Population and Migration Part 5

population pyramids

• we use population pyramids to analyze the growth or decline of fertility, mortality, and migration in cities
• males are always on the left
• three basic shapes, the Christmas tree, the box, the cup
• christmas tree: developing countries
• ex. namibia
• growth rates are slow
• high birth rate
• short life expectancy
• the box: developed nation
• ex. USA
• low infant mortality
• slow population growth
• long life expectancy
• the cup: developed nation
• ex. Japan
• low birth rate
• shirking population
• long life expectancy

Today

Today we went over our blogs and grades. The grades we have in class now are our grades for the quarter and I have an 89.9!!!! YAYYYYY!!!! I'm so happy, I had a low A and Friday's blog brought me down but I still have an A. I'm so grateful! I'm working really hard in this class and an 89.9 is pretty lucky. But that doesn't mean I should act the same the next quarter. I need to act better so i'm not on the edge like I was this quarter. I've always done the blogs and always did my best on classwork and test, but it's not perfect. There's always room to improve and i'm ready and willing to keep going and keeping trying. I'm ready for the next quarter and i'm ready to restart. I made ajustments in the middle of the quarter but it was a bit too late and now I know that will help me this coming quarter.

Population and Migration Part 4

• TFR(total fertility rate): the average number of children born per women
• 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: 2.42
• The U.S. TFR: 2.01
• Nigeria TFR: 6.89 (developing country)
• Japan TFR: 1.4 (developing nation, aging population)

cia.gov facts

• in France, Christianity is the most popular religion and second most is no religion
• in Mexico, the median age is only 28.3
• Ireland's population is 5, 011, 102
• spanish is the official language of Cuba
• Brazil is number 5 on population compared to the world with a population of 207, 353, 391

Population and Migration Part 3

• 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
• United States: 2.45 migrants per 1000 population
• Canada: 5.65
• an excess of persons leaving the country is net emigration
• written as a negative number
• Mexico: -1.69 migrants per 1000 population
• push forces
• civil war
• environment degradation
• unemployment or underemployment
• religious or ethnic persecution
• pull forces
• better economic opportunity
• better health services
• religious freedom
• political freedom

Population and Migration Part 2

• life expectancy: the average growth number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year
• life extecancy
• High: Monaco (89.52 total)
• #42: U.S. (79.68 total)
• Low: Chad (49.81 total)
• Potable: safe water to drink
• fact, women live longer then men
• crude birth rate: number of birth per 1000 of the population
• crude death rate: number of death per 1000 of the population
• rate of natural increase (RNI)
• produced by subracting the death rate from the birth rate
• this gives us the annual natural growth rate - in percentage form - for a country or region

Population and Migration Notes

• over 7.5 billion people on the plant right now
• increasing by over 73 million/year
• approx. 200,000people/year
• 8377 people/hour
• 149 people/minute
• 2.5 people/second
• 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, south and east Asia, and Latin America

In class, Mr. Schick asked Jason all this stuff about the population in China and no joke that was over half the class so... yeah, today was super boring.

Test day

Today we took our unit test. I thought I did really well too. Something that I liked about this test is it was all multiple choice. I like that kind of test. I can't stand short answers or one-word answers for fill in the blanks. But I feel really confident and I hope I did well. Plus if I did do well then hopefully my grade will go up and I will no longer be on the verge of a B. I've had two other tests today and one more to go. I'm so close to the end and I can't wait for the weekend.

Studying

Today we reviewed for our upcoming test on Friday. I got answers right and was able to keep up. Also, I now finally understand the whole time zone business piece. Plus it will be an open map test. YAY. I've been reviewing all week and I hope and pray that I will do well. We also had two shadows in out class today so that was cool. Mr. Schick has done the same thing to all the shadows in our class. It's kind of funny how awkward and nervous they are. But I don't blame them I was like that too. I'm going to keep studying for the test so I'm ready. I hope I do well, I don't have him tomorrow so I'll have to do it all on my own. Let's do this.

Today

Today was interesting. We were talking about culture and somehow we got to talking about murder and then death. We started talking about the types of charges you can get. Like first degree or homicide. I'm not sure why I need to know this now, but hey basically a free mod, just talking about death. Ok. Then we got back to culture... somewhat. We start talking about death and your body being buried for cremated and how some cultures, for example, Christianity, find it dishonorable to be cremated. Personal I want my body to be buried. But talking about this today I realized how sweet my grandmother was. She died last January and was cremated. Her wish was when my grandfather dies for his body to be buried and her urn with him. She loved him so much and it's so sweet that, that is where the two of them will be one day. Man, now I've gotten off topic. It must be the day.

Test review

Ancient Cartography
1. Astronomer and Mathematician
2. Chief Librarian at the Libary of Alexandria
3. Geographer

Time zones
4. 7:00
5. 3:00
6. 11:00
7. whatever they want it to be

Locations and place names
8. ??
9. Philadelphia, Sante Fe, Providence, Chicago, New York City
10. Addison, Albert Lea, Beeville, Benton, Bessemer
11. Christchurch, Calvin College, Martin Luther King Building, Oral Roberts University, Emerson College

Latitude and Longitude
12. 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W
13. 0.1807° S, 78.4678° W
14. 16.8414° S, 179.9813° W
15. 43.5321° S, 172.6362° E
16. 58.3019° N, 134.4197° W

Antipodes
the point found on the surface of the earth which is diametrically opposite to it
18. Departamento Conesa, RN, Argentina
19. Water
20. Water

Today

Today we review for the test coming up next Friday. I now know what to do to study for this quiz from how the last quiz went. I didn't get a bad grade just not the grade that I would've liked. I seemed to know some of the things we talked about today, doesn't mean I won't study but it means I know a few things. My goal is to get above an 85 and if not then I know I'm doing something wrong. God, I hope I'm not doing anything wrong. I hate test, they're so much pressure and such a huge impact on your grade. I make my anxiety off the chart. Ahhhhhhh! I really want to do well on this, but I have no confidence in myself. Definitely, something I need to work on. The review today in class really helped and I hope it will help on the test. Fingers crossed.

Map Notes part 6

• geographers identify three types of regions
• formal region(uniform region or homogeneous region) area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics
• functional region(nodal region) an area organized around a node or focal point
• vernacular region(perceptual region) an area that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identify
• characteristics may be predominant but not universal
• regions of culture
• culture is to a body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that together constitute and distinct tradition of a group of people
• origin of the word, culture, Latin cultus
• geographers study both definitions of culture, culture is what people care about and take care of
• the scale is the 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

POP QUIZ

Ugh, just what I need. You think that maps, that's easy right. Well for me there were a couple of trick questions. I got a 6/10, I'm a little upset with myself for some of the questions I got wrong. But also I don't think it was very fair. He gave only 15 seconds to answer the question and we couldn't go back. That's not how I work, it's how no teacher works. Yeah sure say whatever you want like you've been doing the same thing for years, that doesn't mean that it's fair. When we were going over it I. kept hearing, "well I got that wrong" or "dang it, I put ___"  So I know I wasn't the only one, plus no one in our class even got a 100. Like that has to be telling you that something wrong. But the good news is, is that those questions will be on the test and so I know what to expect and I now know the answers.

Maps Notes Part 5

• location is identified in three ways:
• place name
• a toponym is a name given o a place on earth
• names derived from people of prominence, religious affiliation, physical features, or origins of its settlers
• site
• the site is a physical character of a place
• characteristics include climate, water sources, topography, soil, vegetation, latitude, and elevation
• Situation
• the situation is the location of a place relative to other places
• region: a unique area
• an area on earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics is a region
• two scales:
• spanning political states
• constrained within one political state
• a region derives its unified character through the cultural landscape - a combination of cultural, religious, and physical features
• culture us the agent, the natural area the medium, the cultural landscape is the result

Today

Today we got out tests back it feels we took years ago. I got an 88. I'm ok with my grade, I thought the test was easy. What brought me down was the essay question. After seeing what he marked wrong, I thought it was unfair. The question asked what did Socrates quote mean to you personally. I wasn't asking what the quote meant. And I answered what it meant to me and he underlined a lot which means what I was saying was really good. But I got a 30/40. PLus he didn't even tell me what I did wrong, it's so stupid. He underlined about a quarter of my essay, says I got a 30/40 and didn't even tell me what's wrong with it. Also, I did what the question asked. I stated what I thought the quote meant and what it means to me. If he was looking for a different answer then he should've asked it differently. I'm upset, I went from a 100 to 92. Now I know I shouldn't be complaining that may be lucky for some people. But I'm mad that it dropped for something as stupid as that.

Map Notes Part 4

• GPS, a global positioning system
• system that accurately determines the precise position of something on Earth
• Three elements:
• satellites placed in predetermined orbits
• tracking stations to monitor and control satellites
• a receiver that can locate at least four satellites, figure out its distance from each, and use the information to calculate its precise location
• Applications
• turn by turn directions in vehicles
• navigational aid to pilots and ship captains
• provide location for social media application in a smartphone
• a place is a specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic
• describing the features of a place is an essential building block for geographers to explain similarities, differences, and changes across the earth
• geographers describe a feature's place on earth by identifying its location, the position that something occupies on earth's surface