Halloween: In class today, we had a little party for the first 5-10 minutes and different people brought candy, snacks, and decorations. We also reviewed the test we got back and took some notes.
Notes:
Why do people migrate?
push forces (leaving)
- civil war (there are wars constantly going on in different countries)
- environmental degradation
- unemployment or underemployment (no jobs = no money)
- religious or ethnic persecution (people get injured or have terrible lives when they express his or her religion)
pull forces (entering)
- better economic opportunity (better education to make a better life for yourself in the future)
- better health services (health insurance)
- religious freedom (you can either have whatever religion you believe in or no religion without hiding it)
- political freedom (being able to say bad things about certain people like the president without getting in trouble) (you won't get charged or go to jail for expressing your opinion in the United States and some other place)
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Monday, October 30, 2017
Measuring Population
More notes from Thursday:
- Chad has terrible access to good, clean water
- Many diseases are common in poor countries like Chad
Notes from Today:
- Crude birth rate: number of births per thousand of population
- Crude death rate: number of deaths per thousand of population
- Rate of natural increase (RNI)
- Produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate
- This gives us the annual natural growth rate - in percentage form - for a country or region
- But don't forget about migration!
More measurements of population
- Net Migration Rate: the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year
- An excess of persons entering the country is net immigration
- Written as a positive number
- Example: Canada has 5.65 migrants per thousand population
- United States: 2.45 (it was 3.62 in 2015)
- An excess of persons leaving the country is net emigration
- Written as a negative number
- Example: Mexico has -1.68 migrants per thousand population -3.61 two years ago, -3.11 last year
- Chad has terrible access to good, clean water
- Many diseases are common in poor countries like Chad
Notes from Today:
- Crude birth rate: number of births per thousand of population
- Crude death rate: number of deaths per thousand of population
- Rate of natural increase (RNI)
- Produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate
- This gives us the annual natural growth rate - in percentage form - for a country or region
- But don't forget about migration!
More measurements of population
- Net Migration Rate: the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year
- An excess of persons entering the country is net immigration
- Written as a positive number
- Example: Canada has 5.65 migrants per thousand population
- United States: 2.45 (it was 3.62 in 2015)
- An excess of persons leaving the country is net emigration
- Written as a negative number
- Example: Mexico has -1.68 migrants per thousand population -3.61 two years ago, -3.11 last year
Friday, October 27, 2017
Population and Settlement
People of the Land: There is more people than ever!
- over 7.5 billion people on the planet right now
- increasing by over 73 million per year
- by approx. 200,000 per day
- 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America
- Current World Population: over 7 billion
- Population Growth this year: 67 million
Population in billions:
- Population of one billion in 1804, 10,000 plus years that elapsed
- two billion in 1927, 123 years elapsed
- three billion in 1960, 33 years elapsed
- four billion in 1974, 14 years elapsed (year when they had birth control)
- five billion in 1987, 13 years elapsed
- six billion in 1999, 12 years elapsed
- seven billion in 2011, 12 years elapsed
The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year:
High: Monaco (89.52 total: 85.63 men, 93.58 women)
#42: United States (79.68 total: 77.32 men, 81.97 women)
Low: Chad (49.81 total: 48.64 men, 51.03 women)
- over 7.5 billion people on the planet right now
- increasing by over 73 million per year
- by approx. 200,000 per day
- 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America
- Current World Population: over 7 billion
- Population Growth this year: 67 million
Population in billions:
- Population of one billion in 1804, 10,000 plus years that elapsed
- two billion in 1927, 123 years elapsed
- three billion in 1960, 33 years elapsed
- four billion in 1974, 14 years elapsed (year when they had birth control)
- five billion in 1987, 13 years elapsed
- six billion in 1999, 12 years elapsed
- seven billion in 2011, 12 years elapsed
The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year:
High: Monaco (89.52 total: 85.63 men, 93.58 women)
#42: United States (79.68 total: 77.32 men, 81.97 women)
Low: Chad (49.81 total: 48.64 men, 51.03 women)
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Test Day
Today we took a test that definitely ruined my grade. I had a 93 in Honors Human Geography but after this test it probably went down to a B. I definitely didn't have any memory about the largest population and the largest area so all four of those questions.... I probably got them wrong. I also did not have fun with the true/false questions because they mess with my brain. Mr. Schick could've switched one or two words and they always confuse me. I was kind of prepared for the essay question and I hope I put enough information that I get most of the points out of twenty-five. I know I didn't get a good grade on it but hopefully I didn't fail it. I turned it in with disappointment and left with a sad look on my face:( But a new quarter means a new grade.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Reviewing for Quiz
Study these things for quiz tomorrow:
What are some different features between the Mercator Map and the Peters Worlds Map? Give three examples.
If we flipped the map upside down, how would you feel about it and why? Explain.
What point does the prime meridian run?
Other Questions that might be on test:
- Who proposed a worldwide system of time zones in 1879? Sir Sanford Fleming
- How many time zones are there? 27
- Identify prime meridian, equator, parallels, meridians
- KNOW VOCABULARY
- What does GPS stand for? Global Positioning System
- What is the difference between the Mercator Map and the Peters World Map? -The peters map is more accurate in the size of the continents
- What is globalization? It is a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope
- Give an example of thinking globally and acting locally. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this approach. - Reducing pollution put off by cars, you could ride your bike places that are close enough..... but it will only work if a large group of people rode the. Or what if the government had cars that got better and better gas millage.
- What is a formal region?
- Why is each place on Earth unique?
- Know site and situation
- What is a geographic coordinate system? - a coordinate system that?
What are some different features between the Mercator Map and the Peters Worlds Map? Give three examples.
If we flipped the map upside down, how would you feel about it and why? Explain.
What point does the prime meridian run?
Other Questions that might be on test:
- Who proposed a worldwide system of time zones in 1879? Sir Sanford Fleming
- How many time zones are there? 27
- Identify prime meridian, equator, parallels, meridians
- KNOW VOCABULARY
- What does GPS stand for? Global Positioning System
- What is the difference between the Mercator Map and the Peters World Map? -The peters map is more accurate in the size of the continents
- What is globalization? It is a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope
- Give an example of thinking globally and acting locally. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this approach. - Reducing pollution put off by cars, you could ride your bike places that are close enough..... but it will only work if a large group of people rode the. Or what if the government had cars that got better and better gas millage.
- What is a formal region?
- Why is each place on Earth unique?
- Know site and situation
- What is a geographic coordinate system? - a coordinate system that?
Friday, October 20, 2017
Stories and Test Review
Today in class we talked about interesting/shocking stories and we also reviewed questions that might be on the test. Below are some questions that are true/false but may be changed around to be made true/false and some other random questions.
- Every places occupies a unique location or position on Earth's surface (true)
- Geographers use maps as their primary tool, for not only identifying points on the surface but also as a means to compare phenomenon between different places (true)- because you can compare different phenomenon by looking at different maps, like democratic: blue and republic: red... seeing which states are red and which are blue to find out republic or democratic.
- What is the art in science of making maps? cartography: A cartographer makes maps.
Cartography is much different because people use to use maps physically (paper maps) but now use them on his or her phones.
- There are 24 different time zones in the world
- What is the prime meridian? The 0 degrees of longitude; runs north to south; runs through Greenwich Village
- What is the equator? The 0 degrees of latitude; runs east to west; runs through Venezuela
True/false?- 0 degrees longitude is always the prime meridian
- What does GPS stand for: Global Positioning System
- Global mean time: What time is at Greenwich
- Every places occupies a unique location or position on Earth's surface (true)
- Geographers use maps as their primary tool, for not only identifying points on the surface but also as a means to compare phenomenon between different places (true)- because you can compare different phenomenon by looking at different maps, like democratic: blue and republic: red... seeing which states are red and which are blue to find out republic or democratic.
- What is the art in science of making maps? cartography: A cartographer makes maps.
Cartography is much different because people use to use maps physically (paper maps) but now use them on his or her phones.
- There are 24 different time zones in the world
- What is the prime meridian? The 0 degrees of longitude; runs north to south; runs through Greenwich Village
- What is the equator? The 0 degrees of latitude; runs east to west; runs through Venezuela
True/false?- 0 degrees longitude is always the prime meridian
- What does GPS stand for: Global Positioning System
- Global mean time: What time is at Greenwich
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Crying and Climate Change
In class today, I had a very emotional experience. We talked about how Mr. Schick's dog died because he had to put him down yesterday. First I saw Maddie and Kelsie cried and then Jamie started asking me about my dogs and then I started crying. But it only lasted for a few minutes because after that we started talking about climate change and oil. Climate Change is a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels. Many people think that climate change isn't real but I believe it is..... I don't have a good reason for why I believe in it, I just do. I guess I believe in it because there have been so may sudden changes in the climate that what else would explain it but climate change.
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