person next to us, but rather different, different in any way imaginable.

Day #20-The Cultural Consistency

Today in Human Geo we went over more from the cultural geography power point and it was very interesting to see. All the parts of this power point are the same in that each part of cultural geography (religion, language, and ethnic groups) all point out the same thing. That each part of this has a role to play in the world has a whole and that each part is equal. They all have checks and balances on each other in order to keep the system working. If they don’t have these balances and they don’t have a strong commanding leader then that group will adapt or die. Each group of the world is like an animal and when forced to move or to adapt the question at hand is if they will survive. If a country’s’ government changes then can the people adapt or will they all fall into the system. Otherwise known as dead. We need to have checks and balances on these three groups of cultural geography otherwise we will fall in the system by killing ourselves.

Day #19-The Ardous AP Test

Today in Human Geo we took an AP test for Human Geo. It was a very hard test to take and I did not think that I would finish but I did at the ring of the bell. It was a much harder test than any test that I have taken in the past for Human Geo. I was glad to hear that it would not be placed onto our grades because I would be failing this class if it was. The questions were extremely difficult to comprehend and to divide the questions into something easier. I had a shadow today and he took the test as well and I wonder how difficult it was for him because he is only in eighth grade. Today was a very boring class because I expecting a very fun class but instead got put with a test class that wasn’t even graded. But I am very grateful that Mr. Schick did not put this test onto our grades. He would have been unfair and mean if he did put it on the grade and I would be very angry. The test was hard today and I hope not to take it again until we learn more in this class.

Day #18-Questionable Quiz

Today in Human Geo we took a quiz on the population pyramids. I thought that I did pretty well on the quiz and I felt confident on my final grade. I thought that because I studied that I did better than I would have if I didn’t study. I knew that going into the test that it was going to be hard because it wasn’t the easiest topic that we have done so far this year. The final page that had to look at three maps was a much harder thing to do and I may have done badly on that part because I could not remember what it was. Plus the graphs were hard to read and I thought that it was unfair because it didn’t label anything on the graph. Plus the power point wasn’t on the site so I could not study anything other than what was on my notes. But luckily I had enough notes to study with and I know that I did a good job on this quiz so I am confident in my abilities.

Day #17-Power Point Plans

Today in Human Geo we continued to look over our power point about the pyramid population. We went over examples of American towns and cities and why they had a higher or lower number of people at a certain age. They may be in college, retirement home, military, work force, and many other reasons. So Americas’ cities are becoming populated by a certain range and gender of people and that’s because of what these specific cities supply. A good home or shelter or work or anything else that the person may come to like and that they will follow I order to be successful and do what they want. I figured out that in order to do what I want I must follow into a city that fits the needs that I will need in order to be successful at the place that I will live. This is going to be the place that I will live for the rest of my life so I will have to make the right choice even if that means leaving my parents and going across the world. I will do what it takes so that like the people that are currently on those pyramids that I can succeed in not only what I do but what I want to do.

Day #16-Population Pyramid Projection

Today in Human Geo we looked at a power point on the population by the world through pyramid techniques with growth rate, birth rate, death rate, etc. We found three ways of measuring the population through the Christmas tree, box, and cup methods. The Christmas tree meant that a country had the rate of people in a triangle where the top would be the oldest and bottom the youngest. So that meant a low birth rate, high growth rate, and short life expectancy. The box method was the same set up where old on top and young on bottom. So it was an all equal birth, death, growth, and life expectancy rate. The final method was the cup method and that meant the same set up where old was on top and young was on bottom. That meant a low birth rate, a high growth rate, low death rate, and a long life expectancy rate. There are few countries in the world that are like this method but in the end all countries are categorized in a method eventually. So that means that each country has a rate for the people’s lives whether long living or short, no growth and birth or growth and birth we all have been fit into a system of the world.

Day #15-The Amazing African Advances

Today in Human Geo we finished our documentary on The Lost Boys of Sudan. The film was based on three main characters who were moving to America to get job opportunities. They were becoming American in every aspect and learning the American ways even though they still kept their customs and beliefs. They were in America for three years and they realized what they wanted to do with their lives. They wanted to improve their original home and they needed to get a solid education and level of responsibility. They came to America on their own with a little help but not much so they had to develop a living for themselves and needed to be successful. They received a wonderful opportunity and they took it without hesitating and they were successful. They made all three years of a solid living in the tough and independent country of The United States. All three would eventually go back to Africa united with the families that they had lost and improve their living habits. They now have medication, shelter, food, water, and a good education all thanks to these three men.

Day #14- The Movie Massacre

Today in Human Geo we watched a movie that was on the Sudan Civil War back in 1983. The two sides were North and South Sudan. The north consisted of Muslims who were high up in technology and had an easy fight. While the South side as a group of young boys and girls because their parents had been killed and this group had no technology. To call this a war is completely wrong because the one side couldn’t fight back because they had nothing to fight with. The South had to run from the North, in my opinion I think that it was a massacre over a long period of time. The boys that survived only 12,000 out of 27,000 made it to a new life in Kenya. They are receiving aid from the United Nations where they still live there today 30 years later. The “Lost Boys” are no longer lost and are alive for sure but with no home, shelter, food, water, or family how can they be alive? They live in fear every day for the attack from Sudan because they saw what happened to their parents and they know that this fate could happen to them in soon time.

Day#13-The C.I.A Check

Today in Human Geo we went over the answers from the C.I.A. Fact book and the questions. I got every single answer right a 25/25. But it was really interesting because we went over every question in extreme detail and covered all of the topics that were visible. But the most interesting topic that was covered would have to be the time from the oil conversation. The topic about everything that was the Middle East. We talked about the wars that were being fought and the 9/11 attacks. Plus how the countries that are over there are receiving our aid and that we should not be doing that. Even though we get oil from Saudi Arabia they will continue to attack on us and we have to stop giving them aid because it comes back at us. We can get our oil from another country like Qatar because there is a less chance that a small country like that will attack on us. But the U.S.A will continue to not do these actions and we will pay for it in the end.

The C.I.A. Conclusion

1. What is the population of the United States?

316,668,567 people

2. What are the five largest countries in the world, by population?

China, India, Unites States, Indonesia, and Brazil

3. What is the population of Pakistan?

193,238,868 people

4. What kind of government does the United States have?

Constitution federal based republic; strong democratic tradition

5. What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe?

95%

6. What is the largest country in the world by area?

Russia

7. What country has the third greatest number of airports?

Mexico

8. What country has the greatest number of exports?

China

9. What country exports more oil than any other?

Saudi Arabia

10. What country imports more oil than any other?

United Sates

11. What country has the second largest proved reserves of crude oil in the world?

Venezuela

12. Can women serve in combat roles in China’s military?

Yes

13. What is GDP?

Gross Domestic Product-all goods and services produce in a nation in a year.

14. What country has the highest GDP per capita in the world, and how much is it?

Qatar- $103,900

15. Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita?

No- $50,000

16. Most of the countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what continent?

Africa

17. 11 of the top 12 countries with the highest number of deaths from HIV/AIDS can be found

in which continent?

Africa

18. What other country is in the top ten?

India

19. Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths?

18th

20. Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones?

No

21. What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic?

23.9%

22. What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic?

82.7%

23. What is Net Migration Rate?

The difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons based on their population.

24. Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world?

No #26

25. According to the Factbook, what is the current population of the entire planet?

7,095,217,980