Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                          12/15/14

                                                            Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we reviewed for our exams. The Human Geo exam is tomorrow and I'm really nervous. I have never taken an exam before and I still don't want to. I have studied a lot for all of my exams and I hope I get good grades on all of them. Furthermore, I even created my own study guide to help. Overall, I hope that all of my studying pays off and I do really well on my exam.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                            12/2/14

                                                          Humna Geo

     Today in Human Geo we had our Christmas party! Everyone brought in food and we had a lot of fun. Furthermore, we also went over our test and studied for our exams. I like when we study and go over our test so I know how to prepare better next time. I hope that going over all of these test I do well on my exam.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                     12/11/14

                                                                   Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we went over our latest test. I didn't do as good as I thought I would. However, I know I will study really hard and do really good on our exam. For our exam I'm going to study all of our old test and pay attention to details on power points and my notes. I have learned that if I study all the details and main points then I will succeed in this class. Overall, if I really study all the details and prepare for this exam I will succeed.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                           12/10/14

                                                             Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we took a test about cultural geography. The test was not too hard but not too easy. For the most part I knew the answers for the first part. However, when we had to do the religion matching part I think i got a few wrong. Some of the questions I didn't know. I'm really upset because I studied for this test and I don't know if I did good on it. Overall, I don't like test at all.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                       12/8/14

                                                               Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we reviewed for our test on Wednesday. For our test we need to know the green power point, the religion power point and Slumdog Millionaire. I like when we review in class so I know exactly what to study so I pass the test. To study for our Human Geo test I find the best way for me is to write everything out on flash cards. I'm going to make flashcards about the key points we wrote down for the green power point, and the key points we went over in class for the five big Religions. Furthermore, I'm going to write down some things about the movie that I think I should know. Overall, I have a lot of studying to do for this Human Geo test.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                        12/5/14

                                                                   Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we talked more about cultural geography. We mainly focused on religion today some of the facts I learned today I will list below. Overall, I think learning about these religion is really cool and fun.

• There are 2.2 billion Christians 
• Islam is the second largest religions there are 1.5 billion
• Hinduism third largest religion 1.1 billion 
• Buddhism 500 million- 1.5 billion 
• Judaism 14-18 million 

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                          12/4/14

                                                              Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we talked more about cultural geography. Today we really focused on religion.  I thought it was really cool learning about religion today and some of other peoples beliefs. I have listed below some facts that we learned today.

•  Religion can be both a unifying force.
• There are five major religions in the world today, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. 
• They have millions of followers all believing the same thing.
• Religion can also be a dividing force around the world

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                                      12/3/14

                                                                  Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we talked more about cultural geography. We mostly talked about country's languages. For example, Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are their official languages. Also they have provinces instead of states. Furthermore, Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish. Instead in Brazil they speak Portuguese. I found all of this stuff very interesting and I can't wait to learn more in the lesson.

Gabreilla Spilker                                                                                                        12/1/14

                                                                  Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we finished watching Slumdog Millionaire. This movie was probably the best movie I've seen in a while. At first I didn't think it was going to be a good movie. However, by then end the movie turned out to be amazing. Jamal and Ladic ended up together in the end! At first Salem was a bad guy and helping a gangster, however by the end he let Ladic go and helped her.  I never expected him to do this, after all he had done to her already. Furthermore, Jamal won the game show! I couldn't believe his guess on the last one was right. Overall, this movie was one of the best movies I have ever seen!

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                                  11/24/14

                                                                    Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we watched Slum Dog Millionaire. This movie is so good. I would have never thought a movie like this would be good. Today we stopped at the part right before the last question. Today during the movie the brother got split up and then reunited. Salime made Jamal leave and kept the girl. That shocked me so much. I wasn't expecting Salime to leave Jamal. Also I didn't think they would be reunited. Furthermore, Salime is not a good guy and I can't believe he is doing these things. The things they are doing in India to these people and women make me really appreciate our country.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                               11/21/14

                                                                     Human Geo

     There are many differences in  the Indian and American culture. Below I have listed some differences.

Indian:

• There bathrooms are like an outhouse and goes to a sewer
• The police aren't nice and don't protect the people
• The children are playing on dirt and in dirty water 
• If you want something out of someone they usually torture them
• They aren't very education 
• The teachers hit kids in the head with books 

American:

• Our troops and police protect us
• We have playgrounds to play on 
• We have a lot of food and drinking water 
• We have a great education 
• We have nice big houses and they live in slums 

We also continued watching the movie. In this ,movie they almost got killed. However, they didn't, also we watched them survive over the years by themselves. It was really weird seeing them grow up with no parents and survive on their own. I'm so used to having parents and having food. This movie is making me realize how much I take for granite, Overall, I really like this movie and hope to continue to watch it. 

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                           11/20/14

                                                                Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we watched part of a movie called Slum Dog Millionaire. It  was an awesome movie so far. It was about an Indian guy who was winning this game show. However, these two men trapped him in their basement and are torturing him still he confesses he cheated to win. Furthermore, he did't cheat, but they don't believe that. In the movie there is flash backs to when he was a child. I think these flashbacks are to show how hes answering the questions right. Overall, the movie has been really good so far and I hope we can watch it tomorrow.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                           11/19/14

                                                             Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo Mr.Schick wasn't here. Furthermore he gave us an assignment on his blog. However, I already did the assignment so I work on my other homework during class. I was really happy to have a mod where I could do my homework!

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                           11/17/14


                                                                  Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we started a unit on Cultural Geography. This unit seems like it will be really interesting and fun. We looked a map today that gave us an intro to this unit. The map had what different counties call soda. It was interesting to see all the different color and different culture on the map. Overall, I think this unit will be fun and interesting.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                             11/14/14

                                                                   Human Geo

Songs:

• Home- Blake Shelton 
• Homeless- Jake Miller 
• Party in the USA- Miley Cyrus 
• God Bless the USA- Lee Greenwood 

There National Anthem was cool, however it wasn't like the US one. Theirs was more about slavery and the soldiers. It also sounded lie you could march to it. Overall, it was a lot different from our National Anthem.
France National Anthem:

Allons enfants de la patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
Contre nous de la tyrannie
L'etendard sanglant est levé! (bis)
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes,
Mugir ces féroces soldats?
Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras
Égorger nos fils, nos compagnes!

Refrain

Aux armes, citoyens!
Formez vos bataillons!
Marchons! Marchons!
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons!

Amour sacré de la patrie,
Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs!
Liberté, Liberté cherie,
Combats avec tes défenseurs! (bis)
Sous nos drapeaux, que la victoire
Accoure à tes mâles accents!
Que tes ennemis expirants
Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire!

Refrain

Nous entrerons dans la carrière
Quand nos aînés n'y seront plus;
Nous y trouverons leur poussière
Et la trace de leurs vertus.
Bien moins jaloux de leur survivre
Que de partager leur cercueil,
Nous aurons le sublime orgueil
De les venger ou de les suivre!

Refrain

Read more: The National Anthem Of The French Republic - La Marseillaise Lyrics | MetroLyrics 



English translation:

Let's go children of the fatherland, The day of glory has arrived! Against us tyranny's Bloody flag is raised! (repeat) In the countryside, do you hear The roaring of these fierce soldiers? They come right to our arms To slit the throats of our sons, our friends! Refrain Grab your weapons, citizens! Form your batallions! Let us march! Let us march! May impure blood Water our fields! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ This horde of slaves, traitors, plotting kings, What do they want? For whom these vile shackles, These long-prepared irons? (repeat) Frenchmen, for us, oh! what an insult! What emotions that must excite! It is us that they dare to consider Returning to ancient slavery! What! These foreign troops Would make laws in our home! What! These mercenary phalanxes Would bring down our proud warriors! (repeat) Good Lord! By chained hands Our brows would bend beneath the yoke! Vile despots would become The masters of our fate! Tremble, tyrants! and you, traitors, The disgrace of all groups, Tremble! Your parricidal plans Will finally pay the price! (repeat) Everyone is a soldier to fight you, If they fall, our young heros, France will make more, Ready to battle you! Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors, Bear or hold back your blows! Spare these sad victims, Regretfully arming against us. (repeat) But not these bloodthirsty despots, But not these accomplices of Bouillé, All of these animals who, without pity, Tear their mother's breast to pieces! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sacred love of France, Lead, support our avenging arms! Liberty, beloved Liberty, Fight with your defenders! (repeat) Under our flags, let victory Hasten to your manly tones! May your dying enemies See your triumph and our glory! Refrain We will enter the pit When our elders are no longer there; There, we will find their dust And the traces of their virtues. (repeat) Much less eager to outlive them Than to share their casket, We will have the sublime pride Of avenging them or following them! Refrain

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                11/13/14

                                                           Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we took our test. The test was hard even though I  studied a lot for it. For the most part I knew the information there where only like 5 questions I really had trouble on. I really hope all of my studying helped and that I got a good grade. Overall, I studied a lot but thought the test was difficult, and I hope to get a good grade.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                  11/12/14

                                                                Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we reviewed for our test. I like when we review in class so I know what to exactly study for. Our test tomorrow is on a lot of information, however you just have to study a lot. To study for big test like this I have make flash cards to study. They help me comprehend and understand what where doing. Overall, I like review days and I hope I do well on the test tomorrow.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                                 11/10/14

                                                                      Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we talked about what's going to be on our test on Wednesday. Our test is going to be about the 13 countries we did our projects on. Furthermore, we didn't cover all the countries with our projects so Mr.Schick will post a study guide to his blog for us. Overall, we have learned a lot about these 13 countries. I would have never known any of these facts about the other countries in the World. Overall, I thought it was really cool learning about these other countries.

Gabriela Spilker                                                                                                            11/7/14

     Today we continued to share our project. Below I have listed some facts I learned.

Brazil

• Federal Republic since 1988
• Dilma Rousseff was elected president in October 31, 2010 and re elected a few days ago 
• She is the first women president of Brazil 
• There terms are four years 
• Shes expected to stay in office for the next four years 
• To get rid of her you could elect a new person in our years 
• You could also impeach 

Canada

• Parliamentary democracy the main government 
• Federation
• Constitutional monarchy 
• Prime Minister Ste
• They've been a constitutional monarchy since April 17,1882 
• Stephen Harper is the Prime Minister hes been in power for eight years and he started in January 23, 2006 
•  You can impeach 

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                           11/6/14

      Today we continued presenting our projects. Below I have listed some of the facts I have learned today.

 Russia

• Federal presidential Republican by Vladmir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev 
• 1991 is when this government started 
• Vladmir Putin was a president from 2000-2008
• He took office again in May,7 2012 
• Dmitry is the 10th prime minister of Russia he was president 2008-2012 
• Government needs to ensure the implement a uniform state policy in the areas of culture, science, education, health protection, social security, and ecology 
• You can impeach, assassinate, protest, vote a third party candidate, and start a revolution 
• There's a White House in Moscow

Syria 

• Republic and Bashar al Assad 
• Hes been in rule for fourteen years 
• Their elections are rigged.....he counts the votes and can throw away votes that aren't for him
• He received 97% of the votes
• The only way to get rid of him is assassination 
• They tried a revolution but he started using chemical weapons on the people 
• They have a terrorist group called ISIS 

Japan 

• Parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 
• The Emperor is the worlds only monarchy with the Emperor
• The Prime Minister is the President of the Liberal Democratic Party
• All men and women who have reached the age 20 have the right to vote
• They can't impeach 

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                  11/5/14

     Today in Human Geo we presented our projects and learned about different country's . Below I have listed some facts I learned today. Furthermore, I also presented my project. I did it on France and was very fascinated by the things i learned.


United States-

• You can rid of them by assassination, revolution, or impeachment. 
• They can serve 2 terms which is 8 years, 
• You cant impeach for not liking or disagreeing with the president. 
• Andrew Johnson was impeached because he removed a member of his cabinet without Senate approval he was impeached on February 24th 
• We have a federal republic. 
• A candidate needs a majority of the electoral votes. 

Germany

• Germany has a federal republic. 
• There leader is Angela Merkel she is a chancellor.  
• Every four years they elect a new chancellor. 
• They can impeach in Germany. 
• Every five years a new president is elected. 

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                                  11/3/14

                                                              Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we got to work on our projects My project was already done so all I had to do was go over and make some changes. During this project I learned a lot about France and there government. I didn't know a lot of the facts we researched. Furthermore, I'm excited to present and learn about other countries. Overall, I enjoyed doing this project and thought it was a great way to learn about a countries government and leader.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                10/30/14

                                                           Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we went over our pop quizzes and worked on our project. Furthermore, when we were going over our quizzes I did my backhandspring for the class. I love tumbling and cheer so it was really fun to do my backhandspring in class. On the other hand, we also continued to work on our projects. My group is almost finished. We have one more slide to do. The project was actually interesting and fun. Overall, I had fun in class today.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                                 10/29/14

                                                              Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we got in our groups and worked on our project. Mr.Schick had us pick countries and do research on them. He gave us five questions we have to answer in detail about France's government and leader. Today we got 2 slides done. Our slides have cool pictures and good detailed answers. Overall. its been fun researching about France so far.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                         10/27/14

                                                                          Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we picked groups for our project. In my group it's, me, Skyar, and Suki. For this project we are making slides that have to do with the country we chose. Our group chose France.  We are to get facts about the government they have and their leader. They are a republic which will be cool to learn about since our country is a democratic country. We also have to find a way that we could put the leader out of their position if we wanted to. This will be an interesting question to answer. Overall, I can't wait tog get to do some research on France.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                           10/24/14

                                                                   Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we had a pop quiz. I did horrible. I got a 53%. It defiantly wasn't my best grade. Furthermore, because I did all my blogs I hope they can keep my grade at an A. I have worked really hard for all A's in my classes and I would like to keep all my A's. I really really really hope I can get an A in this class. In conclusion, I really want an A in this class and I hope my bad grade doesn't bring me down.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                            10/23/14
 

                                                                 Human Geo
      Today in Human Geo we talked about some of the facts about the presidents and prime ministers of other countries. I really like doing this, because I learn new things I never knew before. It's actually really cool. Furthermore, we only got through a few of them, because Mr.Schick gave up. He gave up because, no one was paying attention, or listening. Overall, I enjoyed learning in Human Geo today.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                            10/221/4


Germany
Federal Republic
 Chancellor
Angela Merkel



Today in Human Geo we went over some of the interesting facts we found. Furthermore, I wasn't in class Monday so my blog tonight will be my interesting facts.

• Dilma Rousseff- Was the first Brazilian president in 2011.She has also criticized the United States for spying on her country. 

• Enrique Pena Nieto's election marked the return of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. The PRI controlled the Mexican Presidency for 70 years until the 2000 election. 

• Dilma Rousseff- was tortured for 22 days by electric shocks. 

• Pranab Mukherjee first ran for the public office in 1969, he won a seat Rajya Sabha of the Indian parliament as a member of the Bangla. 

• Putin earned a black belt in Judo and still practices. 

• David Cameron is a descendent of King William IV. 

•  Francois Hollande is the first Socialist president since Fancois Mitterrand left office in 1995.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                          10/20/14

                                                                Human Geo

     Today I wasn't in Human Geo because I went home sick. I had a soar throat, headache, and a fever. I might have strep, but it hasn't been confirmed yet.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                               10/17/14

                                                                      Human Geo

Mexico
Federal Republic
President
Enrique Pena Nieto





China
Communist state
President
XI Jinping



India
Federal Republic
President
Pranab Mukherjee






Russia
Federation
President
Vladimir Putin

Germany
Federal Republic
President
Joachim Gauck 






United Kingdom
Constitutional monarchy and commonwealth realm
Prime Minister
David Cameron

France
Republic
President
Francois Hollande





Brazil
Federal Republic
President
Dilma Rousseff










Syria
Republic under and authoritarian regime
President
Bashar al-Assad







Canada
Parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a constitutional monarchy
Prime Minister
Stephan Joesph Harper






Japan
Parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy
Emperor
Akihito



Israel
Parliamentary democracy
President
Shimon Peres

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                                      10/16/14

                                                                      Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we went over our test. I did't do as well as I wanted to on the test, however, I didn't fail. I really like when we go over our test so I can understand what I did wrong. I had the most trouble with the population pyramid. I thought I did well on that part. However, I guess I didn't. Furthermore, I did really good on all the other parts of the test and I was happy. Overall, going over or test really helps me to focus on what I need to improve on.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                       10/10/14

                                                                Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo I took a test. I thought I did very well on the test and got at least a A. Furthermore, I hope I got a A on my test. I studied very hard for the past few nights and I really want an A on my test. The test wasn't hard but it was too easy. It was a perfect test. I feel like it challenged me in some ways and that's good. Overall, I thought I passed the test and hopefully I got an A.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                               10/9/14

                                                               Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we discussed what was going to be on the text. We will be given 10 minutes to look things up on the CIA fact book website. We will also need to know about the population pyramids. I feel very confident about the CIA fact book part. However, I think I will need to study the population pyramid more tonight. I also need to make sure I study the vocab we got a while ago. If I study all of these things I am guaranteed to get an A!

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                                      10/8/14

                                                              Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we reviewed for our test on Friday. We went over a lot of vocabulary words that we will need to know. We also talked about how we need to know our way around the CIA fact book website. Furthermore, I think that the CIA fact book website is a very cool website to find out different things. I have gotten really familiar with this website and can find different things easily. This is a good thing, because on the test we are going to have to know are way around the website. That is one part of the test I think I will do really well on. Furthermore, to prepare for our test I'm going to study my vocab and make sure I really understand it. Overall, I really like reviewing in class it really helps me prepare for our test.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                            10/6/14

                                                                  Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we talked about how the US ins't the best country. Were the second largest producer of oil. Which is a good thing. However, we save our oil and then have to buy it from other countries that really hurts us. One the other hand, we are number one for the most consumer of cocaine, Colombian heroin, and Mexican heroin and marijuana. That's not a good title to have for our country. However, the US is first in airports which is a very good thing. Furthermore, we are number 3 in exports. China is number 1. 33% of adults in the US are obese. This is not a good thing for our country. Overall, there are some good and bad things about the US. However, I think there are more bad things than good.

Gabreilla Spilker                                                                                                  10//3/14

                                                           Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we watched and episode of a news show. In the news show the main point was how the US isn't perfect. Everyone thinks that our country is the perfect country however, it isn't. Our country has a lot of flaws. There are people who are poor and have no house. There are also a lot of people in jail for crime. Overall, our country ins't perfect like it seems. Everyone always says how we have freedom. Furthermore, there are a lot of other countries that have freedom too. By watching this video I discovered that the US isn't perfect. Overall, watching this video was very cool and I really got to see how the US isn't perfect.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                                      10/2/14

                                                                       Human Geo
 

      Today in Human Geo Mr.Schick signed us up for three free months of spotify. It is a really cool music app. I think learning with music will be a cool new way to learn. i have never used spotify before. However, when i go one today i discovered its an easy way to listen to music. Furthermore, he challenged us to make a playlist if songs where the song is about wanting to go somewhere else. Here are some songs I thought of.

Home-Blake Shelton

Homeless- Jake Miller

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                            10/1/14

                                                                 Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we watched a part of the video and took the time to understand it. However, we mostly talked about industrialization, pre industrialization, and post industrialization. Industrialization is when we have a big factory in our country making a lot of money. For example steel used to be a big thing in the US. We used to make a lot of money from the steal business. Furthermore, I had no clue that the steel business was in the US. I always thought everything was made in China. Overall, I really like going over the video so I can understand it more.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                               9/29/14

                                                                  Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we watched a video on population. After the video we were given questions to answer. The answer to question 1 is A. Furthermore, the answer to question 2 is D. The answer to number three is C. Finally, the answer to number 4 is B. While I was watching this video I was really fascinated by all the facts on population. I also enjoyed going on the different websites and learning about our population. The worlds population in 2013 was 716,162,119,434. That's a lot of people! Right now China has the largest population at 1,395,824,289. I can't believe that there is that many people in China right now. Overall, I really enjoyed the video and visiting these websites.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                                    9/26/14

                                                                       Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we heard different facts from the CIA fact book website. One fact was that in Germany the literacy was 99% which means that age fifteen and older can read and write. Furthermore, in Chad the literacy is 34.5%. That is really low compared to Germany's literacy. Germany's water is also 100% clean.  The world literacy is 84.1%.  I thought that the world literacy would be in the 90's. We also talked about Monaco. 90% of the population is Roman Catholic. Monaco's population is 30,508, that's like the population just in Bel, Air. Another fact about Monaco is the death rate is 9.01. That mean more people are dying then being born in Monaco. I found that fact very interesting. I didn't think that more people were dying. However, we concluded that most of the babies are getting sick and dying and that's why. Overall, I really enjoyed learning new facts about our world.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                                  9/25/14

                                                                       Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we went over everything in our power point. We reviewed key terms like crude death rate and crude birth rate. We also went over TFR again. Right now in the US the TFR is 2.06. You would think that means our population is decreasing. However, our population is not decreasing because the immigrants coming in from other countries. Furthermore, I didn't really understand that until today. So I am very happy that we went over this stuff in class. Overall, I like when we have review days.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                               9/24/14

                                                                        Retreat

     Today I wasn't in Human Geo because I was on a retreat. I had a lot of fun on the retreat meeting new people and connecting with God.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                             9/22/14

                                                                       Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we continued talking about different terms having to do with our population. Instead of writing a paragraph blog. Instead I'm going to share with you some of the key terms I have learned over the past few days.

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

Crude birth date- The number of births per 1000 of the population

Crude death rate- The number of death per 1000 of the population

Developing nations- a less developed country that has no health care and not enough food or water

Developed nation- a country that has good health care and enough for everyone to survive

Rate of natural increase- produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate

Net migration rate- the difference between the number of persons entering and leaveing a country during a year

Immigration- persons entering the country

Emigration- persons leaving the country

Push forces- something that makes you want to leave the country like, civil war, environment degradation, unemployment or underemployment, and religious or ethnic persecution

Pull forces- something that makes you want to go to a country like, better economic opportunity, better heath services, religious freedom, and political freedom

Total fertility rate- the average number of children born per women

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                                 9/19/14

                                                            Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we visited the CIA website and looked at different countries. We talked mostly about life expectancy. Monaco continued to stay number 1 in life expectancy. The united States went up to number 42 in life expectancy. Chad is still very low at 223 in life expectancy.We also talked about immigration and emigration. Immigration is how many people are coming int the country and emigration is how many people are leaving. The United States went down in immigration from 3.62 to 2.45.  However, Mexico went from -3.11 to -1.64 for emigration. Canada's immigration went from 5.56 to 5.66. That's not a really big difference, but it still went up. I also found some interesting facts about the United states. For example, the United States is ranked 18th for obesity. Also in the United States 82.1% speak English. Today in Human Geo we also talked about crude death rate and crude birth rate. Crude birth rate is the number of births per 1000 of the population. Likewise, crude death rate is the number of deaths per 1000 of the population. The United States is 150 in birth rate and 94 in death rate. Overall, I thought the CIA website was very cool and I enjoyed learning all about our country and other countries today.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                              9/18/14

                                                          Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we talked about the population in the world. There are currently over 7 billion people on the planet right now. That's a lot of people! Furthermore, the population is increasing by 73 million each year. On the other hand, 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America. Even if all of this growth is going on in other countries ours is still growing too. There are more people being born than people dying. Which is a really good thing so our population will grow. Overall, we have a very big population and I hope it gets even bigger.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                               9/17/14

                                                                               Test!

     Today we had our first test in Human Geo. I was really scared and nervous for our first test. I studied a lot and I just wanted to do good. When we got in class I was re-leaved to hear that we could use our blogs. By using our blogs I got to use a lot more detail than I wold have used. I thought I did a good job on the test. It wasn't' too easy and wasn't too hard. The test was perfect. There were some challenging parts, but they just made me think harder. However, I wish I had a little more time to complete the test. I also was a little distracted by the guy cutting the bush by the window. Overall, I thought I did well on the test today!

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                              9/15/14

                                                                   Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we reviewed for our test on Wednesday. We have our first test coming up and I'm studying hard every night for it. I have always studied for every test I have and will continue that through high school. The main topics for this test are Letter to Garcia, Ancient Greece, Did you know? 3.0, and Globalization and Americanization. I felt as we were reviewing in class that I knew everything we were going over. Furthermore, I am confident I will pass this test! As long as I study and know my information I will be fine. Overall, I like reviewing in class so I know what to study!

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                            9/12/14

                                                                     Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we talked about globalization. Globalization is the connection of different parts of the world. Globalization also results in the expansion of international cultural, economic, and political activities. A lot of globalization is associated with Americanization. One way globalization has spread is through religion. For example, Roman-Catholicism is now the dominant religion of the Philippines. Furthermore, people speaking more than one language is becoming more common with Globalization. A lot of people around the world are learning to speak English. Movies are also one of the leading media of globalization. An example of this is when there are people from different countries that are stars in American movies. Also other countries advertise American movies. Overall, globalization is spreading in many ways around the world.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                           9/11/14

                                                                   Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we continued to discuss about how far our world has come. Our generation has so much technology its insane. Mr.Schick was telling about the old cell phone and I was so shocked of how far they have come. A cell phone used to be big and bulky and would only call. Today our phones are smart phones that are like mini computers. I can't believe how much the cell phone has developed in a few years. Its crazy to think about. We also talked about the computer. The computer used to be like a little box. It also didn't have all the search engines like Google on it. Furthermore, it had very little storage on it. Today we have Macs that can be as large as a TV. We also have a lot of search engines now that come up with all different information. I can't believe how much technology has changed. Overall, its insane to think about how much technology has come along.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                          9/10/14

                                                               Human Geo

     Today in Human Geo we talked about the different things in our generation. We watched a video about our generation and the world that was really cool and interesting. I was shocked when I saw this video. I couldn't believe that Facebook would be the third largest country if it was a country! That's insane. That just goes to show how much social media has grown over the past few years. No one in our generation would know what to do without social media. The video also said that there are 50 million tweets per day. That's A LOT of tweets. The video also mentioned that there are 31 billion searches on Google per month. This shows how much people rely on Google and the internet for answers now a days. Furthermore, I never realized how much social media and the internet plays in our lives. I can honestly say I don't know what I would do without the internet or social media. Whenever I need to look something up I go to Google I never even think about going to a book or library I go straight to the internet. I also am checking social media all he time to see what other people are doing. Overall, I don't know what our generation would do without social media, or the internet.

Gabriella Spilker                                                                                                        9/8/14

                                                           Human Geo


     Today in Human Geo we had a debate about are seats. Furthermore, when we first walked in class Mr. Schick gave us assigned seats. However, not everyone liked their seats and wanted to be able to pick their seats. On the other hand, we had just learned about how the Greeks had a democracy where they would vote about every decision. Likewise, our class thought we should get to vote just like the Greeks. One of our classmates Nate then stood up and gave a "speech" about how we should be able to sit where we want. In Nate's speech he proceeded to say how we all love sitting with our friends and we like being social. I also agreed with Nate and wanted to be able to sit with my friends. Furthermore, a few more people stood up and said the same thing. I thought our argument was strong and we should sit where we want. In conclusion, Mr.Schick finally gave into us and we got to sit where we wanted. Overall, I thought it was really cool having a debate and getting to vote like the Greeks.