Exam tomorrow

Today we went over information that will be on the exam tomorrow. The information he gave us was really clear on what we need to study to prepare really well. Personally i need to go over the religions and Socrates. I think i will be ready if i go over all the power points, notes, and tests.

test day

Today we took the test. It was mainly on the different religions and some about slumdog millionaire, i didnt do as great as i wanted to and could have studied the material a little better.

Test Tomorrow

Today in class we spent the time studying for out test tomorrow.

Study Guide

CHRISTIANITY
2.2 billion largest in the world
Call themselves "Christians"
Located: Europe, the Americas, southern Africa 
denominations: Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestants
Founder: Jesus Christ 
Holy book: The Bible (New Testament)
Beliefs: Jesus is both human and divine- Son of God; he led a virtuous life; he was crucified, died, buried, and resurrected; he ascended into heaven where he reigns with God the Father.
Clergy: the Pope is head of the church, priests are local authorities.
   
ISLAM
1.5 billion second largest in the world
Call themselves "Muslims"
Located: Indonesia, Middle East, north Africa
denominations: Sunnis (75-90%), Shiites (10-20%)
Founder: Muhammad (579-632)
Holy book: Qur'an
Beliefs:monotheistic, Abrahamic, Five PIlliars.... Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah (God), and observing Islamic law.

HINDUISM
1.1 billion third largest in the world
Call themselves "Hindus"
Located: India, Nepal
Holy book: The Vedas - eternal truths revealed to ancient sages; written in verse form.
Founder: no distinct founder

BUDDHISM
500-1.5 billion 
Call themselves "Buddhists"
Located: southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan, 
Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
denominations: Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, Amidist
   Four Noble Truths: 
   There is suffering
   Attachment to desire is the orgin of suffering
   There is a cessation of suffering
   The Eightfold path will lead to the cessation of suffering

JUDAISM
14-18 million ninth largest in the world
Call themselves "Jews"
Located: Israel
Founder: Abraham
Holy book: Talmud, Torah
Beliefs: ethical monotheism - God is one, and concerned with the actions of humankind... Ten Commandments, 13 principles of Faith 
 

Culture Geography

RELIGION can be both a unifying force.
-There are five major religions in the world
-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.
-You can be a member of more than one spatial group.
-Spatial divisions can also cause conflicts or cooperation
EXAMPLES:
-Countries
-Economic alliances
    European Union (EU)
    Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)

Culture Geography

Cultural Characteristics: parts of a group's everyday life. They are the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members. These same characteristics can also link or divide a region.
Examples:
Language, Religion, and Ethnic heritage

LANGUAGE
-Arabic unites the Arab world
- Spanish unites the Hispanic world
-Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish, they speak Portuguese.
-Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are their official languages.
-No official language in United States
-Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the group
-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, Bosnian, Albanians)
-When strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries
-Rwanda
-Hutus and Tutsis
- The United States and Switzerland have peacefully merged groups in their countries.
- Korea and Japan and China  have primarily one ethnic group

Slumdog Millionaire

Today in class we finished watching Slum Dog Millionaire. I really enjoyed the movie, it was really interesting learning about Indian culture and the people. I thought it was really interesting how Salim killed himself in a bathtub full of money. It was one of the smartest things he did throughout the whole movie, it showed that he really cared about Latika and Jamaels happiness and their life together..  

Early Dismissal

I left early on Tuesday to get my sister at the airport.

Movie

Today in class we still continued watching the India movie and as we continue to watch it, it becomes more and more emotional and sad about how their life was when they were little and how awful they were treated and the conditions they were in  were not sanitary at all. I really like the movie and cant wait to watch the ending.

Differences between US and India

Difference between United States and India: Today we started watching a movie about life in Maubi India and how life there is much different then here in the United States and it really makes you realize how different it is and how lucky we are here to have freedom.

India:
Covered in trash
Bathing in rivers 
trading for money 
NO electricity
Getting food in piles of trash 
Fighting and attacks  
NO parents, they just wander around 
Police torture kids and adults
Schools crowded 

United States: 
Have electricity 
Showers and baths 
go to food stores 
wars using bombs
we have parents and guardians to watch over us
Police don't torture, and try to help us 
Schools for the most part are comfortable   

Playlist Extra Credit

It's your life- Francesca  Battistelli 
See you again- Carrie Underwood 
Coming Home- Skyler Grey 

Germany National Anthem

Song of Germany (German National Anthem)

Germany, Germany over all
Over everything in the world!
When it comes to protecting and defending,
Our unity unites us.1
From the Maas2to the Memel3
From the Etsch4to the Belt,5
Germany, Germany over all
Over everything in the world!

German wives and fidelity,
German wine and melody
Shall all persevere in the world.
Their fair and ancient tone,
Resounds6in us our noble goal7
Throughout our entire lives.
German women, German trueness
German beer,8and German chorus!

Unity, justice, and liberty9
For the Fatherland! 10
Let us all strive for that
In brotherhood with heart and hand! 11
Unity, justice, and liberty
Are the foundation for happiness; 12
Bloom in the radiance of this happiness,
Flourish, 'O Fatherland!

Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/deutschlandlied-song-germany-german-national-anthem.html#ixzz3JRvXvjLF

Culture

Today in class we started talking about culture and how it influences our lives from little. First we looked at a map of the United States and saw the different areas where people call soft drinks like... Coke, pop, soda, or other. It was really interesting to me because i thought that everyone just called it soda. But there are other names for it. We also talked about how our parents influence and teach us ways and we follow for the most part what they do, like religion and more. I'm interested to learn more about this unit.

TEST

Today we took the test on the countries and their leaders. I studied last night but i should have started studying llike a week in advanced to be prepared because their was a lot of information you needed to know and memorize.

Russia, Brazil, and Mexico

Russia

Government: federation

Vladimir Putin

President since May 7, 2012

United Russia party

Re-elected president March 4, 2012

Like him as president

Dimity Medvedev

Prime minister of Russia

United Russia Party

Legislative Branch - the bicameral federal Assembly of Russia

Executive Branch - The president is the supreme commander-in-chief

Judiciary Branch

Russian Military

Countries afraid to attack Russia because of Putin and his weapons

Putin is a very strong leader

He improved the military

Spent 72 billion dollars on military weapons

Facts

Largest country in the world

Capital - Moscow

Population- 149,476,000

Money used in Russia is called Ruble 

Brazil

Government: federal republic

President: Dilma Rousseff

4 year term

Re-elected two times in a row

Elected any number of times with different president in between

Dilma Rousseff

Elected president in 2011

First female president of Brazil

Re-elected president ton October 27, 2014

Was arrested for participating in a political guerilla riot

Was tortured and then released three years later

Military dictatorship

Removing the president

Impeachment

Assassination

Elect another president….

But most people are very happy with her as president 

Mexico

Government: federal republic

President

Enrique Pena Nieto

Change leader

Assasination

impeachment

re-election 

Mexican drug war

70% of gun from mexico criminal activity from 2007-2011

Facts

Most visited country in the world

Education is mandatory 

Review for test

Today in class we were given a power point to study so that we will be ready for tomorrows test which will be on the countries we talked about in class and did our own presentations on. I personally didn't have a lot of time to study in class because i had to take my lap top to get fixed but i still had some time to review, and i will study the power point tonight.

UK and US

United Kingdom

Government

Constitutional Monarchy  , when a king or queen acts as head of state

The king or queen has the ability to make and pass legislation

A common wealth realm, a sovereign state that’s a member of the commonwealth of nations

Constitutional monarchy has been around 1066 and developed over several countries

Commonwealth of nations currently has 54 members with one suspend and dates back to the mid-20th  centenary

Elections

No term limits

Elections take place every 4 years but sometimes 5 at maximum

David Cameron

Born on October 9, 1966

Became prime minister on June 2, 2010

Leader of conservative party

Became leader in 2010

You leader since 1812

Prime Minister

Oversees the operation of the civil Service and government agencies

Appoints members of the government

Leadership

People support him

Created a good government

Revolutionary leader

Conservative

Change in leadership

No one would want to  throw the president out of office as we know      

   United States

Leader

Barack Obama

Government type

Constitutional based federal republic with strong democratic tradition

How long will he be in power for?

Two more years in office

He is the first African American preside

on 2008 election and 2012 election

2 terms of four years

Change in leadership

Re-elect a president

Impeachment… treason, bribery

Revolution can start and overthrow Obama

Assassination

Russia

Government

Federation- the formation of a political unity, with a central government, by a number of separate states

Official name for Russia is Russia Federation

Government under the constitution of 1993

Became Russia federation in 1991

Vladimir Putin

Since May 7, 2012

Prime minister from 1999 to 000

Re-elected president in March 4, 2012

United Russia Party

Not allowed to serve another term/be re-elected          

France

France

Government:        

Republic government and semi-presidential system

Made in 1958

Leaders: President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls

Divided into executive, legislature, and judicial branch  

Hollande

Part of Socialist Party

In 2012 he won

Became president on May 15, 2012 and got elected for a five-year term

Manuel Valls

Elected April 1, 20114

Appointed by president of France

Born in Barcelona, Spain 

Republic

Supreme power rests in the body of citizens

The word republic mean "public thing" in Latin

Called the 5th republic

Has existed for 56 years

President Hollande can be president until 2022, if wins next election

Change of leaders

New election

Revolution

Boycott

Assassination

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

UMP is the second most powerful political party in France

Election 2017

Potential runners:

Marine Le Pen

Nicolas Sakozy

Manuel Valls and several others 

Cancer Awareness Day

Today in class we went to the cancer awareness tables upstairs, i learned a lot about different kinds of cancer. i learned that you should give yourself a self examination at least once a month. You should always wear sunscreen while your out in the sun. Eating red meat is bad for you, you should stay away from hot dogs, bacon, and salami. You should also workout and have a healthy diet to stay healthy. drinking alcohol can cause cancer also. The last thing that i learned was tanning gives you a 75% chance of getting skin cancer. I enjoyed listening to the speakers and it will make me take care of my skin and stay healthier.

project day4

Today was the last day we had to work on our projects, we finished ours and are ready to present tomorrow. in the beginning of class we went over our pop quizzes that we took last week, we went over each answer and made sure we understood it because we will see these questions on further tests and exams.

Project day3

We continued working on our power point presentations, We finished ours on Germany today, We have six slides with enough information to share with the class about the president and the chancellor.

project day 2

We continued working on our power points today with our partners. We have to have at least 12 slides to have enough information, since were doing Germany we have to do both president and Chancellor, its a little difficult finding information about the chancellor but were getting there.

project day1

Today in class we started a small power point on a country of our choice, we are working in partners to complete this. I am working with Zaire ad we are doing Germany. We have mos of our information we just have to organize it betting onto the slides. I also learned that you can make a power point on google and you can add people so that they can edit it as well.

Oct 22. Class

I was not in school because i was sick.

Oct 21. class

Today in class we went over some of the facts that we found out about the leaders of each of the 12 countries for our project. I found out a lot of interesting facts, like Enrique Pena Nieto was married and had an affair with another women and had children with her. Also he won president mainly for his good looks. Another interesting fact is that Joachim Gauck doesn't run the country as much as Angela Markle, she is the chandler of Germany and has much control and power.   

Oct. 20 class

Today in class we reviewed the project where we had to take the 12 countries and write who the leader was, the type of government, and their title. We also reviewed how to upload a picture to your blog so that you can see it., you have to put it on your desktop first then upload it.

Political Geography Project

Mexico
Federal Republic
President- Enrique Pena Nieto



China
Communist State
President- Xi Jinping




India
Federal Republic
President- Pranab Mukherjee




Russia
Federation
President- Vladimir Putin





Germany
Federal Republic
President- Joachim Gauck





United Kingdom
Constitutional monarchy and commonwealth reaalm 
Prime minister- David Cameron



France
Republic
President- Francois Hollande




Brazil
Federal republic
President- Dilma Rousseff






Syria
Republic under an authoritarian regime
President- Bashar al-Assad





Canada
A parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a constitutional monarchy  
Prime Minister- Stephen Harper






Japan

A parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy
Prime minister- Shinzo Abe





Israel
Parliamentary democracy
President- Reuven Rivlin 

class

I was not in class on 10/10 because i was sick.

Review for test

Today in class we review for the test on Friday. We looked over the main terms that we will need to know, and we also reviewed some questions that will be on the test. Some questions that we will need to know are to find the rate of natural increase you subtract the death from birth. Net migration is emigration minus immigration. Developing countries are in the Pre-industrialization stages and Developed Countries are in Post-industrialization stage. Infrastructure is what a country needs to stay connected to the world.  

Spotify

Today in class Mr. Schick gave everyone a password for Spotify, Spotify has started a program called pilot program and it is for schools around the United States to have music be apart of the curriculum. They are testing this out to see if it is actually beneficial. everyone gets a free 3 1/2 months with no commercials. Now that music is such a big part in everyone's lives, i think it will help students and personally make me work better knowing that i can relate a song to something I'm learning in school.

CIA World Factbook

Today in class we talked about whether the United States was the best place in the world to live or not. To help figure this out we talked more about the short clip we watched in class the other day and we took a look at the CIA World Factbook again. We used the cite to compare the united states to other places around the world to see if the U.S is really the best place. As i was looking through some of the statistics i found that their are other countries that are better than the United States, none of these countries are perfect but there are places other than the United States that we don't think about on a regular basis. Some of the facts surprised me a little, for example Mexico has more airport than the U.S, this is because many people vacation in Mexico. It will be interesting to watch how these number and rankings change over the years.  

Freshman Retreat

I was not in class today due to going on the Freshman Retreat.

Population pyramids video

Today in class we watched the video clip population pyramids again and we had a class discussion about the population around the world. One thing that surprised me as we were watching the video was that in many parts of Africa people my age(14-15) are having kids. We also learned the Three stages are Pre- industrialization, Industrialization, and Post- industrialization. The united States is at stage three.

day 14

I was not in class today on 9/26/14 because I was driving to North Carolina to visit my sister at college.

First Test

Today we got back our tests and reviewed them. I got an 89 on the test, i think i did pretty good. I could have made one of my short answers more detailed but other than that i think i did good. I liked that we could use our blogs for our first test, i think it helped a lot of people if they took good notes in class. That's another thing i could take more time to do, is take more notes to make my short answer responses more detailed.

population and Settlement day 2

Today in class we took some more time to review population and Settlement, we also moved on to talking about measuring population around the world. Some important terms that we learned are..

Crude Expectancy: the average number of births per 1000 of the population.
Crude death rate: number of deaths per 1000 of the population.
RNI: (rate of natural increases) Subtract death rate from birth rate
Net immigration rate: the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year.
-immigration=entering
-emigration= leaving

Some interesting facts i learned while looking at the CIA world factbook
-In Akrotiri there are approximately 15,700 people living there
-The languages spoken there are English and Greek
- They use the euro

Population and Settlement

Today we started talking about Population and Settlement. We talked about the tremendous growth in population in that past few years. Over 7 billion people are living on the planet right now and is increasing by over 73 million per year. In the next few years the population will still be increasing and we will start to get overcrowded in some part, there wont be enough supply to support all of these people. There is not even enough now to help people in Chad that don't have clean water or shelter. 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia and Latin America. We also talked about the term Life Expectancy, life expectancy mean the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year. One thing that surprised me was that the United States is very low in this. People in the United States are dying younger cause of drugs and alcohol, bad diets, no/little exercise.  

1st test

Today we took our first test in Human Geography, We got to use our blogs which helped. The test was pretty good, i think i did good on it, the only thing i would change is to take better notes in class and include them into my blogs to make them better. On today's test i felt that i had most of the information i needed except on like two questions. I think it was a good test to start out the year.

Day 8

Today was used as a review day in class, we talked about the four topics we have covered so far this unit which are, "A message to Garcia", Ancient Greece, Globalization, and the  "Did You Know 3.0" video clip. We came up with some good test questions as we talked about all our topics. Then we talked about the future, and how much is going to change in the next few years of our lives. The main thing we talked about was the new Apple watch which is going to be like a wallet. You will no longer need cash nor credit cards or I'D's, everything will be on your watch.  

Globalization

Globalization is the connection of different parts of the world, the results in expansion of international culture, economic, and political activities. Globalization has been happening for as long as we could remember, People traded products on the silk road. Now Globalization has is happening at a much faster rate, American company's are spreading throughout the world, for instants McDonald's and KFC are American owned company's and they are being spread to China. The logo's are the same but the style of the buildings are their architectural style. We also learned that BCE is Before Common Era, and BC is Before Christ.      

Day 6

Today in class we talked more about the facts in the video from yesterday. Most of these facts surprised us all. Then we talked about how English is being spoken more in China and other countries because they can communicate with the U.S better and the can get jobs. One thing that i learned today was that the word "Okay" is used world wide,everyone understand the word "Okay". Lastly we talked about where most of our products are made. mostly all products used to be made in the U.S but now China is producing mostly all of them, because its so much cheaper to have products made there, the people work for less than Americans do.    

"Did You Know?"

As i watched the "Did You Know?" video today i learned a lot of interesting facts that surprised me. The first thing that shocked me was that if Facebook were a country it would be the third largest. Facebook started off small and grew tremendously throughout a few years, knowing that, that many people are on Facebook even today surprises me because less people our age use it. The second fact is that Facebook is now available in 70 different languages. This shows how much Facebook has grown, more and more countries are using it, which shows all the different types  of people that are using just one social media. The last fact is that there are 31 billion searches on Google every month, people use Google for everything. When people have a question they go right to Google, because they usually have the answer. All of these are because of technology. Technology has become a big part of our lives, we use it everyday in school, we don't know any different. These changes effect us, its showing us how much technology has become a part of our lives but its also shown me that's its kind of taken over our lives too, in a good and bad way. Throughout the video there were many facts but these were the three that stood out the most to me.    

Revised Terms

Terms

Agora: A gathering place in the ancient Greek city states, the Agora was the center of artistic, athletic, spiritual, and political life of the city.

Arete: Moral virtue: the act of living up to ones full potential(doing your best) making up a goo character.

Polis: Center Urban area Greek city-state, citizens.

508 BC: The Birth of Democracy

Socrate: An Athens philosopher, was born in 470 BC.

The Death of Socrates: Accused guilty and punishment was death by Hemlock, He defended himself in his trial. Accused of corrupting the young of Athens, and disrespecting the Gods. A painting was created by a french painter Jacques-Louis David in 1787 of Socrates holding the poison, getting ready to drink it.

The Socratic Method: A form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions.

An idiot (Greek): Someone who was characterized by self-centeralized and concerned almost exclusively with private.

Terms

Agora: A popular political assembly, originally a marketplace or public square.
Arete: The aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up a good character.
Polis: An ancient Greek city-state.
The year of 508 BC: A year of the Pre-Julian Roman calendar.
Socrates: An Athens philosopher
The death of Socrates: 1787 oil on canvas painting, by a French painter Jacques-Louis David.
The Socratic method: A form of inquiry and discussion between individuals, based on asking and answering questions.
An idiot (Greek): An idiot was someone who was characterized by self-centralized and concerned almost exclusively with private.
http://en.wikipedia.org/, Dictionary.com

Day 5

Today in class we talked about "A message to Garcia" for a little while. We talked about how Rowan was in all the newspapers (written by Elbert Hubbard) and that ever boss wanted a worker like Rowan. They wanted people who didn't complain, worked hard, and did what they were told the first time. People now aren't looking for jobs or don't feel like going to work. "A message to Garcia" really knowledge's us about how it used to be. The second half of class we talked about Voting for election. The United States has the least amount of people voting (53%), compared to Peru(86%), Iran(75%), and Rwanda(89%). This shows that people aren't getting up and going to vote, like people in their 20's-30's, and people that are in their 70's-80's are the ones going to vote. 

day 2

Today in human geo everyone sent their bogs in for the first half of class. Then we saw the syllabus for this course and we went over it. I learned that there is no extra credit given out during the course. Also Mr. Schick’s room is in the fine arts wing room 112, and if we ever have any questions to report to that room.

Day 4

Today in class we spent most of the time fixing our blogs. We learned more how to set up our links and how to fix our title for our pages. After we fixed our blogs we talked about the schedule for the year and where we can find it, along with the syllabus for the course, and the website for "A message to Garcia".

John Carroll

Five ways I can succeed at John Carroll are to stay organized, study, participate in class, ask questions, and be involved in school activities and sports. Staying organized will help me keep track of all assignments that are due and keep me motivated knowing that I have a system that works for me. Participating in class will help my grade and help me understand what I'm learning better if I'm engaged in class discussions. Asking Question when I'm confused will help understand what I'm learning better, so I can do better on tests and homework. Lastly, being involved in school activities and sports will help me meet new people and I can see all the school has to offer. If I can concentrate on the five things then I know I can succeed at John Carroll.

first day

My first day at John Carroll was really good, I met a lot of new people and the teachers were all really nice. Everyone was really friendly and helpful, I found all my classes and got there on time. My favorite thing about John Carroll is having the freedom to have off mods. This time allows me to socialize with friends, study and see and if I need any help in my classes I can go to my teachers for assistance. My goal for this year is to get involved in extracurricular activities and sports, it will give me a chance to meet some of the upper classmen. I'm grateful to be apart of the John Carroll class of 2018.