Western Civ 2018

In human geo today we went over the test questions and discussed grades. Then we continued with the slide show and learned about why people migrate to different places. Some of the reasons are civil war, environmental degradation, unemployment or underemployment, and religious or ethnic persecution. Those are examples are push forces that push people out of the country. Some examples of pull forces which attract people to a country are better economic opportunity, better health services, religious freedom, and political freedom. I'm very excited to see what lies ahead in the slide show presentation.

In human geo we started talking about people and settlement. We even went on a website that showed the world's current population and still kept on counting. There are 7.5 billion people on the planet and is increasing by 73 million per year. Also, 90% of the population growth takes place in developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America. We also saw this chart about population growth over very many years and it started like I don't even know how long ago. Maybe by 2025 the population could be doubled or it may not happen for a really long time but only time will tell. I'm really excited to continue this next class.

Today we took the test and it was very easy I mean it should've been because we designed it. The essay was easy and the multiple choice questions were easy. That was all we did in class today. Some of the questions involved maps and meridians. Others involved site ad situation. I just hope that I got a good grade on it. There were twenty-five multiple choice questions and two essays but we only had to pick one of them. Today wasn't an interesting class because of the test but at lest it was an easy test and we actually knew what was on it. I hope we get more tests like this one but it probably won't happen again.

Today in human geo we discussed the questions everyone thought should be on the test. The one I said was which city does the Prime Meridian pass through which is Greenwich, England. Other questions involved what we learned on the C.I.A. World Factbook. Some of these included name the country with the most square miles and name the country with the highest population. One involved site and situation while others involved globalization. We also need to know what a cartographer is which is someone who makes maps. The United States has no official language and Sir Sanford Fleming introduced time zones, which there are 27 time zones instead of 24. The advantage of Peters over Mercator is that it has a more accurate representation of the size of the continents. The circadian cycle is your body's natural and biological clock. Think global act local means that you should change small local things and eventually it would make a global change. I hope that I ace this test.

Some questions I want to see on the test include, name a country and a fact about that country from the world factbook. Another one is, name the advantage of the Peters map projection over the Mercator map projection and the answer would be that it has a more accurate representation of the continents size. The final question I want to see is, which city does the Prime Meridian pass through and the answer would be Greenwich. All we did in class today was discuss the test and the questions we wanted to see on it. I just hope that the test is easy and that I will ace it.

Today Mr. Schick isn't here so we have sub work. My three items are my notebook from Vietnam, my shirt from Peru, and my binder from the U.S. My shirt's company doesn't say where it's from. My notebook's company is from Taiwan. My binder's company is from the U.S. My binder was made in the U.S. and has some foreign parts as well. My shirt is made in Peru and my notebook is from Vietnam. Some of the girls were freaking out over a bug, me, I offered advice to them but they were too scared to do anything. I hope next human geo class is just as exciting.

Today we talked about the phrase "think globally, act locally." This means that if you do something small and local like using less gasoline then eventually it would effect the entire world. Other examples involved everyone growing their own fruits and vegetables than we would use less gasoline to transport food all over the world and eventually people all over the world will do it to. It took us a while to figure out what the "act locally" part meant but the "think globally part we got right away. Once Mr. Schick explained the "act locally" part then we learned that the two ideas were connected. I hope that next human geo class is just as exciting as this one.