10/31/18

Population pyramids

we use population pyramids to analyze the growth or fertile, mortality, and migration in cities or countries. Males are always on the left side of the pyramids and females are always on the right. the populations are in 5 year bands so from 0-4, 5-9, 10-14 ETC. There are 3 basic shapes to these graphs

The X-Mas Tree, developing nation
- growth rates are slow
- birth rates are high
- short life expectancy

The Box, developed nation (slow growth)
- low infant mortality rate
- slow population growth
- long life expectancy

The Cup, developed nation (negative growth)
- Slow birth rate
- shrinking population
- long life expectancy

10/29/18

Today in class, we didn't really do anything. We talked about our grades and looked over what was wrong and also went over all of the confusion amongst our class' grades. I was looking through my grades and making sure I was all caught up on everything and I would say that im pretty glad and pleased with my grades. Human Geo today was pretty interesting though, many people had some confusions and some people were even stressed that they were going to do bad. We talked about how most of our quiz and test questions would be on the semester exam and he was talking about how we should keep our quizzes and tests so we could study good and do well.

5 facts

Ethnicity of Australia 1.) English 25.9%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.4%, Italian 3.3%, German 3.2%, Chinese 3.1%, Indian 1.4%, Greek 1.4%, Dutch 1.2%, other 15.8% (includes Australian aboriginal .5%), unspecified 5.4%This shows the different people that live in Australia which could mean that many different people want to migrate into this country.

Religion of the United States 2.) 
Protestant 46.5%, Roman Catholic 20.8%, Jewish 1.9%, Mormon 1.6%, other Christian 0.9%, Muslim 0.9%, Jehovah's Witness 0.8%, Buddhist 0.7%, Hindu 0.7%, other 1.8%, unaffiliated 22.8%, don't know/refused 0.6% 
The United States has one of the most diverse populations when it comes to a religious meaning so it gives off a good amount of religious freedom.

Birth Rate of Wallis and Futuna 3.)
This country has a birthrate of 13.2 people per 1000 persons. 
We have been learning about the crude birth rate in class and how it can affect our population.

Israel Terrorism 4.)
Israel has two terrorist groups which leads to emigration of this country.
Emigration and immigration can affect a countries population.

Migration of Senegal 5.)
The country of Senegal has a net migration rate of -1.5 which leads to a decrease in population
This affects the country's population and could lead to different problems.

blog 10/24/18

more measurements on population

net migration is the difference between the # of people entering and leaving a country during 1 year

an excess of people entering the country is net immigration

written as a positive number
EX: canada has 5.65 migrants per 1000 population

an excess of people leaving the country is net emigration

written as a negative number
EX: Mexico has -1.68 migrants per 1000 population

why do people migrate?

push:
- war
- environmental degradation
- unemployment or underemployment
- religious or ethnic persecution

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

Life Expectancy

Life Expectancy - The average # of years lived by a group of people born in the same year.

Monaco (Highest) 

89.52 total

85.63 men

93.58 women

U.S. #42

79.68 total

77.32 men

81.97 women

Chad (Lowest)

49.81 total

48.64 men

51.03 women

Potable Water = Drinkable pure water

Women live longer than men

- women are outnumbered by men in terms of which gender serves in the army

- women are being checked by the doctor more(whether its during pregnancy or when its during the adolescence age)

- women are more cautious than males

- men have more dangerous jobs than women primarily

Crude birth rate: # of births per 1000 people of a population

Crude death rate: # of births per 1000 people of a population

Rate of natural increase(RNI)

- Produced by subtracting death rated from birth rate

- This gives us the annual natural growth rate - in percentage form - for a country or region

But don't forget about migration...

Population and migration

More people than ever
- Over 7.5b people on the planet right now
- Increasing by over 73m per year
- by 200k per day (approx.)
- 8377 per hour
- 149 per minute
- 2.5 per seconds
- 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America

World Population
* 3 things when determining a population of 1 place
- Deaths
- Births
- Immigrants / Emigrants

Population by the billions

(The chart of population by billions in terms of the years and how many years it took to get to the certain population)

test

Today, we took a test in class. I found it to be pretty easy but some questions stumped me. I feel as if I knew pretty much everything on the quiz. The day for me has been pretty good. In Spanish, we worked on a worksheet with a sub. In Biology, we took a quiz on Macromolecules. In advisory, we had donuts. In LA we read the rest of our short story, "The masque of the red death." We watched a video of it too. At lunch, I had the same as I normally get, chicken and fries, and that leads us to know, Human geography.

Culture

Today in class, we discussed the differences in culture and what culture really means. We gave examples like, americans celebrate their traditions certain ways such as July 4th. This is part of the American culture. Im not sure where this takes place but Rashashana(spelled wrong)is a tradition in another country which would also happen to be part of their culture. We learned about the differences in languages and how you can tell where a person is from based on their accent and how they speak a certain way. Jason said that he can tell the differences in the language in china and he can tell what part of china a person is from based on the way he speaks. Also, religion can do with culture. Americans aren't considered a certain religion because there are many different religions within the U.S.A. In the Middle East, however, they are mostly all muslim or islamic.

10 points of questions 10/15/18

3 things Eratosthenes is known for are

- His accomplishments in astronomy

- He contributed to geographic source of the river

- He creation of a sieve that determines prime numbers up to any given limit

Timezones...

Oregon - 7:00 A.M.

England - 3:00 P.M.

Ontario - 10:00 A.M.

South Pole - 10:00 P.M.

Toponyms...
Physical Feature - Lake Erie, Caspian Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Mississippi River, Grand Canyon
Native American Places - Seattle, Boston, Tucson, New Orleans, Philadelphia
Person - Baker County in Florida, Bagby in California, Baird in Texas, Cockeysville in Maryland, Corinne in Utah
Religious Affiliation - San Fransisco, San Juan, San Jose, Jerusalem, Santa Fe

Coordinates
Baltimore - 39.2904 N, 76.6122 W
Quito - 0.1807 N, 78.4678 W
Taveuni - 16.8141 S, 179.9813 W
Christchurch - 43.5321 S, 172.6362 E
Janeau - 58.3019 N, 134.4179 W

Geographic Antipode - the parts of Earth diametrically opposite

Antipode...
Beijing - Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Bermuda - Shoalwater, Western Australia, Australia
Baltimore - The antipode is technically in the middle of the ocean but the closest city to Baltimore's antipode is located in Augusta, Australia

Absence

I was not in class to take notes or learn our lesson due to a soccer game.

Blog 10/9/18

Regions of culture
- culture is the body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people
- origin of words, culture, is the latin cultus, which means "to care for"
2. meanings
  1. to care about
  2. to care for
Geographers study both definitions of culture
- Culture: what people care about
- geographers study why the customary ideas, beliefs, and values people produce a distinctive culture in a particular place
- especially important cultural values derive from a group's language, religion, and ethnicity.
-culture: what people take care of
- second element of culture of interest is production of material wealth, such as food, clothing, and shelter they humans need in order to survive and thrive.
- scale is a relationship between the portion of the earth being studied and earth as a whole
- globalization is a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.

Location

-Location can be identified in 3 ways
1. place names
- a toponym is the name given to a place on earth
- name derived from people of prominence, religious affiliation, physical features, or origins of its settlers
2. site
- site is the physical characteristics of a place
- characteristics include climate, water sources, topography, soil, vegetation, latitude, and elevation
3. situation
- a situation is the location of a point relative to other places
-region
- an area on earth defined by 1 or more distinctive characteristics is a region
- mostly applied at 2 scales
1. spanning political states
2. constrained within 1 political state
-derives its unified characteristics through the cultural landscape - a combo of cultural, religious, and physical features

Test Received

Today, we received our tests back. we went over our tests to tell us what we got wrong and why we got it wrong. We went over the essays and he told us what we need to know for each written part. I know that I need to work on the essay since I got a 30 out of 40. I know that I need to hold on to this test for future references and as a study guide for the semester test. I got an 84% and the class average was 85% so I am pleased with how I performed on this.

10/1/18

Contemporary tools
GPS - Global positioning system
- accurately determines the precise position of something on earth

Includes Three Elements

- Satellites in predetermined orbits
- Tracking stations to control satellites
- Receiver that can locate at least 4 satellites

Applications

- Tum-by-tum direction in vehicles
- Navigational aid to pilots and ship captains
- provide location for social media apps in a smartphone

Unique Points on earth

- a place is a specific point on earth distinguished by a particular characteristics
- describing the features of a place requires geographers to explain similarities, differences and changes across earth
- Geographers describe a features place on earth by identifying its location, the position that something occupies on earth's surface