9/29 Population Pyramid

1. According to the Population Reference Bureau's "2013 World Population Data Sheet", 271 are born every minute, and 106 die every minute. That's a global net population increase of 165 per minute. This lesson was published on May 5th. What's the estimated global population increase exactly one week later (May 12th)?  A: over 10 million       B: 20,739      C: 1155    D: 1,663,200   Answer: D 
2. As a country slows in population growth, its pyramid shape will  A: become wider at the base and narrower at the top         B: be inverted          C: become more rectangular            D: bulge in the middle Answer: B
3. What does a Population Pyramid NOT give you information about?    A: birth rates         B: actual number of people        C: life expectancy         D: death rates Answer: B
4. Which continent would have the most fast-growth pyramids?   A: Africa         B:  Asia          C: North America         D: South America Answer: A
5. Current Population: 7,264,051,877
6. Births Today: 228,430
7. Deaths Today: 94,282
8. Population on my birthday, September 23, 2000: 6,139,919,414

9/26 Factbook

Today in Human Geo we went over many stats and facts about people and society. Here are some facts that were mentioned in class and just ones that I found interesting.

• 99% people in Germany can read and write by around the age of 15 and older
• 16 years of school required by law in Germany
• 5.24 deaths per 1,000 in Mexico
• 32% of adults in Mexico are obese
• 13 years of school required in Mexico
• 13.92 births per 1,000 in Armenia
• 9.3 deaths per 1,000 in Armenia
• (GDP=Gross Domestic Product)
• In Qatar, the average amount of money made by an adult 102,000 per person (GDP)
• 99.7 people in Qatar are employed
• 15% live below the poverty line in US
• 97.5% of Belgium is the urban population
• Life expectancy in Fiji is around 72.15 years per person 
• (women :74.91 men :69.53) for Fiji
• 95% of Singapore's population age 15 and older can read and write.

9/25 in Human Geo

Today, in Human Geo I got my test back, since I didn't get it yesterday because I was on the retreat. I was happy with the grade I got and it proves that studying hard really does pay off. Besides getting my test back, we went over and added a little bit to what we have been learning about, such as Total Fertility Rate and Rate of Natural Increase. One thing I specifically remember reviewing was that for a population to remain the same, the TFR must be 2.1. Any less show how the population is decreasing and anymore, increasing. The only notes I added to my previous notes that I didn't already have were some causes for push and pull of countries such as: Poverty could push a person out of a country. Violence would also be a reason to push citizens out of their country, as well as high taxes would if a person couldn't afford to live in a certain state. Job opportunities would pull people into moving to their country such as people moving into the United States.

Freshman Retreat

I was not in class today because I was on the Freshman retreat.

9/22 Human Geo

Today, in Human Geo consisted of a lot of note taking. We learned about reasons for migration, push/pull forces, and the Total Fertility Rate, (TFR). The class seemed very short today, but we still got in a good amount of notes. Here are the notes I took today:

Why do people migrate?

Push Forces

Civil War

-environmental degradation

-unemployment or underemployment

-religious or ethnic persecution

Pull Forces

-better economic opportunity 

-better health services

-religious freedom

-political freedom 

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

- The total fertility rate is the average number of children born per woman

For a population to remain the same, the TFR must be 2.1

-If the TFR is higher than 2.1, the population rises

- If the TFR is lower than 2.1, the population falls

The world TFR is 2.47, it used to be 2.54 two years ago

The US TFR is 2.06

Nigeria’s TFR is 5.38

Japan’s TFR is 1.39

Measuring Population

Crude Birth Rate: number of births per 1,000 of the population

Crude Death Rate: number of deaths per 1,000 of the population

Rate of Natural Increase: produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate 

-this gives us the the annual natural growth rate - in percentage form - for a country or region

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 migration 

-written as a positive number 

Ex. Canada had 5.56 migrants per 1,000 population

Now Canada has 5.66 migrants per 1,000 population 

-United States had 3.62 migrants per 1,000 population 

Now the United States has 2.45 migrants per 1,000 population

-an excess of persons leaving the country is net emigration 

-written as a negative number

Ex. Mexico had -3.51 migrants per 1,000 population

Now Mexico has -1.64 migrants per 1,000 population

-Argentina has 0 migrants per 1,000 population

9/18

Today in Human Geo, we found out that we will be getting our tests back most likey Monday. Next we started to take notes in our new section. It’s called “Population And Migration.” Some things I wrote down are: There are over 1 billion people on this planet. The earth is increases in population by more than 73 million people per year. 90% of the population’s growth takes place in the developing countries such as Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America. A developed country is a country that is modern with technology, where as a developing country would not have a whole lot of technology and probably doesn’t have it all together. Life Expectancy is the average number of years to be lived by a group born in the same in the year and generally the same area. Longer life expectancies are more common now that smoking is not AS common, and our advances in medicine have saved many people.

9/17 Wed. Today in Human Geo.

Today in Human Geo, we had our test. I felt pretty prepared and happy with the amount of studying I did and felt confident that I would do well. We got the test and it seemed pretty easy. One thing was kind of funny to me though. We had a whole discussion on how true and false questions aren’t that great because of how misleading they can be, yet one of the first questions was something along the lines of, “Is Wikipedia a primary source? True or False?” Besides that, everything was basically smooth sailing except for maybe two questions. To my surprise, the questions weren’t as hard as I had originally thought. I really hope I’m not saying how I felt the test was easy but I actually didn’t do so well on it. One thing about me is that I’m not always the fastest test taker, so I wasn’t surprised when I was down to about five minutes and I still hadn’t completely finished, so I was sort of rushing to finish my last short answer question.  Other than that, I feel I did well on the test.

Today in Human Geo.

The first thing we did in Human Geo., was sing happy birthday to Sydney. After a little while, we started reviewing for our test that will be Wednesday. We had to review today because tomorrow Mr. Schick will be out of town. The things that will be on the test are A Message to Garcia, Ancient Greece, Did You Know 3.0 video, and notes on Globalization and Americanization. We should know about what war was A Message to Garcia taking place in, what President asked Rowan to go deliver the message to Garcia, and the moral of the story is and why Elbert Hubbard wrote it. Then we need to know the Ancient Greece definitions and about them. We have to be able to give a small summary of the facts. Lastly, we need to know about the Globalization and Americanization. We have to know why life expectencies are dropping because of Americanization. Lastly, I have to know some positives and negatives of Globalization and Americanization.

Today in Human Geo and Notes

Today in Human Geo, we talked about Globalization and took notes. I think I might have taken a little too much but I guess that’s better than not enough….

Globalization: interconnectedness; being connected with other countries

-the expansion of International culture,  economic, and political activities

-we have a huge effect on other countries economically

Globalization is not a recent phenomenon and has been around for a very long time.

Silk Road

-a group of roads and passage ways that led to a place where outsiders could trade with China, the only country that could get them silk

The Americanization of other Counties

-Restaurants originally from the U.S., such as McDonalds and KFC, were made in other countries such as China and Japan, and added some of their cultural foods to the menu.

-Family life and interaction actually is beginning to decrease because the amount of traditional sit-down dinners decreased.

-People started to buy fast food when they were out because, hence the name “fast food,” was faster and easier than having to go home and make a home-cooked meal.

-“Americanizing” Japanese Culture

BC=Before Christ

AD=After Death

BCE= Before Common Era (made for people that weren’t religious)

Spread of Faiths and Religions

-dominant religion – Roman Catholic

-most religions can be found in all countries

-almost no religions started in the U.S., the religion moved here as people with different faiths moved her

Cellphones Moved Around the World

-many things need to use a cellphone

            -cell tower

            -charger

            -electricity

            -internet

Africa is now starting to connect with the rest of the world

Understanding More than One Language

-not just because they have to take a language in high school

-many people want to learn more than one

Telephones

-When you call a company (ex. Press 1 for English, Press 2 for Spanish)

-Many companies have Spanish Speaking Customers so they want them to understand more

Shipping

-How do clothes made in  China get to a store in America

-they ship them on ships

-they will pull the same size boxes (what the product is carried in) put them onto a train-, then a truck to the desired store

United Nations Building

-it is in NY

-all countries flags are outside

-settle differences inside this building

-many Americans don’t want us to be apart of this

Film Industry

-US exports many things  - things sold over seas

-of all the industries where we make money, the number one industry is the film industry

-big Blockbuster movies are played in theaters around the world

-illegally downloading movies and buying pirated movies hurts our number one industry in the US

People from all around the World

-people from all around the world live in many different countries for many different reasons