Exam Essay

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Today we started working on the essay part of the exam. We had 3 options to choose from. I chose option B. Option B is:

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  The population pyramids below represent two countries at different stages of the demographic transition and economic development. Explain the demographic characteristics of each country below with respect to the demographic transition model. Describe potential issues both countries could face in the future if their population pyramids remain the same. Discuss possible solutions to each country’s population concerns.
  - Country A is a developing country while country B is already developed. Country A has more young people and a small amount of middle age and elderly people. Country B has a small amount of young people and more middle aged and elderly people. Country A is in Stage one of the demographic transition and Country B is in stage 4 and 5.

                                 

Quiz

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Today we took the demographic transition quiz. I studied a little but I forgot the packet at school so I didn't study from that until this morning. I didn't think the test was super hard, but some of the questions were a little difficult. Overall I feel like I did good-is but I'm not sure. I hope I did well on this quiz because right now I have a 93 and I don't want to drop down to a B. Also I am going to start preparing for the essay part of the exam that is on Friday. I'm glad that we have the prompt so we know what we are writing about and can prepare for it instead of having to write an essay that you didn't know about.

Quiz Monday!

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We have a quiz on Monday! Its on Demographic Transition. Today we reviewed the Khan Academy video that we watched before. The Khan Academy video was my favorite because it had visuals and a lot of examples, so I actually understood what it was saying. We also drew a model of demographic transition. It shows the birth and death rates and the rate of natural increase and the rate of natural decrease. It shows how the population has changed over time, and it also shows what stages of demographic transition it is in.

Assignment

Khan Academy Video:
1. Right now most countries have positive growth, which means their population is getting bigger.
2. Growth rate measure how much country shrinks or grows over a period of time.
3. Immigration, emigration, births, and deaths are totaled to find the growth rate of any place.

Video from Kim Smith:
1. From the agricultural revolution till the industrial revolution the worlds population only grew by 67,000 people every year, now we get that many every 6 to 7 hours.
2. Mortality and fertility rates have dropped with industrialization.
3. A woman's status was decided based on how many children she had, especially if they were boys instead of girls.

Why Populations Grow:
1. The growth rates from less developed countries are very rapid, while economically developed countries have slow growth.
2. Japan is expected to lose 21 percent of its population by 2050.
3. Doubling time is the time it takes a country to double in size.

My favorite video was the Khan Academy one because, it was easier to understand because of the drawings. I could visualize it better because I could see it instead of trying to comprehend it just in my head. It had a lot of good information and examples that helped me understand the topic. It was helpful that it used a made up country to explain how growth rate is found and the different factors that go into growth rate.

Demographic Transition

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Today we talked about demographic transition, Demographic transition is the process of change in a society's population from high crude birth and death rates and a low rate of natural increases a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and higher total population. The first stage of demographic transition is Low Growth. In this stage there is a very high CBR, a very high CDR and a very low NIR. Most of human history was spend in stage 1. Next is stage 2, High Growth. Stage 2 has a high CBR, a rapidly declining CDR and a very high NIR. This stage happened during the Industrial Revolution and the Medical Revolution. The next stage is stage 3, moderate growth. It has a rapidly declining CBR, a moderately declining CDR, and a moderate NIR. When a society is going through this stage there are fewer children being born. Stage 4 is low growth. There is a very low CBR, a low or slightly increasing CDR and a zero or negative NIR. This is called zero population growth. Some countries such as Japan, Italy and Germany are in the stage right now. There is a stage 5 but no one know what its like yet.

sick day

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I wasn't in class on Monday because I was sick.

The Quiz

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Today we took the five major world religions quiz. I feel like I did okay on it but I was a little confused on the questions that had to do with the dates when each religions made. I don't remember if we talked about that or not, or I just didn't study that part of the notes. I hope I did good on the quiz. We also did a sporcle on the Bible vs. the Quran. We didn't do very well on it. It was difficult to tell which verse was from the Bible and which were from the Quran.

Quiz on Monday!

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Today we reviewed for Monday's quiz. We practiced a Kahoot that Sam made during class. The quiz is going to be a bunch of questions and you have have to write if it is Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, or Judaism. I think I know most of the material, but I definitely need to study more over the weekend. Today we also learned more about Mr. Schicks movie career. We looked at the movies that he has worked on. He worked on Home Alone and a bunch of others. He told us about when he was in a car for a commercial and he got hit by a helicopter. He also told us the the kid from Home Alone made him a Valentines Day card.

World Religions

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Today we continued learning about different world religions. We reviewed christianity, then we took notes on Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Islam is the second biggest religion, Hinduism is the third, Buddhism is the fourth and Judaism is the ninth. We learned the different beliefs of each religion, the founder, the holy book and the different places where people with these religions live. The holy book of Islam is the Koran and it is the Vedas for Hinduism, and the first five books of the Old Testament for Judaism. Buddhism does not have a book, instead they follow a set of rules that they live their lives by. You can also be another religion and also practice Buddhism, which I thought was very interesting. The test for this unit is on Monday.

New Unit

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Today we went over the tests we just took. I didn't study, but it wasn't difficult, and I ended up getting a 98 on it. The one question I got wrong was the true or false one. Mr. Schick said everyone did good on this test, which is good. I'm really glad that I got a good grade on this test because it raised my grade, so that its not closes to a B anymore.

Today we also started a new unit. It is on different religions. We will study Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. We took notes at the end of class on Christianity. Christianity has 2.2 billion followers, and is the number one religion in the world. People all over the world are christian. There are also many different denominations of Christianity. We don't have class tomorrow, so we are covering the whole unit on Thursday and having a test on Friday :(

The test

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Today we took a test on population, migration, and population pyramids. I forgot that it was today, and I didn't study for it. I studied in the beginning of class, but that was all. Even though I didn't really study for it, I still think that I did okay on it. I hope that I got an A on it, because my grade is already a 90 and I don't want it to drop to a B. The population pyramids were a little difficult, because  2 of them looked alike and I guessed on them. I'm glad that this test was multiple choice because it gave me a better chance of getting the correct answer.

Jeopardy

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We re-watched the Ted Ed video about population pyramids today. The first time we watched it I didn't really understand what it was saying, or remember anything about it, but no I do. It helped wrap up everything that we have learned in this unit. We also talked about the upcoming test, and what some of the questions might be on it. I also added a little to my notes while watching the video. Since tad's class was short we didn't have a lot of time to do stuff, but we got to watch Jeopardy. It was really fun watching it, and I knew some of the answers to the questions. Today's class was very fun. BYE.

Presentations pt 2

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We listened to another presentation today about Tanzania and Italy. The group did a really good job. Right now we have to grade the other people in our group and ourselves. I'm not sure sure what to give myself because I couldn't really present a solution, because there wasn't actually a real problem that Canada had. My group had a lot of trouble finding problems for Canada so I'm not sure if that affects our grade, because the project was supposed to be about finding solutions for the country's problems. I hope I didn't fail, because I already ahem a B in this class.

Presentation

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Today my group presented the solution project to the class. Ours was about Canada and Yemen. I worked on the solutions for Canada. But I couldn't really find any solutions because there are no real problems that Canada is facing at the moment. I talked about the solutions that they have currently for problems that they are already solving. I don't think that I did well on the project since I didn't really have much information to talk about. I hope I don't do too bad because I already have a B in human geo. I also learned about other countries problems such as Colombia and Germany.

Group Project

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Today we started working on a group project. Reagan, Maddie, and Alex are in my group. We chose Yemen for our developing country and Canada for our post-industrial country. It took us awhile to choose but we finally decided on those two. For this project we have to find an issue that each country is dealing with right now. Then we have to find any possible solutions for those chosen issues. Right now we have found that Yemen has a lot of terrorism, so I think we need to find a solution for that problem. We are still trying to find an issue that Canada faces, but I saw that there is a disagreement about gun control. I will do more research to see if there are any more issues with either Yemen or Canada.

blog

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Today we reviewed what we have learned about migration and population. We did this instead of having a pop quiz, which is good because I would have failed that quiz and been failing for the start of the second quarter. We talked about what crude birth and death rate is and also about total fertility rate. We also went over the countries that have the highest ad lowest life expectancy. I was surprised about how much the shadow knew about what we are learning. I liked this type of review because it was more like a class conversation instead of just reviewing. Hopefully this helped me so I don't fail the quiz.

In-Class Population Assignment

1) The top 10 most populous countries are China, India, the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia and Japan. I think this is interesting because there are some countries that are developed in the list and some that are still developing. In class we have talked about why developing countries with high populations could have issues, such as not having enough food for everyone and not good enough health care.

2) The top 10 least densely  populated countries are Green Land, Mongolia, Western Sahara, Australia, Namibia, Ice Land, Mauritania, Guyana, Libya, and Suriname. This fact is interesting because I thought that Australia would have more people than they actually do. But it does make sense for the other countries. We didn't talk about population density in class, but it is the number of people per square mile.

3) The United States is 130th for its population growth rate. The rate is 0.8%. I chose this fact because it is strange that the number would be so small. In class we talked about how developing countries normally have a high population growth rate, so since the US isn't developing the rate would be smaller.

4) The net migration rate for the United States is 3.8 migrants/1000 of the population. The US is 35th in the world. This is interesting to me because I thought more people were migrating to the US. In class we talked about its pull forces such as, health care, jobs, religious freedom, political freedom and peace. Many people come to the US because of the opportunities and rights that they could have, that they don't in their country.

5) The Holy See, the Cocos Islands and the Pitcairn Islands have a zero net migration rate. I chose this fact because I thought that it was cool how they don't have any immigration or emigration. In class we talked about the formulas of the net migration rate, and what might influence the net migration rate.

I think Afghanistan's population will rise rapidly.

 I think Brazil's population will rise slowly.

 Afghanistan                            Brazil
I think Australia's population might slowly decline.  
 Australia                                  Chile

 Fiji.                                     I think Chile's population will rise slowly.

I think Fiji's population is rising pretty rapidly.

Blog

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Today we rewatched the video from yesterday's class. We talked about it more, and about why some countries improved while most did. We also talked about why countries that have the opportunity to grow by using their oil don't. We also took a quiz about the video. I got an 8 out of 10. I knew the answers to the questions that I got wrong, I just wrote the wrong words for them. Instead of writing life expectancy and GDP per capita, I wrote lifespan and income. I hope it doesn't make my grade bad for that start of the second quarter, but it will probably be fine because of the grades that I will have for my other blogs.

200 years in 4 minutes video

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Today we watched a video about how different counties have grown over time. They all were poor and sick in the 1800s but as time went on most of them improved to the rich and healthy category. Many of the countries in Asia and Africa took awhile to improve, but slowly got better, even though they still aren't as advanced as the majority of the world. In 1810, the year where the video began, many people didn't live past the age of 40, with a few exceptions like the UK and the Netherlands. They improved more because they joined the Industrial Revolution early, while the countries in Asia and Africa didn't join until later, and some never joined. There was a huge gap on the graph between developing countries and already developed countries. During the 1970s to the 2000s most eastern  countries caught up to the western world. Hans Rosling was very optimistic that the world would have peace and green technology but that still hasn't happened.

Population Pyramids

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Today we started learning about population pyramids. Populations are divided into one side with men and one side with women. The men are on the left and the women are on the right. The pyramids start at the bottom with ages 0-4. The next level is ages 5-9, and so on until it gets to 100+. The pyramid is divided into 3 sections. Ages 0-14 are in the pre-reproductive years. Ages 15-55 are the reproductive years. Ages 45-100+ are the post reproductive years. If the pyramid looks like are true pyramid it means the population is growing very quickly. This happens in places that are pre-industrialized time. The pyramid looks like a diamond when the population is growing slowly (industrial). The pyramid will be very narrow at the bottom when the population is declining (post industrial).

test

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Today I took the test. I didn't think that I was taking today so I didn't prepare well for it. The CIA Fact book part was pretty easy. The other parts were kinda difficult, so I'm not sure how I did. BUT I got one of the bonus questions right! I knew it was a trick, so I'm glad I got at least one extra point to help my grade. Hopefully I didn't do too bad on it but I guess I will find out later. I hope I didn't miss too much in class today, but I'll ask later. Okay bye :)

Test Tomorrow

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We have a test tomorrow. I think that I am prepared, because most of the topics that we talked about are pretty easy to understand. It was helpful to go over the CIA fact book questions during class because it helped me understand what each statistic actually meant. I also liked how we went over possible questions that could be on the test. Now I know what things I need to study. I will probably go onto the CIA website to practice more, because I still have a little trouble finding things quickly. Overall I think that I will do fine on the test as long as I review a little bit. I also need to study the formulas for calculating that net migration rate and rate of natural increase. I understand push and pull forces but I will go over them again.

10/22/19

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Today we reviewed the facts we found on the CIA world fact book website. We talked about the different reasons why countries have different birth rates, or migration rates or GDP. Many things depend on the size of the country and the conditions that people are living in. Other than that we didn't learn anything new, but seeing why places are different from each other was interesting. We also talked about China's one child policy. I thought it was interesting that the families that have more than one child end up bribing the government officials. The CIA fact book got easier to use as I continued to use it. It is a cool website.

CIA World Fact Book Questions

1. What is the population of China, and of India? 
   - The population of China is 1,384,688,986. The population of India is 1,296,834,042.
   
   

2. What is the Total Fertility Rate in Japan?
   - The Total Fertility Rate is 1.42 born/woman.

3. What is the death rate in El Salvador?
   -The death rate is 5.8 deaths/1,000 population.
4. What percentage of the French identify “none” as their religion? Is this statistic verifiable, and why?
   - The percentage is 23-28%. This is not statistic verifiable because there has not been an official collection of data on religious affiliation since 1872.
5. What percentage of Mexicans identify themselves as Roman Catholic?
   - 82.7% of Mexicans identify themselves as Roman Catholic.
6. What is the GDP - per capita (PPP) in the United States?
   - $59,800 is the GDP per capita.
7. What is the GDP - per capita (PPP) in Nigeria?
   - $5,900 is the GDP per capita.
8. What is the GDP - per capita (PPP) in Luxembourg?
   -$105,100 is the GDP per capita.

9. What percentage of the United States’ population are Internet users?
   - 76.2% are Internet users.

10. What is the number of airports in Russia, and in the United States?
    -There are 1,218 airports in Russia. There are 13,513 airports in the United States.

11. How many people in the world do not have electricity?
    -1.201 billion people do not have electricity.

12. What is the Infant Mortality Rate in Canada, Cuba, and the United States? 
    - Canada: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births
    -Cuba: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births
    United States: 5.7 deaths/ 1,000 live births
13. What is the literacy rate - total, for men, and for women - in Afghanistan?
    - Total: 38.2%
    - Men: 52%
    - Women: 24.2%
14. What three countries have the highest life expectancy?
    -Monaco
    -Japan
    -Singapore
15. What three countries have the lowest life expectancy?
    -Lesotho
    -Zambia
    -Afghanistan
16. What nation has the sixteenth highest Net Migration Rate?
    -Monaco
17. What is the unemployment rate in Vietnam, South Korea, the United States, India and Kenya?
    - Vietnam: 7.3%
    - South Korea: 10.4%
    - United Stated: 8.6%
18. Military Expenditures are listed by the percentage of each nation's GDP spent on defense. What percentage is spent by Germany, China, and the United States?
    - Germany: 1.24%
    -China: 1.87%
    -United States: 3.16%

19. What three countries produce the most crude oil, and how much do they produce?

- United States: 10,962,000 bbl/day

- Russia: 10,795,00 bbl/day

- Saudi Arabia: 10,425,00 bbl/day

20. What three countries import the most crude oil, and how much do they import?

-  United States: 7,969,000 bbl/day

- China: 6,710,000 bbl/day

- India: 4,057,000 bbl/day

21. What percentage of the world’s people speak Spanish? Chinese? English?

- Spanish: 6%

- Chinese: 12.3%

- English: 5.1%

Test review

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Today we got to look at the tests we just took. I didn't do as well as I thought I did. We went over all the questions on the test and talked about the right questions. There were also questions that everyone got wrong. Also our class didn't go over the UTC and daylight savings so those questions won't go into the final score of our tests. This will raise my grade, I think. I will try to study more for the next test and or quiz. I'm excited for the next unit.

The Test

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We just finished the test. I'm not sure how I did. I know I got the UTC questions wrong, because I don't remember learning that. I could have studied more, but I was really tired and had a lot of other homework. I liked how the test was multiple test. I also didn't remember if the arcs are called parallels or meridians. Overall I don't think I did too bad on the test but I could have done better. I also think that the pop quiz yesterday helped, because then I knew what some of the questions on the test would be. This test wasn't bad but if I studied more I would probably gotten a 100%.

Test Tomorrow!

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We have a test tomorrow. I have not studied yet, but I will tonight. We also just took a POP Quiz. I don't think I did very well on it, but at least now I know what the actual test will be on. I will probably re write my notes to help me memorize the information. Today we also finished our debate. Turns out abolishing time zones isn't a good idea. All of the people that were in the middle switched over to the side that wanted to maintain time zones. Over all I think the debate was fun and it was cool to see everyones views. Also this week is spirit week and I'm very excited!

Debate

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Today we had a debate during class about time zones. There were three different groups one that wanted to keep time zones, one that wanted to abolish time zones, and one the was still in the middle. I was in the group that wanted to abolish time zones. My reason for abolishing time zones was because of daylight savings. I said that if time zones weren't a thing we wouldn't have to switch the clocks during the summer.

During the debate some people got very fired up about their point of view on the subject. It was a very fun class, and I didn't mind talking in front of the class. Even though I don't think there was a clear winner of the debate, I still think it was cool and interesting to hear everyone's ideas about why or why not time zones should exist.

Time Zone Debate

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Today Mr. Schick told us that we would be having a debate about whether or not timezones should be abolished or not. Since we got into a discussion yesterday about how effective time zones actually are, he thought it would be fun to debate it. I chose the side that said time zones are pointless and should be abolished. I think that they don't really make sense and it can lead to a lot of confusion when traveling. For the debate I am focusing on Daylight savings time. Daylight savings is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months so that evening daylight lasts longer. If we switched to a 24 hour clock and no time zones this wouldn't be necessary. There wouldn't be am or pm so no need to extend the evening daylight. This is one extra thing that everyone has to do because of time zones.

Time Zones

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We continued learning about longitude and latitude but we also talked about time zones! A time zone is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow boundaries because it is convenient for the areas in close commercial communication to keep the same time. Earth is divided into 360 degrees of longitude, so if you divide 360 by 24 time zones (one for each hour of the day) you get 15. So every 15 degrees should have its own time zone. But it doesn't work like this because of borders. The people that decided on the time zones didn't want a state or city to be split by a time zone, because that would be very confusing. This is why the time zones don't follow every 15 degrees like it makes sense to. Anyway the conversation in class was very controversial, but made me think about why time zones are even necessary.

Grids and Time Zones

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Today we talked about different things on a map. A map is a two- dimensional or flat scale model of the Earth's surface.The art of map making is called cartography. There are two reasons why geographers use maps. One is to see where people and activities are located and the other is to see why they are found there. We also learned about latitude and longitude. They are used as a reference tool to identify an objects absolute and relative location. They are also used as a communication tool to convey the distribution of human activities or physical features. Absolute locations the position as expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude. Relative location is the regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places.

Latitude facts:
- They are known as parallels
- They run in east- west direction
- They measure distance north or south of the Equator
- They get shorter toward the poles
-They never meet

Site and Situation

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Today we talked more about site, but we also started learning about situation. These two things help geographers describe where things are. Situation is the location of a place relative to others places. This helps us do two things. Number one is it helps us to find an unfamiliar place by comparing is location with a familiar one. It also helps us understand the importance of a location. Some places are important because they are accessible to other places due to their location. You would also use situation to identify important buildings, streets, and other land marks to direct people to a desired location. If someone asks me where Bel Air is I would say its north of Baltimore. There are also places that are more important because of their location. Such as Chicago, it has become a big city because it is close to a major water source, Lake Michigan.

How do geographers describe where things are?

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Today we talked about the different ways that geographers are able to describe where things are located on Earth. Geographers can describe the location of a place by site. Site is the physical characteristics of a place. Some important characteristics are climate, water sources, topography, soil, vegetation, and elevation. These factors are important when choosing land to live on. The factors that the land has to have depends on what the land is going to be used for. The land can also be modified by humans for their on purposes. This modification has been seen in Manhattan, New York. More land was created by filling parts of the Hudson River and also by sinking old ship and piling stuff on top of them to bring it up to above sea level, where they could build on it. Many places are also being used very efficiently by building in a small space, but putting a few very tall buildings there instead of multiple normal buildings.

Map Quizzes

This is the score from the North American Map Quiz.

This is the score from the South American Quiz.

Maps

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Mercator Map:

• Was made in 1569
• Created by Gerardus Mercator
• It was mainly used for sailors and other sea farers
• Its preferred by navigators because the ship can sail in a constant direction to reach its destination, eliminating difficult and error-prone course corrections. 
• It is not accurate because it doesn't show the correct size of places
• Linear scale is constant on the Mercator in every direction around any point
• Greenland appears the same size as Africa, when in reality Africa's area is 14x greater.
• Africa also appears to be roughly the same size as South America, when in reality Africa is more than 1.5x as large.
• Russia appears to be 4x the size of the United States, but is really only about twice the size; comparable to the size of South America.
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Peter's Map:

• A rectangular map projection that maps all areas such that they have the correct sizes relative to each other.
• The projection is named after James Gall and Arno Peters. 
• Was made in 1985
• It is more accurate than the Mercator Map
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9/18/19 Blog

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Today we talked more about maps. We re-watched the video from yesterday to learn more about the Peter's World map. We also did a thing where when someone wanted to say something during the video they would say "okay stop". This allowed people to make comments about the video that made new conversations start. I liked doing this in class. One debate that we had was about whether or not the upside down map was good. I personally don't think that the upside down map is good. It is just confusing and I don't think it is very realistic. Also I don't think the world had a top and bottom attitude, so turning upside down isn't really necessary.

I did very well on the test that we got back today. I didn't think it was that difficult, but maybe just because I studied. If this is how the quizzes and tests will be the rest of the year I think I will do pretty good.

9/17/19 Blog

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Today we started studying different types of maps. Turns out that the map that I have been using my entire life is actually not accurate at all. When we looked at the Peter's World Map I thought it was totally wrong, but it is more accurate than the Mercator Map. On the Mercator Map, Africa is smaller than what it really is, and Greenland is too big. This was very shocking to me. I also learned that there are many different kinds of maps. Some of them look very strange, but each of them has a specific purpose. The most accurate way of looking at the Earth is a globe. It shows that correct size of things and the correct latitude and longitude. The distance around the world at the Equator and at the North Pole are very different, but a map shows them like they are the same. This is one of the biggest flaws with flat maps. The video that we watched was funny, but also very interesting. Today's class was fun.

9/13/19 Blog

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I just finished the test. Overall it was pretty easy and knew basically all the answers. I really glad that I woke up last night and studied. I got home late from a soccer game and I was really tired so I just went to sleep, and I didn't think I needed to study. Then I got a call and it woke me up, and I forced myself to stay up and study for this test and my bible test. I didn't want to but if I hadn't stayed up I wouldn't have known most of the answers on this test. This unit was interesting and I liked learning about Socrates and Ancient Greece.

The last essay part was the most challenging question. It was a little difficult to come up with what I would say to convince the other jury members to not "not guilty". In the end I think I came up with good reasons why they should. Even though this question made me think more, I still think I did pretty good on it. This test was fair and now I did this blog so I don't have homework over the weekend!

9/12/19 Blog

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We have a test tomorrow. Today we learned about Socrates. He was a Greek philosopher that had many new ideas about life. He was a normal person and he worked as a stone mason before he became a teacher. This helped him later on because he had a better view of the real world not the wealthy side of it. When he was a teacher he taught the youth, probably teenagers and a little older. He taught them right outside the town. Socrates used a method of teaching where he asked questions and his students answered and gave their opinion. This led to the scientific method. Socrates later got accused of corrupting the youth and not following the gods recognized by the state. He was found guilty by a jury of 500 men. He was sentenced to death. Socrates drank poison hemlock and died. Even though he was killed his ideas about life are still in use today.

9/11/19 Blog

NOTES

• Agora- a public open space used for markets and assemblies in Greece, center of athletic, artistic, spiritual, and political life in the city/state, especially Athens

• Polis- Political entities ruled by their bodies of citizens, origin words- politics, poll, metropolitan

• 508 BC- Democracy is introduced in Greece by Cleisthenes, he was selected as the leader, one of the greatest accomplishment of Greek culture. They formalized their democracy. The first time in recorded history a people had revolted against their rulers. US 1776, France 1789, china 1851+ 1949, Russia 1917

• Socrates- a Classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy

• Death of Socrates- in 399 BC, he stood in front of a 500 person jury, he refused to recognize the gods recognized by the states, and he also corrupted the youth. If found guilty he would be killed.

• The Socratic Method- also known as the method of Elenchus. It is a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking.

• You were said to be an idiot if you didn't vote, they though you didn't care about your place in society.

9/9/19 Blog

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We have a test on Friday :( But that's okay because I think that the material is mostly easy. Today in class we continued the excellence power point. We learned what some of the words from A Message to Garcia meant, and also an Ancient Greek word called Areté. This word means excellence. We also talked about philosophy and what it means. It was kinda weird to think about thinking, and I don't understand how the brain works. We also talked about how humans are the only species that is self aware and can understand complex ideas. The last thing we talked about was initiative. We looked at a quote by Elbert Hubbard, and what it meant. Todays class was interesting.

9/6/19 Blog

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Human geo was very interesting today! We finished reading A Message to Garcia, by Elbert Hubbard. The story was kinda confusing because it was written in 1899, and a lot of the phrases were different than the ones that are used currently. Mr. Schick explained what they meant so it made more sense. I also realized that I don't hate reading to the class. Overall the story had a very important message. The takeaway was that we need more people who will work hard, even when the "boss" isn't looking. If everyone worked hard not just for themselves, but for others the world would be a better place. I will apply this to school. I will work hard in my classes, and try my best to succeed. Even when the teacher isn't looking I will still do what I am supposed to. I really enjoyed the story and it was a good way to start the year. It gave me something to try to achieve through out high school, and in life.

9/5/19 Blog

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Today was pretty good. I'm starting to get used to being in a new school, and I really like it so far. In human geography we talked about why high school is very difficult. It made me nervous, but I think I will be okay, once I get used to balancing the work load and soccer. I just need to get better at time management, because sometimes I get distracted when I'm doing homework. Overall I think the class discussion was very helpful, and I also like the passage we started reading. Even though we didn't read a lot of it, it seems very interesting. I also think that taking notes while we read is good so u don't have to re-read something you can just look at the notes. It made me focus on what we were actually doing instead of zoning out. I'm excited to see what else we do in human geo!

First Day of School

1) The best part of my first day was my off mod. I was lucky enough to know a lot of people. I also made many new friends during my off mod. It was good to have some free time during the day to de-stress. I had time to figure out where my other classes were and hang out with friends. My least favorite part of the day was intro to bible. It was very cold in the room and it was kinda boring and I was tired. Even though it was boring the first day I think it will get more interesting when we actually start learning stuff. Overall my first day was pretty good and I think all my classes will be interesting and fun.

2) I like where I'm sitting in class, because I'm sitting next to my friend Maddie. I fine with being in the front row, even though I normally sit in the back, but as long as I'm near a friend I'm good.