Population Pyramids

Today in class we learned about population pyramids. At first I was a bit confused because our teacher told us about 3 different shapes/objects that the pyramids would look like a Christmas tree, a box, and a cup, but hen we looked at half of the picture they looked nothing like that. I understood how the females were always on the right and the males were always on the left. The Christmas tree pyramid meant it was a developing nation, the box pyramid meant it was a developed nation but had slow growth, and the cup pyramid meant the nation was developing but had negative growth. Some of the main point for each were that the Christmas tree pyramid meant growth rates are slow, high birth rate, and short life expectancy. For example, Namibia, and Bangladesh. Some key points for the soc pyramid were low intact mortality, slow population growth, and long life expectancy. For example Sweden, and the US. Finally some key points for the cup pyramid were a low birth rate, shrinking population, and long life expectancy. Some examples are Italy, and Japan.

Going Over CIA Research

In today's class we didn't really do anything and it went by really fast. We started talked about our blogs from yesterday which were when we did our CIA research. Our task was to find five facts about any country and tell how we thought that was interesting or how it related to what we were studying in our human geo class. Basically all of class, different people shared facts that they found and everyone just went off about it. We went off on airports for a while. I learned there are about 44,000 in the whole world, the United States had the most airports in the world (about 13,000), and Brazil had the second most. I found it interesting that China has the biggest population, but only has about 500 airports.

CIA Research

     In class today we got time to do part of our research assignment. The first fact is in Morocco has a military called Royal Armed Forces, and you must be at least 20 years old. That is different because in America you have to be about 17-18 to be able to serve in the army, navy, air forces, etc. I find this interesting because Morocco isn't really known and I wouldn't except it to have a civilized or military with a name and everything.
     The second fact is the population of the Pitcairn Islands is 54 people, and out of those 54 people only 15 work. I thought this was very interesting because America is extremely bigger then that island and a great number of people work. The difference is that obviously America has a greater mass or land then the little Island but it is crazy to think about the difference and people working.
     The third fact is Iceland has 89 airports. This surprised me because it seems like a lot of airports for how small Iceland is. This relates to what we have learned so far in human geo class by we have talked about how places with a greater population have more work forces and ways of transportation, so I was interested when I read that Iceland has that many airports.
     The forth fact is Spain has multiple types of transportation, such as railways, regular roads (car), airports, waterways, ports, terminals, etc. This relates to the work we have done in class by having to label rivers and if countries are developed or developing. Spain is developed and you can tell by how many ways or transportation and connected those systems are.
     The final fact is Colombia is known for growing coffee and tobacco. I found this interesting because it has been common through the places that I've looked and read over in South America, it is common to grow coffee and tobacco. I am assuming because of their fertile ground and difference resources that South Americans have access to.

Immigration and Rates

In today's human geography class we talk about a few different things. Those things were measuring population, total fertility rate why people migrate, different migration rates, and a few other things branching off of those topics. When you measure population and want to find the rate, you subtract the death rate from the birth rate. What I found most interesting about this class was when we talked about push forces and pull forces of migration. A push force is why people would want to leave a certain place, and a pull force is why someone would want to go to a certain place. Some examples of push forces are war, environmental deflation, unemployment or underemployment, and religious or ethnic persecution. Some pull forces are better health service, better economic opportunities, political freedom, and religious freedom.

Life Expectancy

In human geo, we talked about life expectancy. Life expectancy is the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year. In most cases, whatever country you live in, women typically live longer then men. The highest life expectancy is in Monaco. Men normally live until they are about 85.63 and women normally live until they are about 93.58. The lowest life expectancy is in Chad. Men normally live until they are only 48.64 and women until they are 51.03. The United States is ranked #42 on the life expectancy scale. Men normally live until they are about 77.32 and women live until they are about 81.97. The reasoning behind why Monaco has such a high expectancy age is because they are like the richest of the rich and everything is all perfect. They have doctors and all the resources they need to keep everyone perfect and healthy. The reasoning behind why Chad has such a low expectancy rate is because they are extremely dirty and don't have good places and sources to get their basic needs. Some of these basic need are water and food. Most of their water is contaminated with AIDs and several other diseases.

Population Size

In class today, I had to sit up front because someone needed my desk to take a test in the hall. We talked about world population. We talked about the three factor to population. The three factor are being born, dying, and something else. We also looked at a chart that described how population has increased drastically over the years. It took 10,000 plus year to reach 1 billion people in this world. The latest count was 12 years to reach one billion. That is a crazy change, and people have inferred that it will only take less and less years as time goes on. We look at this website that had total population of the United States and total population of the whole world. There is about a little more then 7 billion people in the world and about 3 billions people in the United States. The country with the greatest population is China, second is India, and third is the United States. I found it very interesting that it also showed how in the United States a new baby is born every 8 seconds, and someone dies every 13 seconds.

Test Day

In class today we took our second test. For the most part I thought it was easy because a lot of the questions that we answered in the review game, were on the test in some way or form. I think that game really helped me memorize and prepare for the test. This test was all multiple choice questions which I liked better then the last test. The last test had some multiple choice, some short answer, and an essay at the end. There were a few questions that I was iffy about, but I am hoping that I got them right. We got maps earlier when we first started learning about the things that would be on the test, and if we still had them we could use them on the test. I think that really help me which the time zone questions, questions about degrees, and the international date line questions. I finished the test with a lot of time left so I was able to start my blog, and when everyone finished, I got to talk to my friends. The class was overall good and went by pretty fast.

Review Game

Today in Human Geography class we played a review game for tomorrow's test. At first we got into class and Demetri was absent today so you went up to the front of class and acted as a teacher again. We told him key ideas and things that we had gone over for the test yesterday. Then he came up with review game. The game was there were two team and a team captain for each. The team captain would pick someone to go up to the board to receive a question that would most likely be on the test. Who ever wrote the answer on the board first got the point. It was really fun because everyone worked together, and I got a lot of good information out of it. I hope we play more games like that before tests because I think it was really helpful and better prepared me rather then just studying on my own.

Reviewing Time Zones

In today's class we review for the the test Friday. I don't think it will be too hard if I go over my notes. We went through some of the questions with Mr. Schick in class today. He took out some questions because they were either too confusing or we hadn't learned the answer to the question. The class went by pretty fast because today is a D day which means we get out at 2:15. The class was only 50 minutes. We went through a good amount of questions relating to time zones. A week or two ago we labeled maps of major cities/ places and what their time zones were in comparison to The John Carroll school. At first I got confused on how to do that but after a while I understood all you have to do is look at that map and find the hourly difference. Then you either add or subtract that number to whatever time is given (mostly the time for where John Carroll is) and then you get your outcome answer. It sounds a bit confusing but after you do a few examples you would understand it. I am a bit nervous for the test and I can't wait for it to be Friday.

Class Assignment for October 15, 2018

Ancient cartography
1. Eratosthenes invented an easy method to find prime numbers.
2. Eratosthenes accurately measured the circumference of Earth
3. A carter on the moon was named after him.
Time zones
4. 7:00 AM
5. 2:00 PM
6. 10:00 AM
7. 3:00 AM
Locations and place names
8. 
- Great Lakes
-Great Plains 
-Appalachian Mountains 
-Iceland
-Delaware 
9. 
- Hawaii
-Alaska
-Iowa
-Illinois
-Michigan
10. 
-John Carroll
-Maryland
-Columbia
-Dominican Republic
-St. Marys
11.
-Saint Pauls
-Sata Fe
-Bethlehem
-Saint Charles
-San Juan 
Latitude and Longitude
12. Baltimore, Maryland: 39 N, 77 W
13. Quito, Equador: .1807 S, 78 W
14.   Taveuni, an island in Fiji: 17 S, 180 W
15.  Christchurch, New Zealand: 44 S, 173 E
16.  Juneau, Alaska: 58 N, 134 W
Antipodes
17. Where two points on earth are directly opposite from each other.
18. Departamento Conesa, Argentina 
19. Indian Ocean
20. Indian Ocean

Culture

Today in class Demitri taught us again. We finished up answering the question that we got at the beginning of the unit. That question was "Why is each point on Earth unique?" We went over what culture is and how that can make a certain region unique. Culture is to beliefs, traditions, and social forms that pertain to a certain community or group of people. Depending on different physical conditions and resources cultures vary. In different cultures people care about certain things and take care of other things. The different between that is caring about something and taking care of is caring about something is mental and taking care of something is physical. We also started on the next question which is "Why are different places similar?" Space, scale, and connections all contribute to why different places can be similar.

Review for Second Test

Today in class we didn't really learn anything new. We just reviewed the important information the we would need for our test. Some of the key things were longitude and latitudes, GPS, what makes each region unique, who made the first world map, and a few other things. I don't think this test will be that hard as long as I study well and memorize all the important information. Some thing that I know off the top of my head without studying are GPS stands for Global Positioning Systems and GPS's can help pilots and sailors with navigation. Also I remember having a flat map is accurate because many things can be distorted. Such as direction, distances, shapes, and sizes of different locations on a map. Hopefully I will get a good grade of this test be I have been working hard and want all As this semester.

Different Types of Regions

In class on Friday, it was a shorter class because of the pep rally. This class wasn't that bad and it went by pretty fast. We learned about three different types of regions. The three regions are Formal Regions, Functional Region, and Vernacular Region. A formal region is a uniform region  meaning everyone is the same in some way. Functional region is an area where something is focused on one specific thing or node. A Vernacular region is a place where people act alike of is culture or a group.

Regions

Today's class was very fun. Everyone was in a good mood because it is class color day and everyone is hype. We learned about why every region is unique. Some of the reasons were because of their names. Like The Eastern Shore is needed that because it is on the Eastern part of the United States and is next to or close to water (a shore).  We had two students teacher today. It was fun because they both were actually good and I understood them. We also found out each region is unique because of three aspects. One is name, site and situation. I already explained what name was. Site is basically the physical characteristics of each place. For example climate, elevation, vegetation, etc. Last is situation which is where is that certain place located in relation to other places.

Getting Our First Test Back

Today in Human Geography class we didn’t really learn anything new. We got our tests back, and we learned this new thing that our teacher does. Whenever he hands back our test he rings a bell if you get 90% or above and he rings the best twice if you get 100% or above. It was a good feeling when he called my name and rang the bell. I got a 90% on the test and I was sure I had failed it. We went over the test to correct what we got wrong and to explain everything. We also went on a debate about whether we agreed or disagreed with the people who sat on the bench or kneeled during the NFL games, when the Star-Spangled Banner played. I think it is wrong of the people to do that because they are revolting against something that had happened with police, and the Star- Spangled Banner is honoring those who had fought for our freedom. Today’s was pretty boring but fun at times.

GPS and Location

Today in class we talk a lot about GPS. GPS stands for Global Positioning System. They are used in planes, boats, car, and on smart phones to give you precise direction to locations that you enter in. Many people use them today to get around because it is the easiest and quickest. They are used for all kinds of navigational purposes. We also talked about why every single point on earth is unique. The reasoning behind that is because every place of Earth is either located on different longitude and latitude points or each place has their own climates, elevations, culture, and many other things. The last thing that we did in class today was our teacher gave us three pieces of paper that had a few different pictures/ maps of Earth. One one of them we had to label places as to where they were, and on the others, we had to look over and study them.