Definitions and Country Stats.

DEFINITIONS:
Life expectancy - is the expected number of years life remaining at a given age (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy)

Crude birth rate - is the childbirths per 1,000 people per year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_birth_rate)

Crude death rate -  the total number of deaths per year per 1000 people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_death_rate

Rate of natural increase - is the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate of the population (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_of_natural_increase)

Total fertility rate- of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate)

Net migration rate- is the diference of immigrants and emigrants of an area in a period of time, divided usually per 1000 inhabitants (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_migration)

Populations pyramid - an image of pyramid used to show the distrabution of varying age groups in a population (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_pyramid)

STATS:Life expectancy:
Japan - 82.12 – 3rd
France - 80.98 – 8th
Kenya - 57.86 – 189th
Cuba - 77.45 – 55th
United States - 78.11 – 49th
Afghanistan - 44.40 – 219th

Crude birth rate:Japan - 7.64 – 222nd
Kenya - 36.64 – 29th
Ethiopia - 43.66 – 7th
United States - 13.83 – 154th
Germany - 8.18 – 220th

Crude death rate:Afghanistan - 17.83 – 7th
Kenya - 9.72 – 67th
United States - 8.38 – 99th
Japan - 9.54 – 69th
Mexico - 4.80 – 192nd

TFR:Niger- 7.75 – 1st
Afghanistan - 5.6 – 13th
Japan - 1.21 – 218th
United States - 2.05 – 126th
Germany - 1.41 – 196th

Net migration rate:Mexico - (-3.61) – 153rd
United States - 4.32 – 25th
United Arab Emirates - 22.98 – 1st
Argentina - 0.00 – 73rd
Saudi Arabia - (-7.60) – 171st
Uganda - (-8.83) – 173rd

Today's nerve-racking class 9/29/10

Today in class we had our big unit test. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I appreciated being able to use our laptops throught the test. I think i did fairly well on it and candy is an amazing reward for hard work!

Today's class 9/27

Today in human geography we discussed our upcoming Unit Test. Mr. Schick went over material that would be on our test. He also mentioned to study the notes on our blogs. Mr. Schick also asked us to check powerschool to see if any grades were missing, as he recently updated them

Prezi

My groups prezi: http://prezi.com/_7wrino7aiq1/comparing-religions/

Today we worked on and finished our prezi's on the 3 different Religions. We add some info and a few more pictures and Mr Schick gave us a lecture of sorts about grammer and spelling

Today 9/22/10

Today in human geo we learned about our assignment on researching religions in groups. The religions were: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. We also learned about Prezi, an online powerpoint type of presentation system. We had to use Prezi to gather information and use it to make and complete our assignment.

today 9/20/10

Today we worked through more of the country stats. And we talked about how they ranked in the world and all they effects each country had on another.  We also talked about how the languages and religions were simliar and different compared to where the countries were located.

Country Statistics cont.

Iran- 9.78% Arable land, Permanent crops 1.29%, 18th biggest nation: 66 million, unemployment rate is 11.8%, military: 19, 16 and 15 you can volunteer, life expectancy - males: 74% and females: 74%, oil production: imports- 1.2 million, exports- 2.21 million barrels a day, "Iran has been designated a state sponsor terroist and for its activities in Lebenon and other sctivites in the world and remains subject to UN, US, and EU economic snactions

Israel - Literacy rate- 15 and older: 97.1% of the total population: male - 98.5% and females- 97%, Religion - 16.8% muslim, 2.1% are christian, 75.5% jewish, hebrew is oficial language

Iraq - Literacy rate: men 84.1% and women 64.2%, GDP: 65.84billion - 858th, Religion is muslim

Egypt- Population- over 78 million and ranked 16th, Less than 3 perecent arable land, literacr rate male: 83% and female: 71%, Infant mortality rate: 20 thousand per 7 deaths ranked,  90% is muslim, military; 18-30 obligated 12 months follwed by 9yrs, Republic gov., Language - english, freanch, and Unemployment rate is:

Country statistics

Saudi Arabia - 100% muslim, literacy rate: male 84.7 % and females: 70.8%, Military: age 16, Life expantacy: 74% for males and females 74%, 38% die before 15, 11.57% infant mortality rate per 1000 births, Oil producion: ranked 2n in the world and Oil Export: number 1, Unemployment rate: 11. 7%

Iran - Arable land: 9.78%, 1.29% is growing crops to eat, Unemployent rate: 11.8%, Military service: at 19 you have to join; 15 and 16 you can volunteer, Life expectancy: 69.65% males and women: 72.72%

today 9/16/10

Today in class we took a graded assesment on finding places in the different continents using sites such and the CIA World factbook, google maps, and many others. Of cource we also had to cite our sources. Then we went on to freerice.com and had a mini competition on who could get more rice. For the record pop-tarts that taste like soy sauce would not be my favorite, and rice cakes tasting like soy sauce and peanutbutter would definitely be popular over in Asia.

Identifying Countries

1.  United States - North amrica
2.  France - Europe
3.  Iraq - Africa
4.  China - Asia
5.  Saudi Arabia - Africa
6.  Haiti - South America
7.  India - Asia
8.  Japan - Asia
9.  Venezuela - South America
10. Iran - Asia
11. Russia - Europe
12. The United Kingdom - Europe
13. Israel - Africa
14. Germany - Europe
15. Tibet - Asia
16. Afghanistan - Asia
17. Brazil - South America
18. North Korea - Asia
19. Egypt - Africa
20. Kenya - Africa
21. Pakistan - Asia
22. Vietnam - Asia
23. Mexico - North America
24. Cuba - North America

Info found on: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html and http://maps.google.com/

9/15/10 Class today

Today was my second day and we learned how to navigate and use the CIA World Factbook. We also leanrned that it is government owned and has information on every country out there. Some of the things we leanred from the factbook were: the definition of GDP, who exports the most oil, whether or not women in China could join the military and so on and so forth.

Today in Human Geo....

Today was my first day in Mr Schick's Human Geography class. I learned that I needed to make a blog and to keep it updated regularly. While others had to continue working on their 9/11 papers, I got myself oriented with my new class. Mr Schick and I met after school to discuss further the guidlines of the class. Its been pretty good so far. I can;t wait for next class to see what it's like!

Definitions

Definitions:

1. Geography - The study of the earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity.


2.  Globalization - To make global or worldwide in scope or application
 
3. Population - All of the people inhabiting a specified area;The total number of such people;The total number of inhabitants constituting a particular race, class, or group in a specified area
4. Immigration - To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native
 
5. Industrialization - To develop industry in a society, country, etc
 
6. Culture - The total range of activities and ideas of a group of people with shared traditions, which are transmitted and reinforced by members of the group
 
7. Religion - Belief in, worship of, or obedience to a supernatural power or powers considered to be divine or to have control of human destiny
 
Information found on : http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
 
The Population of the world:
6, 868, 632, 492 as of Sep. 13, 2010 from: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldpopinfo.php/
 
5 Largest Countries and their Populations -
1. China: 1, 338, 612, 968
2.  India: 1, 156, 897, 766
3.  United States: 307, 212, 123
4.  Indonesia: 240, 271, 522
5.  Brazil: 198, 739, 269
Information found: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html/
 
Five largest religions
1. Christianity - 2 billion
2. Islam - 1.2 billion
3. Hinduism - 785 million
4. Buddhism - 360 million
5. Judaism - 17 million
Found on: http://www.godweb.org/religionsofworld.htm/

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