My Last Class

Today day was an amazing last class Madison brought in doughnuts they were amazing. The finally  was not that hard and I am really going to miss Mr. Schick and everyone in my class next semester

Class Grade

I think for a class grade I think I would get a 80% this is because I answer when I need to and when I had a question, but I'm not one that goes out of my way to talk because that's not me.

Friday in Human Geo finished Guns, Germs, and Steel. These are the notes I got…

-There are only 14 domestic animals that can be used for labor, and they are Goats, Sheep, Horses, Pigs, Donkeys, Bactrian camels, Arabian camels, water buffalos, llamas, reindeer, Yaks, mithans, bail cattle, caves.

-None of the animals above are native to the lands they are not located in

- South America; Lammas

- Middle East; Calves, Sheep, goats

-Who ever lived in the Fertile Crescent was blessed because of the rich soil.    

-Steel changed the world.

-Ng never developed new technology

- This is because all their time and energy went in to finding food

-In the US 120million tons of wheat is used each year

- That’s 133lbs per person

- There are 100 million cows in the US

-The Answer to Yoli’s question is that it all depends of your geographic location

Today in human geo we talked about lock downs. Mr. Schick talked about how he is positive that we will never have a shooting in this school. I agree with him. This school seems and is so safe and protected from what I can see. Even with that being said you should still practice. You think the teachers at Sandy Hook knew what to do by luck (the correct answer to this question is no). No they didn't it took practice and drill to get them to that point yes people still died but it could have been worse. Then we talked about how to handle these situations you turn out the lights and huddle in a corner in complete silent, and wait until you’re told otherwise.  Mr. Schick told us he is not trying to scare us just help us be prepared. I’m not too worried, this is because if you live your life in fear you will get know where.   

Today in Human Geo we continued Guns, e, and Steel.

·         All great civilizations  have had something in common

o   Advanced Technology

o   Large populations

o   Well organized work forces

·         Men hunt and it takes more time

·         Women gather

·         Wheat and barley grow in the middle east, and it is better for you

·         During a thousand year drought people had to work harder to find food

·         Draa was the first ever village

o   With oval huts

o   Frist time people ever lived together

o   This happened 11 ½ thousand years ago

o   Right at the end of the drought

o   This village had the first granary

o   Middle had the first famers

o   Humans messing with plants- domestication

·         China grew rice

·          America’s grew corn, squash, and beans

·         Africa grew sorghum, millet, and yams

Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond is a professor of geography at the University of California, which is located in Los Angles. He is also an author; he written Gun, Germs, and Steel and “How Societies Choose to fail or Succeed.” He won Pulitzer Prize as well a British award. Diamond is a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He has made 22 or more trips to New Guinea. Born in Boston Massachusetts September 10, 1937, known for combining different fields into one. Travel to unknown places to study birds, but ended up studying the natives. Mr. Diamond is important with what we are learning because of the way he pieced different facts together. Then he listened to the disagreement then corrected his work.

Gun, Germs, and Steel

Frist published on March 1 1997. In this book Diamond focused on the physical geography of the world.  It talks about the natural thing in the world, like animals, plants, and yes us. He talks about how we have evolved in everything, like the military. Even if they did not have a full blow military we could us guns and weapons to fight.  For example Christopher Columbus did this to the natives. The germs part of this is that story is how we have advanced in fighting sicknesses. An example used in the book is the small pox. How some civilizations have progressed and others have not.

Today in HG we started our presentations. I learned a lot about the relationship between US and foreign countries; we also had some fun with them. People also asked a lot of great question. The weird thing is almost everything people picked were car dealers.   

Today I human geo we finished the third movie. These are the notes I got…

·         30 million cars went onto the road last year

·         33 thousand miles in express ways are now working

·         9-10 cars are bought with cash

·         Chinese’s are poor compared to the United States

·         Chinese’s are buying American car companies

·         People running Chinese’s company’s use American Cars

·         China demands of oil is 8x fast then in the west

·         This year alone 9 million cars will go on the road

Today in human Geo we kept watching the movie.

1.       Brigs and Straiten went out of business so they could make cheaper parts to sell

2.       The lady they interview made 11.13 a  hour and in a year she made 23,650.40

3.       After B&S closed they saved 11 million a year, but 480 in one city lost 480 jobs

4.       Cotton is grow in North Carolina on a local farm then shipped to China and factored

5.       People in the United States is afraid of hard labor

6.       We buy more from China then China buys form us

7.       Wal-Mart makes more than owners of the factories who produce it.  

Today in Human Geo we watched more of the movie. I was very interesting the thing I found out here is a list…

·         Kids are getting trained to work at a young age

·         By the time they are my age they can talk English and know how to use computers

·         The tech and knowledge they are learning will soon success their parents

·         They reuse a lot of material for old buildings

o   like metal

o   bricks

·         For taking material apart women get 1 to 2 dollars a day just to scarp concrete off of bricks.

·         Men get 3 to 4 dollars a day to move robs, metal, and bricks.

The reason that businesses go to China for work is because there is not labor law. Also they do not have an amount of money that they need to pay a person, unlike the USA who has a law that you need 7.50. This is one of the reasons that China has so much poverty. 

Today in human geo got our test back from last Monday. I was very happy with my test results I got an 86%. This was nice because with mid-quarters tomorrow I will have a great grade. After that we started a video. These are the notes I started to take. China is changing, here is one of the cities; Chogqing it is located on the Yangtrz river. The weird this is that China is rising in some areas but others are falling even lower. There are signs everywhere saying you can only have one child. If you have any more you have to pay for them. This is because some parts of China have not been part of the uplifts.

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United Kingdom

On May 1 1707 England and Scotland created a new kingdom of Great Britain.

They played a huge part in development of parliamentary democracy, and

advanced in literature and science.  The British Empire stretched over ¼

of the earth’s surface in the 19^th century.  The UK use to be part of England

and Scotland.  This country located off the north-western coast of Europe. Whales and

Northern Ireland

Mexico

They achieved there independences in the 19^th century.

They were conquered and colonized by Spain in the early 16^th century. The presidential

elections just happened in July. Mexico has for of the worst dug problem and increase every year. 

It boarders the United States.

Brazil

Brazil gained its independence in 1822, but they maintained a monarchical system of

 government   until the abolition of slavery in 1888. They were under Portuguese ruler for

more than three centuries. Today it is South America’s leading economic power and regional leader.

Boarders Venezuela

 Iran

Iran became part of an Islamic republic in 1979 after monarchy was overthrown.

 Before they became part of Islamic republic they were know a Persia, this was until 1935.

 Iran has been designated a state sponsor of terrorism for its activity in Lebanon and

 elsewhere in the world. Iran means “Land of the Aryans” Located in Western Asia.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932 ABD AL-AZZIZ Abd al-Rahman AI SAUD. He campaigned

for 30 years to unify most of the Arabian Peninsula .  This is the birth place to Islam’s most

holiest shrines, Mecca and Medina. This country leads in the production in oil and natural gas and holds 20%of the world proven oil reserves. Largest Arab state in Western Asia

India

India declared independence on August 15^th 1947

The country thrived off of their own land for hundreds of years and have increased in supporting

education, though there was many wars between India and Pakistan.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan has had independence since 1919.

Afghanistan is a poor country that revolves around farming and livestock, though it is rich in nature materials such as coal, copper, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, and precious and semiprecious stones but the land is rugged and hard to pass through making the export hard to make.

France

France gained independence 1789

France is one of the biggest exporters in the world, France has also been a huge part of other countries surrounding it, Helping them with war against other countries and getting there people together.

Venezuela

Venezuela gained independence in 1810 they were also the first Spanish American colony to declare it’s independence.

They have long lived off the beaches, livestock, gold mines, and grassy plains for hundreds of years. There was much slavery, mainly used for cocoa farming and gold mining.

Germany

Germany declared independence in 1871,

It is mainly for the wars they have caused , For the large jew extermination and a hold a key part in that war against the US. 

United Kingdom

On May 1 1707 England and Scotland created a new kingdom of Great Britain.

They played a huge part in development of parliamentary democracy, and

advanced in literature and science.  The British Empire stretched over ¼

of the earth’s surface in the 19^th century.  The UK use to be part of England

and Scotland.

Mexico

They achieved there independence in the 19^th century.

They were conquered and colonized by Spain in the early 16^th century. The presidential

elections just happened in July. Mexico has for of the worst dug problem and they

increase every year.  

Brazil

Brazil gained its independence in 1822, but they maintained a monarchical system of

 government   until the abolition of slavery in 1888. They were under Portuguese ruler for

more than three centuries. Today it is South America’s leading economic power and regional leader.

 Iran

Iran became part of an Islamic republic in 1979 after monarchy was overthrown.

 Before they became part of Islamic republic they were know a Persia, this was until 1935.

 Iran has been designated a state sponsor of terrorism for its activity in Lebanon and

 elsewhere in the world.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932 ABD AL-AZZIZ Abd al-Rahman AI SAUD. He campaigned

for 30 years to unify most of the Arabian Peninsula .  This is the birth place to Islam’s most

holiest shrines, Mecca and Medina. This country leads in the production in oil and natural gas and holds 20%of the world proven oil reserves.

India

India declared independence on August 15^th 1947

The country thrived off of their own land for hundreds of years and have increased in supporting

education, though there was many wars between India and Pakistan.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan has had independence since 1919.

Afghanistan is a poor country that revolves around farming and livestock, though it is rich in nature materials such as coal, copper, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, and precious and semiprecious stones but the land is rugged and hard to pass through making the export hard to make.

France

France gained independence 1789

France is one of the biggest exporters in the world, France has also been a huge part of other countries surrounding it, Helping them with war against other countries and getting there people together.

Venezuela

Venezuela gained independence in 1810 they were also the first Spanish American colony to declare it’s independence.

They have long lived off the beaches, livestock, gold mines, and grassy plains for hundreds of years. There was much slavery, mainly used for cocoa farming and gold mining.

Germany

Germany declared independence in 1871,

It is mainly for the wars they have caused , For the large jew extermination and a hold a key part in that war against the US.

Today in HG we got our quizzes back. I did not due as well as I wanted but I still did okay. I will just have to work harder next time. I was no the only one who did not to great though. We were the lowest ranked class. I did fine on matching the leaders it was the back that messed me up, but the more we go over it the easier it gets.

Today in HG we went over our President Facts

Dilma Rousseff- Brazil

·         She had a dark past and spent three years in prison. Tortured, shocked from her feet and ears, hung upside down from a stick. 

·         In May 2012 she took 12 articles out of the New Forest code.

·         Using these reason I do not know if she could be a fully trusted person with this much power. 
       Coupaeat-trying to over through the government. 

·         http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/dilma_rousseff/index.html

David Cameron- United Kingdom
 He is a descendent of King William IV
  He attended Heatherdown Preparatory School, and entered top academic class two years early at Eton College.
  David worked for Conservative Party’s research department.
 1988 he graduated Brasenose College, Oxford with a first class honors degree.
  Based on these facts I feel like he knows his place in politics and makes a good president.
 http://www.biography.com/people/david-cameron-39203

Hugo Chavez- Venezuela

·         He was a former army paratrooper.

·         In 1998 he caused a seismic shift in Venezuelan politics, he become popular and won the election that year.

·         He won the election ever since then and has changed one this in the constitution which allowed unlimited presidential terms.

·          He speaks for the poor according to his supporters.

·         I think that Hugo would make a decent president I don’t know if I would want his ruling the USA but maybe I’m wrong.

·         http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10086210

Pranab Mukherjee- India  

·         He was a former Prime Minister

·         His term runs for five years and he replaced India’s first women president.

·         He was head for several top government ministries.

·         According to these references he seem like he knows what he is doing, which is what you want in a president.

·         http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18945227

François Hollande- France

·         He is Frances least popular president

·         Only 36% of the people there have confidence in him.

·         Plus he has only been president for six months

·         Just from these few things I don’t think he is going to make a very good president and will be voted out next term.

·         http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/01/why-francois-hollande-popularity-plummeted-france

Hamid Karzai- Afghanistan

·         Lead the country since the fall of Taliban.

·         He was the White House favorite during most of Bush’s term

·         Ever since Bush left office he has become hostile to the US

·         I think he would be a great president if you were not one of this targeted countries.

·         http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/hamid_karzai/index.html

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad- Iran

·         He has been a divisive figure in world affairs

·         He encourages the nuclear programs, especially if they are towards Israel.

·         Again with him he seems like a good president unless you’re in his targeted location.

·         http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/mahmoud_ahmadinejad/index.html

Hu Jintao- China

·         First Chinese leader whose party career began after the 1949 takeover

·         Since his leader ship china has become the most powerful economies country.

·         http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/hu_jintao/index.html

Benjamin Netanyahu-Israel

·         Known as Bibi

·         He clashed with Obama

·         Ordered new elections in 2013

·         http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/n/benjamin_netanyahu/index.html?8qa

Angela Merke- Germany

·         Been leader since 05

·         Struggles with debt crisis

·         http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/n/benjamin_netanyahu/index.html?8qa
     Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud- Saudi Arabia
     Tenth son of King Abdullah
     He important roles in Saudi Arabia government
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_of_Saudi_Arabia
    Elect Enrique Peña Nieto
    Use to be the governor of Mexico
    Wants to brighten the problems in Mexico
    Queen of England
     Lived through 12 USA presidents

       Barack Obama

    Went to Harvard Law School

    Taught  a Chicago Law School for 12 years 

Dilma Rousseff- Brazil

·         She had a dark past and spent three years in prison. Tortured, shocked from her feet and ears, hung upside down from a stick. 

·         In May 2012 she took 12 articles out of the New Forest code.

·         Using these reason I do not know if she could be a fully trusted person with this much power. 
       Coupaeat-trying to over through the government. 

·         http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/dilma_rousseff/index.html

David Cameron- United Kingdom
 He is a descendent of King William IV
  He attended Heatherdown Preparatory School, and entered top academic class two years early at Eton College.
  David worked for Conservative Party’s research department.
 1988 he graduated Brasenose College, Oxford with a first class honors degree.
  Based on these facts I feel like he knows his place in politics and makes a good president.
 http://www.biography.com/people/david-cameron-39203

Hugo Chavez- Venezuela

·         He was a former army paratrooper.

·         In 1998 he caused a seismic shift in Venezuelan politics, he become popular and won the election that year.

·         He won the election ever since then and has changed one this in the constitution which allowed unlimited presidential terms.

·          He speaks for the poor according to his supporters.

·         I think that Hugo would make a decent president I don’t know if I would want his ruling the USA but maybe I’m wrong.

·         http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10086210

Pranab Mukherjee- India  

·         He was a former Prime Minister

·         His term runs for five years and he replaced India’s first women president.

·         He was head for several top government ministries.

·         According to these references he seem like he knows what he is doing, which is what you want in a president.

·         http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18945227

François Hollande- France

·         He is Frances least popular president

·         Only 36% of the people there have confidence in him.

·         Plus he has only been president for six months

·         Just from these few things I don’t think he is going to make a very good president and will be voted out next term.

·         http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/01/why-francois-hollande-popularity-plummeted-france

Hamid Karzai- Afghanistan

·         Lead the country since the fall of Taliban.

·         He was the White House favorite during most of Bush’s term

·         Ever since Bush left office he has become hostile to the US

·         I think he would be a great president if you were not one of this targeted countries.

·         http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/hamid_karzai/index.html

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad- Iran

·         He has been a divisive figure in world affairs

·         He encourages the nuclear programs, especially if they are towards Israel.

·         Again with him he seems like a good president unless you’re in his targeted location.

·         http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/mahmoud_ahmadinejad/index.html

Hu Jintao- China

·         First Chinese leader whose party career began after the 1949 takeover

·         Since his leader ship china has become the most powerful economies country.

·         http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/hu_jintao/index.html

Benjamin Netanyahu-Israel

·         Known as Bibi

·         He clashed with Obama

·         Ordered new elections in 2013

·         http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/n/benjamin_netanyahu/index.html?8qa

Angela Merke- Germany

·         Been leader since 05

·         Struggles with debt crisis

·         http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/n/benjamin_netanyahu/index.html?8qa
     Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud- Saudi Arabia
     Tenth son of King Abdullah
     He important roles in Saudi Arabia government
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_of_Saudi_Arabia
    Elect Enrique Peña Nieto
    Use to be the governor of Mexico
    Wants to brighten the problems in Mexico
    Queen of England
     Lived through 12 USA presidents

       Barack Obama

    Went to Harvard Law School

    Taught  a Chicago Law School for 12 years