India

Today in class we watched a video on India. It showed some jobs that India has, such as construction workers. If you are unskilled or illiterate you can have a job as a construction worker. You can carry bricks on your head. You get paid 2.50 a day. The mall of India, they are building one right next to an Industrial park. It will be the biggest mall and all of India. It is actually up now. This is the type of job and payment you would get if you didn't have an education.

There are illegal buildings all over the poverty of India. People who can not afford well built, safe buildings have to live in here because they are the only affordable housing around. Others are not available for rent. A building that was more than three stories and that were not built up to the expectations of the building codes, collapsed and killed many people. This should teach people a lesson. Especially the one responsible for doing this. He was arrested. The government told the poor people to evacuate all the buildings so thy would not collapse on them and many ended up homeless. (Mumbai) November 24th, 2010

        Men, women, and children are trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. The largest trafficking problem in India would be internal forced labor. Women and girls are trafficked within the country for commercial sexual exploration and forced marriage.  There are one point three million children in sex-trade centers. These children come from poor areas of children and are trafficked usually to richer areas. More than 40% of 484 prostituted girls rescued during major raids of brothels in Bombay in nineteen ninety six were from Nepal. “High Supply Zones” for women in prostitution is India, Karnataka, Andha Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu. Organized trafficking networks are when women migrate to big cities. Common districts are Bijapur, Belgaum, and Kolhapur. A lot of Bangladeshi women and children are held in foregin prisons, jails, shelters, and detention centers. In India, 26 women, 27 girls, 71 boys and 13 children of unknown gender are held in Lilua Shelter, Calcutta; Sheha Shelter, Calcutta; Anando Ashram, Calcutta; Alipur Children's Home, Delhi; Nirmal Chaya Children's Home, Delhi; Prayas Observation House for Boys; Delhi; Tihar Jail, Delhi; Udavam Kalanger, Bangalore; Umar Khadi, Bangaore; Kishalay, West Bengal; Kuehbihar, West Bengal and Baharampur, West Bengal. India sends women and children to the middle east daily. Women and children who are trafficked are tortured, held in virtual imprisonments, sexually abused, and raped. N estimated fifty thousand women who are involved in prostitution in Bombay are trafficked from Nepal. There are one hundred thousand and one hundred sixty thousand Napoleon women located in India. Trafficking is a very serious issue in India that needs to be stopped soon. 

Homework; December 2nd, 2010

1. Compare the motion picture industry in India and the United States. 
The United States has the oldest film industry. L.A. is the primary nexus of the U.S. However, four of the six major film studios are owned by East Coast companies. Only the Walt Disney Company - which Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, the Pixar Animation Studios, and Marvel Studios — is fully based in Southern California. And while Sony Pictures Entertainment is headquartered in Culver City, California, its parent company, the Sony Corporation, is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
The Indian film industry is multi-lingual and the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced. The industry is supported mainly by a vast film-going Indian public, and Indian films have been gaining increasing popularity in the rest of the world—notably in countries with large numbers of expatriate Indians. One third of the Indian film industry is mostly concentrated in Mumbai (Bombay), and is commonly referred to as "Bollywood" as an amalgamation of Bombay and Hollywood. The remaining majority portion is spread across North, West and South India (in Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, oriya, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu speaking areas). However, there are several smaller centers of Indian film industries in regional languages (apart from Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi,) centered in the states those languages are spoken. Indian films are made filled with action, romance, comedy, dance and an increasing number of special effects.


2. What are the names of the three main characters in Slum Dog Millionaire (The Three Musketeers)?
The names of the three main characters are Jamal K. Walik, Latika, and Salim.


3. What is a chaiwallah? 
A wallah is one who performs a specific task. Chai wallahs are everywhere in India. Chai wallah is an authentic Indian spice tea made with organic Fair Trade certified tea and certified organic spices. 


4. State five things we must know about the Taj Mahal. 
-There is most likely 20,000 artisians that worked on it.
- It was built in 1631
- The estimated money spent on it was 35 million rupees. 
- Built by Shah Jahan
- It is estimated that is took 22 years to build (1631-1653) 

2nd of December

Today in class we continued watching The Slum Dog Millionaire.


The Babri Masjid, was a mosque in Ayodhya, a city in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh, on Ramkot Hil. It was destroyed in 1992 when a political rally developed into a riot involving 150,000 people, despite a commitment to the Indian Supreme Court by the rally organizers that the mosque would not be harmed. More than 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in ensuing riots in many major Indian cities including Mumbai and Delhi. 


The mosque was constructed in 1527 by order of Babur, the first Mughal emperor of India. Mir Baki, after seizing the Hindu structure from priests, named it Babri Masjid. Before the 1940s, the Mosque was called Masjid-Janmasthan, acknowledging the site as the birthplace of the Hindu deity, Lord Rama. Mir Baki, after seizing the Hindu structure from priests, named it Barbi Masjid. 

First Day of December (:

Today in class we continued watching The Slum dog Millionaire.

We went over our homework from Monday night.

India:

Birth rate - 21.24 births/1,000 population
Death rate - 7.53 deaths/1,000 population

Homework:

4 Essential Facts about the Bombay Riots:

* The Bombay riots occurred in December 1992 to January 1993. Followed by the March 12th, 1993 Bombay Bombings.
* Approximately 900 people died in the first Bombay riots.
*An estimated 575 Muslims and 275 Hindus and 2,000 people died in the riots.
* Occurred in 2 phases, 1st phase as a result of Muslim backslash; 2nd phase on result of Hindu backlash.

Homework; November 29th, 2010

Five facts about Mumbai, India: 


1. Bombay was renamed Mumbai in 1996. 
2. The population is 18 million, projected to reach 28.5 million by 2020. 
3. The main languages are Marathi, Hindi, and English. 
4. The total area of the city is 440 sq. km or 170 sq. miles.
5. Climate - Summer 200 C - 390 C, Winter 120 C - 340 C. Mumbai has a truly tropical climate and temperatures remain fairly uniform throughout the year. You never need to pack woolens for Mumbai, not even in December. Mumbai is drowned every year under torrential Indian Ocean monsoon rains between June and September, usually beginning by 7th June every year.


http://www.mumbaihub.com/facts-and-figures.html


Dharavi - Dharavi is routinely called "the largest slum in Asia," a dubious attribution sometimes conflated into "the largest slum in the world." This is not true. Mexico City's Neza-Chalco-Itza barrio has four times as many people. In Asia, Karachi's Orangi Township has surpassed Dharavi. Even in Mumbai, where about half of the city's swelling 12 million population lives in what is euphemistically referred to as "informal" housing, other slum pockets rival Dharavi in size and squalor.


http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/dharavi-mumbai-slum/jacobson-text


Shantytown - A city district inhbited by people living in huts and shanties 


http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/shantytown.htm

The Slum dog Millionaire

A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explains why he knows the answer. 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/

The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Kaun Banega Corepati?" (2000) (Who Wants to be a Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum of where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/plotsummary

November 29th, 2010

Kaun Banega Crorepati is an Indian reality/game show based on the UK game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? which offers a maximum cash prize of $1 million. The version's title literally translates to "Who ill be a ten-millionaire?" The show first aired in 2000 and was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. This was the first appearance of Bachchan on Indian television. The show was hugely popular in India.

Amitabh Bachchan, born on October 11th, 1942, is an Indian film actor and producer. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Bollywood cinema, and has since become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema.
He has won numerous major awards in his career, including the National Film Awards, three of which are in the Best Actor category, and thirteen Filmfare Awards. He hold the record for the most number of Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor nominations as the Filmfare Awards. In addition to acting, he has worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter, and was an elected member of the Indian Parliament in 1984 to 1987.

What is the current population of India? - 1,173,108,018 - CIA Factbook

What is the total fertility rate of India? - 2.65 children born/women - CIA Factbook

What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line? - 25% of India - CIA Factbook

Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India? On February 13th, people thought to be Islamic terrorists bombed a restaurant in the northern city of Pune , killing 17 people and Dec. 13th. A heavily and suicide squad assaulted Parliament House here today in a brazen attack on the world's largest democracy, killing 7 people and injuring 18 before dying themselves. No elected official was harmed. - New York Times article.

The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the countries of the world by poverty. Where does India rank on this list? The dam 50 miles upstream overflows and leaves parts of India flooded. - New York Times Monsoon

Briefly describe the effects of the monsoons on India. Water brimmed well past the permitted level at 350-foot Ukai Dam. In less than 3 days more than 120 people died, more than 4,000 animal carcasses were later hauled out of the mud. India lost $60 million dollars. - The New York Times, Asia Pacific 

What are some of the problems India has getting clean water to its people? Indians are lacking basic services like water and sewage disposal. -New York Times, Video

What is the literacy rate in India? - 61% - CIA Factbook

What are the major religions in India? Hindu 10.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3% Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8% unspecified .1% - CIA Factbook

When did India achieve independence, and from what country? August 15th, 1947

November 22nd, 2010

Today in class 


In the world of today, as well as for the foreseeable future, the world’s only population billionaires are China and India — at 1.35 billion and 1.21 billion, respectively. Even so, these two population giants are on distinctly different demographic paths. Joseph Chamie, former director of the United Nations Population Division, explains.


Together, China and India currently contain nearly two out of every five people in the world - and are equal in size to the world population in 1950. 


China's and India's unprecedented demographic status will not be challenged at any time soon.The next five most populous countries far behind them are": the United States (318 million), Indonesia (223 million), Brazil (195 million), Pakistan (185 million) and Bangladesh (164 million). 



China’s and India’s demographic size may also be appreciated by noting that each of their populations is larger than those of Africa, Europe or the entire Western hemisphere.

On virtually every population measure, China is further along in its demographic transition than India. With respect to mortality, for example, life expectancy at birth in China is nearly 10 years higher than in India, at 73 years versus 64 years. China’s population is also much older than India’s, with median ages of 34 and 25 years, respectively.


Also, while most Chinese and Indians still live in rural areas - 55% and 70% respectively - China will soon become predominately urban, perhaps as early as 2015. In contrast, India is expected to remain mainly rural at least until mid - century. 


Due to the enormous size of their populations, international migration plays a demographically negligible role in the growth of China and India. However, both have expressed official objections about illegal immigration into their countries, in particular from North Korea and Bangladesh, respectively.


In addition, the two countries have sizable numbers of their citizens living abroad for study and employment. To aid and benefit from their non-resident citizens, China and India have established government offices - the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. 


Without a doubt, the most notable and consequential demographic trend for the growth of these two billionaire nations concerns fertility. 


Although fertility levels in the mid - 1950s were about the same in the two countries - at six children per woman - fertility rates have declined much faster in China than India, due in part to China's one child family policy. Today, China's fertility is below replacement and one child less than India's - 1.8 compared to 2.8 children per woman. 


With its higher birth rates and younger age structure, India's population is growing more than twice as fast as China's - 1.4% versus 0.6% annually. The demographic outcomes of these growth rates are annual addition of approximately 17 million Indians and 8 million Chinese. In addition, India's annual population increase exceeded China's in each of the past 20 years.  


Both China and India have significantly more males than females, in sharp contrast to demographics in most other nations. The atypical gender imbalance is due in part to the use of prenatal ultra sound scanning to abort female fetuses. 

Today in class we were paired up with partners and given a project.

Where does coffee come from? What are some countries that are known for growing great coffee? Explain what "fair trade coffee" means.

Go to Global Exchange Read the story in the home page. Find out weather coffee prices are still the same level stated in this article. List the most current coffee prices, and cite your source.

Starbucks and Procter and Gable are large companies. Just how large are they? Get specifics on total market value, sales and profits, and cite your source. Do you think Global Exchange has been successful in getting Starbucks or Procter and Gamble to promote or sell Fair Trade Coffee? Why or why not? Provide evidence.

Today in class we went over our homework from last night

http://www.globalization101.org/What_is_Globalization.html

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quality

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee

http://www.coffeeresearch.org/politics/organic.htm

Coffee video; Part 1

1. Globalization - Describes the process by which regional economics, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of communication, transportation, and trade.
2. Fair Trade Coffee - Coffee which is purchased directly from the growers for a higher price than standard coffee. The purpose of fair trade is to promote healthier working conditions and greater economic incentive for producers. Empowers farmers and lift them out of poverty investing in their farms and communities.
3. Quality Coffee - Coffee that fulfills the customers requirements and expectations, at all times.
4. Coffee - A popular brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the coffee plant.
5. Certified Organic Coffee - Coffee that has been growing according to organic farming standards and techniques, without the use of fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides.

1. What is the top store that sell the most coffee in the U.S.? Starbucks 
2. How much money does the U.S. spend on coffee? 345 Billion
3. What country makes the most coffee? Brazil
4. How much does the average cup of coffee cost? $1.50
5. What do people mean by "quality coffee"? Coffee that fulfills the customers requirements and expectations, at all times. 

* Coffee is the most heavily traded crop in the world.
* The U.S. spends billions of dollars on coffee.
* Most of the coffee is being compared by price.

Yesterday in class we looked over our magazines to make sure that there were not any mistakes and than emailed them to Mr. Schick.

Interview with Koor Garang, One of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan

First November Class! November 3rd, 2010

Today in class I worked with my partner Kelly on our magazine, we got  a lot of work done. I don't think that finishing by Friday will be a problem for us. We discussed more things that we might want to include and came up with a few good ideas.

10-29-10

Today in class we worked on our magazines with our partners. My partner Kelly and I worked on our magazine pages and discussed how we were going to form the magazine, and what information we are going to put into the magazine.

10-28-10

Today in class we worked on our magazines with our partners.

October 27th, 2010

John Bul Dau - Is getting a medical clinic going in Sudan, Africa, his homeland. He found his mother and his sister, alive. 
Panther - Is getting a school going in Sudan, Africa, his homeland. He found some people in his family. 
Daniel - Is still in Philadelphia going to a community college. There have been no signs that his family is alive.  


We finished the movie and then we went over how we are going to make a magazine next week about migration, the Lost Boys, and many other people 

Today in class on October 25th, 2010

Today in class we went over some people's homework and we watched the movie. The movie had a African man who had now lived in America for a year and seeing how their lives were presently. They explained how the Americans were not as friendly as the people back in Africa. He also talked about how difficult it is to be acquainted with life here in America. Two men go to a pool and talk with American adults and children. One of the men teaches children what some African words mean. They were asked not to travel in groups as often because it was intimidating. They show another African man talking and explaining how lonely the Lost Boys that are now in America were. It shows them grocery shopping and how no one really ever acknowledges them. Then the scene changes to Pittsburgh and shows one of the Lost Boys who now live there working in a fine dining restaurant busing tables. He seems to really like the job. He explains how some of the men that live in the same house don't really see each other that much because work is so crazy. Another man talks about how it is increasingly difficult to afford college. He gets money from a company and he goes to a community college that requires him to live in a dorm room so he is forced to move out and move into the dorm room. It shows how he reacts to the college orientation. The scene then changes to one of the Lost Boys receiving a letter to the people who were still left in Africa. He finds that his dad, mom, three sisters, and two brothers are still living. They are still suffering from a disease. He finds that his uncles, his wife, and his five children were killed. He now knows where his family is and he thinks it is his time to now help them because he feels as though he is strong enough. The scene then changes to him working in the factory where he works. So now he is working more jobs to be able to help his family who are ill back in Africa by sending money to them. He is hoping to bring his family there so he knows they are well and secure. He then goes t the bank to send money to his friends back in the refugee camp and now his family that he found out was alive. Another man talks about by coming to America it is his job to help his people and his country. They talk about sending money to the people in the refugee camp and by not sending money he would think of himself as a failure. A cop then appears in one of the homes because one of the boys that came to America was reported missing. He was eventually found him a few days later with problems in his head. He was later arrested for inappropriate behavior on a public bus. The scene then changes to the Lost Boys watching a parade as he explains that there he is nothing he can do about his family not being alive and that watching his father die he will not be able to forget. The scene then changes to fireworks going off and the Lost Boys and other people watching as a boy explains how the people of Sudan feel hopeless and some people feel suicidal and lonely. The scene then changes to a scene in Africa where a Lost Boy that is now in America explains what he would do in Africa by singing them songs and helping them out. He talks about by going to the U.S. he has amazing opportunity's but him and his brothers that are with him feel lonely. The scene then changes to one of the boys working at his job while explaining his duties and explaining he doesn't think he was born to do that butt he was born to do something. Then the scene changes to the Lost Boys of Sudan who are now in America, dancing in  a circle wearing matching shirts. They then walk across roads in the matching shirts clapping and singing songs and showing the people of America and talking to the Americans about their life in Africa. The scene then changes to some of the boys being reunited with some of the boys from Sudan. They have a small part where they chat and they talk about strategies and then they can be able to help themselves and the people back home.  The guy in command talks about how he worries about the young guys giving up what they have. It then shows them in Pittsburgh three years in America. And that is what we watched up to in class today.

Continuing with God Grew Tired of Us (work cited)

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/sudan.htm

This is the cite I used to gather my information. ^

Continuing with God Grew Tired of Us (What was watched in class today)

     Today in class we watched certain individuals of the Lost Boys of Sudan that were chosen to go to America on their journey. A group of boys were chosen out of the refugee class to go over to America. We watched them get on the plane, in their apartments, and at their jobs. They were excited and sad at the same time. They were excited to finally have freedom and have a normal life. But they were sad to leave their fellow brothers back in the refugee camp in Kenya, Africa.
     The boys in America were not used to an American lifestyle. They weren't sure how to use everything but they eventually caught on. They all had jobs so that they could fully provide for themselves and pay the U.S. Government back for their airline ticket from Africa to America. They also wanted to use some of the money they earned in America to send things back to the rest of the Lost Boys back in Africa.

Continuing with God Grew Tired of Us (Summarization of the war in Sudan)

     The Civil War in Sudan was a war among three separate religions, Christians, Muslims, and Animists. They came to Sudan, Africa and ordered for all boys among all ages to be killed. So the Lost Boys of Sudan made a run for it and traveled 1,000 miles to Ethiopia on feet. When they arrived at Ethiopia there was very little food and clothing. Then the Ethiopian government collapsed, forcing the Lost Boys of Sudan to walk to Kenya, Africa where a refugee camp was located. When they arrived at Kenya, Africa they were supplied with food and clothing. Most days they would be supplied with food. On days they did not have food, were called Black Days. On Black Days, they would sit and stand in a circle with each other and relax, make  jokes, sing songs, and play games. They called this meeting "The White House".
     The Civil War caused all of this to take place. These people all had lives in Sudan and they were functional and they were not as poor as other African cities. They had jobs, food, and clothing and were a functional society. After the Civil War attacked on their land all of this were taken away from them. Lots of families were split and lots of people were killed. The Civil War began in the year 1998.
     Sudan has two different major cultures; Arab and Black African American. Because of the two different cultures comes with hundreds of different ethnic and tribal divisions and language groups. Which cause collection collaboration. More than 4 million southerners have been displaced due to the Civil War. They all fled into Juba, Khartoum, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, and other neighboring countries. The Lost Boys of Sudan fled from Sudan to Ethiopia to Kenya. Because of the refugee camp located in Kenya, some of the Lost Boys are now living in America with jobs and providing for themselves.

Continuing with God Grew Tired of Us (Terms Defined)

in-migration - To move into a place. 


out-migration - To leave a place. 


forced migration - to be forced to migrate 


net internal migration  - Crossing into a country or state and staying there for a long time 


movers from abroad - Are movers from overseas 


internally displaced person (IDP) - Someone who is forced to flee their home but who, unlike a refugee, remains within their countries boarders. 

Lost Boys of Sudan

Why did the Lost Boys have to run away from their homes? 

In their homeland, Sudan, they had to run away because there was a war was going on between the Muslims, and the Christians, and the Animists, and there was a law formed that all boys, of all ages, were to be killed. So the Lost Boys had to walk over 1,000 miles to get to Ethiopia to get away from the war.

Why couldn't they stay in Ethiopia?

The Lost Boys couldn't stay in Ethiopia because the Ethiopia government collapsed.

What was the refugee camp like? 

The Lost Boys had a small amount of food, for them but were very appreciative , because they had not had that in a while. They had clothes for them and some of them had the advantage to come to America. It was not their normal life in Sudan, but it was better than being killed in the war and not having food and drink, like they didn't have in Ethiopia. In the refugee camp located in Kenya, they entertained themselves with song, chess, and other activities. On days that they did not have food, they entertained themselves by standing and sitting in a circle and making jokes and singing songs.

Population Pop Quiz

Today in class we went over our population quiz. It is typed below (: 

1. Crude Death Rate - Deaths per 1000 people per year
2. TFR - Average number of children born per woman
3. RNI - If we know the birth rate and the rate of a country, we can measure this
4. Net Migration Rate - The difference between the number of immigrants and emigrants
5. Population Pyramid - A graphical illustration giving information about population, broken down by age and sex
6. Life Expectancy - Average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year
7. Crude Birth Rate - Births per 1000 people per year

8. TFR -Total Fertility Rate
9. RNI- Rate of Natural Increase

10. In 2009, Mexico had 433,000 immigrants, and 636,000 emigrants. Is their net migration rate positive or negative - Negative

11. Ethiopia has a birth rate of 43.66, and a death rate of 11.55. What is their RNI - 32.11

12. Italy has a birth rate of 43.66, and a death rate of 10.72 What is their RNI - -2.54

13. Japan's TFR is 1.2 right now. Leaving any statistics about migration out of the equation, would we expect Japan's population to be rising or falling? - falling

14. Pakistan's TFR is 3.43. Is that higher or lower than the world average? - higher

15. Whose net migration rate is highest: Canada, the U.S., or Mexico? - Canada

16. Push force - unemployment
17. Push force: Environmental degradation
18. Pull Force: Political Freedom
19. Pull Force: Better health services

20. Which pyramid shows a country with a very high TFR? - B (Sudan)
21. In pyramid A, are there more 80-84 year old women or men? - women
22. Which pyramid represents the country most likely need a lot of immigrants to help out in the work force? - A (Germany)
23. Which pyramid represents the African nation of Sudan? - B
24. Which pyramid represents the United States? - C
25. Which pyramid represents Germany? - A

Part 2

                I was born in Princeton, New Jersey in 1996. My younger sister Parker was born in Silverdale, Washington State in 1998. My older brother Mike was born in Manhattan, New York in 1989. My mother Gina was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1965. My father Robert was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1966. All of my immediate family was born in the United States. My mothers, mother was born in the United States of America. My mothers, father was born in the United States of America. My fathers, mother was born in the United States of America. My fathers, father was born in the United States of America. My mother’s grandmother on her mother’s side was born in the United States of America. My mother’s grandfather on her mother’s side was born in the United States of America. My mother’s grandmother on her father’s side was born in the United States of America. My mother’s grandfather on her father’s side was born in the United States of America. My mother’s great grandmother on her mother’s side was born in Ireland. My mother’s great grandfather on her mother’s side was born in Germany. My mother’s great grandmother on her father’s side was born in Poland. My mother’s great grandfather on her father’s side was born in Italy. My father’s mother was born in the United States of America. My father’s father was born in the United States of America. My father’s grandmother on his mother’s side was born in the United States of America. My father’s grandfather on his mother’s side was born in the United States of America. My father’s grandmother on his father’s side was born in the United States of America. My father’s grandfather on his father’s side was born in the United States of America. My father’s great grandmother on his mother’s side was born in the United States of America. My father’s great grandfather on his mother’s side was born in the United States of America. My father’s great grandmother on his father’s side was born in Sicily. My father’s great grandfather on his father’s side was born in Sicily. 

Part 1

                Two places I would like to go after I am out of college are Manhattan New York, NY and Los Angeles, California. I think living in Manhattan New York, NY would be a fun and educational experience. A negative thing about living in such a big city at such a young age is the fact that a 21 year old might not know how to handle the challenges of living in the city. They would have to learn how to manage their time with city and traffic and so on. I would want to live in the city, because I feel as though it would give me a challenge which I would learn from no matter what the outcome would be. The population is 1,631,966. That is a very large amount of people. Because after college I would still be at such a very young age the push and pull factors would be a little different than a thirty year old woman. A pull factor for living in Manhattan New York, NY is that I wouldn’t have to spend money on a car because most people use taxis. For a 21 year old living on their own, paying for a car would be a big thing along with so many other bills that would need to be paid. A push factor would be the price of homes and apartments there are much higher than in the country. The cost of an apartment in New York would be just as much as a house in the country. For such a young person that would be a lot to handle. If I were to live in Los Angeles, California it really would not be any different than living in Manhattan New York, NY. They are both very large cities with lots of activities. A difference between LA and NY is that LA has more homes, it has a lot of apartments and town homes, like NY but it has more homes. LA is definitely more family friendly compared to NY. I still would not consider LA to be the best place to raise a family but it would definitely be a great place to live after college. A pull factor for living in LA would be the good economy. A push factor for living in LA would be the violence. LA and NY are both great places to live right after college. 

10-11-10

Today in class we took a pop quiz.

Population Facts

More People than ever! 

* over 6.8 people on the planet right now
* increasing by over 80 million per year
* by 220,980 per day (in 2009)
*14,000 births per hour
*90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America

Population...by the billions 

Life Expectancy

the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year.

High: Japan (82.6 total: 79 men: 86.1 women)
#38 - U.S. (78.2 total: 75.6 men: 80.8 women)
Low: Swaziland (31.9 total: 31.6 men: 32.2 women)

Measuring Population

crude birth rate: number of births per 1000 of the population
crude death rate: number of deaths per 1000 of the population
rate of natural increase (RNI)
* produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate, then dividing by 10
* this gives the natural growth rate - on percentage form - for a country or region
* But don't forget about migration ... ! 


More measuring of Population

Net Migration Rate: the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during  a year

an excess of persons entering the country is net immigration 


* written as a positive number
* example: Canada has 5.63 migrants per 1,000 population

an excess of persons leaving the country is net emigration 


* written as a negative number
*example: Mexico has -3.61 migrants per 1,000 population

Why do people migrate? 


push forces
- civil war
-environmental degradation
-unemployment
-religious or ethnic persecution

pull forces
-better economic opportunity
-better health services
-religious freedom
-political freedom

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)


TFR: average number of children born per woman

for a population to remain the same, the TFR must be 2.1
higher than 2.1: population rises
lower than 2.1: population falls

World TFR: 2.05
US TFR: 2.05
Europe's TFR: 1.45
Africa's TFR: 5.14

This is what we went over in class on October 7th, 2010

Net migration rate - number of people, immigrants/emigrants going in and out of a country

Why might people migrate:
Push factors- The inability to practice religion, find work, or live in a safe life, etc.
Pull factors - Freedom of Speech - the right to protest, assemble, write letters to the editor, etc., freedom to practice what ever religion you want, job opportunities, etc.

United Arab Emirates has the highest net migration rate - 22.98
- they process a lot of oil and they have a lot of money and pay a lot more.

Northern Mariana Islands - -89.70 lowest net migration rate
- they only make 12,005$ a year
unemployment rate - 8%
inflation rate is very good
don't see reason why people are pouring out of that country

population pyramid - an image of a pyramid also called an age structure diagram, is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a human population.

World World 2 Ended 1945
(Baby Boom)
In 1946 a lot of people had babies

The economy was going great started at 1946 and ended at 1959
The economy started slowing down

Today in class on October 6th, 2010

Today in class we reviewed chapter 1.

RNI is a positive number for every country on earth 

TFR - The sum of the age-specific birth rates of women in five-year age groups multipled by five. This rate estimates the number of children a cohort of 1,000 women would bear if they all went through their childbearing years exposed to the same age-specific birth rates in effect for a particular time.

(The average number of kids born per woman in a given population) 

The number of the total fertility rate that you would need to have in a country in order for the population to remain the same - 2.1 

TFR - US. -  2.06 

10-4-10

Today we went over our test

Life Expectancy
Japan: 82.12 years (3rd in the world)
France: 80.98 years
Kenya: 57.86 years
Cuba: 67.2 years
United States: 78.11 years
Afghanistan: 44 years


Crude birthrate:
Japan: 6.74 births per 1000 people
Kenya: 36.64 births per 1000 people
Ethiopia: 6.12 births per 1000 people
United States: 14.83 births per 1000 people
Germany: 8.33 births per 1000 people


Crude Death Rate: 
Afghanistan: 19.7 deaths per 1000 people
Kenya: 11.7 deaths per 1000 people
United States: 7.8 deaths per 1000 people
Japan: 9.1 deaths per 1000 people
Mexico: 4.7 deaths per 1000 people


Total Fertility Rate: 
Niger: 7.19
Afghanistan: 7.07
Japan: 1.3
United States: 2.05
Germany: 1.4


Net Migration Rate:
Mexico: -3.61
United States: 4.32
United Arab Emirates: 22.98 
Argentina: 0
Saudi Arabia: -7.6
Uganda: -8.83

Definitions

Life Expectancy: An expected time to live as calculated on the bases of statistical 

(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=define:+life+expectancy&btnG=Search)

Crude Birth rate: Crude birth rate is the nativity of childbirth per 1,000 people per year. 

(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=define:+crude+birth+rate&btnG=Search)

Crude Death Rate:  Mortality rate is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in some population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit time.

(http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=define:+crude+death+rate&aq=f&aqi=g5&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1)

RNI: Rate of Natural Increase - In demographics, the rate of natural increase (RNI) is the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate of a population. If we neglect the migration, then a positive RNI number means that the population increases and a negative number means that the population decreases.

(http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy&hl=en&safe=active&q=define:+rate+of+natural+increase&aq=f&aqi=g5&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1)

TFR: Total Fertility Rate - The sum of the age-specific birth rates of women in five-year age groups multipled by five. This rate estimates the number of children a cohort of 1,000 women would bear if they all went through their childbearing years exposed to the same age-specific birth rates in effect for a particular time.

(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=define:+rate+of+natural+increase&btnG=Search)

Net Migration Rate: Net migration rate is the difference of immigrants and emigrants of an area in a period of time, divided (usually) per 1,000 inhabitants (considered on midterm population). 

(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=define:+net+migration+rate&btnG=Search)

Population Period: A population pyramid, also called age-sex pyramid and age structure diagram, is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a human population (typically that of a country or region of the world), which normally forms the shape of a pyramid.

(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&&sa=X&ei=XpukTIPbIoSBlAepkMWkDA&ved=0CAQQBSgA&q=define:+population+pyramid&spell=1)

Saudi Arabia

• #1 in exports (oil)
• #2 in productions (oil)

All the countries in the Middle East are Muslim besides Israel which is a Jewish country

Ardabil land is very scarce in Middle East countries

Iran

• Making nuclear weapons (uranium) they would deliver to Israel (Jewish home land)

The three religions:

1. Judaism
2. Christianity
3. Islam

Christianity

• Is the most popular religion

• Religious leaders are called priest

Islam

• Is the most popular religion in the middle east

• They have something called the Five Pillars

• Religious leaders are call Imam

Judaism

• Religious leaders are called rabbis

9/11

• The Aquatic, ran by Osama Bin Liden attacked us on 9/11 (extreme Islamic group who were angry at the U.S. for our relationship with Israel) (and for all the U.S. solders stationed in the Middle East. 

9-27-10 classwork

Today in class we discussed what was going to be on our upcoming test that is Wednesday, 9-29. 
Saudi Arabia

• #1 in exports (oil)
• #2 in productions (oil)

- All the countries in the Middle East are Muslim besides Israel which is a Jewish country

- Ardabil land is very scarce in Middle East countries

Iran

• Making nuclear weapons (uranium) they would deliver to Israel (Jewish home land)

The three religions:

1. Judaism
2. Christianity
3. Islam

Christianity

• Is the most popular religion
• Religious leaders are called priest

Islam

• Is the most popular religion in the middle east
• They have something called the Five Pillars
• Religious leaders are call Imam

Judaism

• Religious leaders are called rabbis

9/11

• The Aquatic, ran by Osama Bin Liden attacked us on 9/11 (extreme Islamic group who were angry at the U.S. for our relationship with Israel) (and for all the U.S. solders stationed in the Middle East. 

9-24-10

In class we presented our prezis to the class

9-23

Today in class we worked on our Prezi's.

Prezi URL

prezi.com/3hd1nbgbkcc/edit/

9-22-10

Today in class we paired up with partners and created a Prezi about three differant religions.

Egypt

Population
over 78 million
ranked 16th

Arebale land
Less than 3%

Literacy rate
Men - 83%
Women - 71%

Infant Mortality
27 per 1,000 deaths
81st

Religion
90% Musslim

Military Servie
18 to 30 years for men
obligated to serve at the age of 18

Goverment
Republic

Language
Arbic (main)
English
French

Unemployment Rate
9.4%

Iraq

Iraq

Literacy Rate
Total - 74.1%
Male - 84.1%
Women - 64.2%

GDP (Purchasing Rate)
110.1 billion (158th biggest economy)

Religion
Muslim - 97%
Christian- 3%

In Aug. 1990 Iraq ceised Kyuate but was expelled by U.S..

Israel

Israel

Literacy rate - (age 15 +)   97.1 percent of the total populations

Male literacy - 98.5 percent

Female - 95.9 percent

Religions

Jewish - 75.5 percent

Muslims - 16.8 percent

Christian  - 2.1 percent

Druze - 1.7 percent

Other -  3.9 percent

Languages - Hebrew is the official language

Life expectancy - 80.73 years

Infant mortality - 4.22 deaths out of 1,000

Females - 4.05 deaths out of 1,000

Males - 4.39 out of 1,000

Iran

Iran
Airable Land
9.78 %
Permanent crops
1.29%
Unemplyment Rate
11.8%
Military Service
-at the age of 19, you have to join
-at the age of 15 and 16 you may volunteer
Life expectancy
M-69.65%
Women -72.72%
Population
18th biggest nation = 66 million people
Oil Production
Improt - 4.72 million barrels a day
Export -  2.21 million barrels a day

Saudia Arbia

Saudia Arbia
Religion
Muslim - 100%
Literacy Rate
Males- 84.7 %
Females - 70.8%
Language
Arabic
Life Expectancy
Males - 74 years old
Females - 74 years old
Infant Mortality
All - 11.57 %
Males - 13.15%
Females - 9.91%
Oil
Production - 2nd in the World
Exporting - 1st in the World
Unemployment
11.7 %

September 16th, 2010

Today in class we matched certain states with continents, then we went on free rice.com and answerd questions to help people in need.

Identifying Countries

1.  United States - North America
2.  France - Europe
3.  Iraq - Asia
4.  China - Asia
5.  Saudi Arabia - Asia
6.  Haiti - Centeral America, part of North Americ
7.  India - Asia
8.  Japan -Asia
9.  Venezuela - South America
10. Iran - Asia
11. Russia - Asia and Europe
12. The United Kingdom - Europe
13. Israel - Asia
14. Germany - Europe
15. Tibet - Asia
16. Afghanistan - Asi
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
http://wiki.answers.com/

9/11 Blog

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1YpPft730atIWt40O1saNFERCfrQpt69a3PMgjXoO-7g

September 13th, 2010

Today we worked on our 9/11 reports

September 3rd, 2010

Geography - The science dealing with the areal definition of the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.

Globalization - The process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally, largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications

Population - The total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or district or area .

Immigration - The movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there

Industrialization - To introduce industry in to an area on a large scale

Culture - The quality in  a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellence in arts, letters,  manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.

Religion - A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the university, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usual involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.


http://dictionary.reference.com/


(1) The population of the world is 6,858,863,300 http://opr.princeton.edu/popclock/popupclock.html


(2)The population of the five largest countries:
a. - China - 1,330,141,295
b. - India - 1,173,108,018
c. - United States of America - 310,160,863
d. - Indonesia -242,968,342
e. - Brazil - 201,103,330
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats8.htm


(3) The five largest religions in the world:
a. - Christianity - 2.1 billion 
b. - Islam - 1.5 billion
c. - Nonreligious -1.1 billion 
d. - Hindisum -  900 milllion
e. - Chinese traditional religion - 395 million
http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

Human Geography September 1st (:

Today we watched a video in class. Everyone in my group learned a lot of new things. We learned that facebook is the 3rd largest country in the world and that myspace is the 5th largest country in the world, if they were countries of course! Basically Technology is taking over the world, which is not a bad thing! It took the radio 38 whole years until 50 million people had bought the product! It took a tv 13 years, but the internet only 4 years. It took the iPod 3 years and Facebook 2 years! It only took 2 years for 50 million people to be on facebook!  Believe it or not the facebook world's population is growing everyday! I think its amazing how one social networking website can have such a great affect on so many people! They have more people on facebook then for every single person in the United States, that's amazing! In 2013, there will be a computer made that exceeds one person computational capabilities. It is estimated that by the year 2049, there will be a computer that exceeds the computational capabilities of the entire human species.Did you know that for every one in eight million couples met on line?  An average person will have about 14 jobs before they are at the age of 36. It is amazing how much Technology is used in every day life.

Human Geo! 9(:

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