Exam Study Day 2

         We went over the study guide. We talked about how Mr. Schick had a horrible experience. We went over the different things that will be on the test. and what we will have to know for the essay. The study guide is located on Mr. Schicks blog. We talked about all the old stuff we learned about. Mr. Schick told us that we need to know the quote "the unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates. Which means that if you aren't asking questions, and learning then what is your use. Nothing is the answer you are nothing but compared to a dog. You are wasting your talents. You should all go above and beyond your limits, due to the lack of technology, and other things that are changing this world so rapidly like the video "Shift Happens" showed us.  There will be multi-paragraphs, and there will be a paragraph or 2 on each section. (The sections are located on Mr. Schicks blog.) We need to know all the definitions that we have learned from the beginning of the year. It would be smart if I went over all my old tests, and notes, and blog posts. Or even go on Mr. Schicks old blog.

Exam Notes

Today we talked, about how to study for Mr. Schicks exam. He gave us many ways to study such as:
- My blog or Mr. Schicks blog
- Notes
- Old tests

We then went over many things that will be on the test. I need to know all the definitions since the beginning of the year.

• Total Fertility Rate
• Crude Death/Birth rate
• Agora, Socrates, Socratic Method
• push/pull forces
• globalization
• Rate of Natural Increase
• Immigrants/ Emigrants
• 2.1 -> POPULATION WILL STAY THE SAME
• Christmas tree, Cup, and CupCake - Population Pyramids
• Baby Boom
• Cultural Geography
• Religions
• Leaders
• Infrastructure
• Globalization
• Letter to Garcia 
• SHIFT HAPPENS VIDEO
• God grew tired of us - JOHN BUL DAU - "LOST BOYS" 
• push forces-Civil war
• pull forces- a country with good health care, a stable financial system, freedom to express your own opinion, religion, protest the government, etc... 
• Just don't do it 
• Developed/developing nations

Wednesday

We went over the microfinance test. After that, we talked about Nelson M.'s life and funeral. We talked about how Dilma showed up at Nelson's funeral. Nelson was sentenced to life in prison for protesting. He was imprisoned for 23 years for protesting against equal rights for different races. He finally got released after 23 years. In prison he was in a small room with no bed and dirty toilet. He continues protesting after he gets out. He ran for president and won in Africa. He was seen as a world leader. Lived to be 95 years old.

We had a test.....

we had a test

Day before the test....

Microfinance- a form of financial services for entrepreneurs and small businesses lacking access to banking and related services

Microloan- a small loan given to individuals who might not have access to typical banking services, usually to start or expand small, self-sufficient businesses

Kiva provides microloans along with thousands of others, although the best known is Kiva.
Microentrepreneurs who are trying to start (or kickstart) a small business receive microloans

High interest rates with microloans

Malaria- -mal(bad) -aria/air(air)  people believed that malaria was transmitted airborne, Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease, no vaccine, mosquito nets can be affective.

Philanthropy- is the generous donation of money to good causes, Bill and Melinda Gates are the second greatest philanthropists in history (28 billion $. 1/3 of their wealth)

STUDY STUDY STUDY....

questions that might be on the test.

1.) What is a microloan? - loaning people money to help them get a kickstart in a small business that will be beneficial to help their business be successful.

2.What are some problems that can be helped my microfinance? Malaria, Drought, and Clean Water

3.)  How can microloans help? benefit others instead of the person allowing the community to benefit from it.

4.)  What is microfinance? -  is a general term to describe financial services to low-income individuals or to those who do not have access to typical banking services.

5.) What’s a microlender? - an organization that makes buisness loans to individuals who are not able to obtain financing from traditional lenders. (usually charge higher-than-average interest rates)

6.) what is malaria? What is it caused by? it is a disease, which is caused by mosquitos with the disease, and its transmitted through mosquito bites.

7.)  What are some effects of droughts or heavy rains? -The climate in the region affects the farming which is relied on in many because they are not as developed as other places.The weather is unpredictable. Many times there won’t be as much rainfall that is needed for the crops to survive, these times are called droughts Other times there is too much rain, this leads to many of the crops getting washed away because they are already full of water and can’t take any more in. Both resulting in little/no crops.

8.)  How do loans affect small business? - Loans help people with small businesses to get a kick start on what they want to do. They may get funds, structure investments, housing, and help for the economy in small areas near by.

9.) Who is the biggest provider for mosquito nets? - Bill Gates

10.) How many deaths does malaria cause each year? - 6,000

Tuesday

I was absent due to illness.

Schick's out

Today, we played more about the Peace Corps Kids World game. We were told to take some notes, and this is what I got,

• Girls that aren't going to school because of different reasons there is nothing that the village can do to get them back in school,
•  there is a malaria problem going around, and a good way to solve it would be to meet with the villagers and try to drain the puddle out s the mosquitos can't lay eggs
• there is a polluted lake, One way to solve this would be to plant a grass crop in between the farm and lake, because the soil would grass would soak up the excess water and soil.

That's as far as I got and then the person on the game told me to roam around, and visit, explore the town. After he told me that  I was allowed to explore, I began to play games, My favorite game was the fishing one. 

Emmi Day

Today I got to hold a emmi that was a visitors. It was so neat to be pretty much holding something that is technically famous. Then after the emmi we played the game on Mr. Schicks blog and took pictures with the emmi!

sloooow day.....

    We started out a little slow today. While some students finished taking the test. Mr. Schick had us watch a video on Microfinance. He then began to lecture us and talk to us about his blog and some links. He then told us to go read the links on his blog and watch the video. I then read and watched the video. Microfinance is a form of financial services for entrepreneurs and small businesses lacking access to banking and related services. Microfinance institution is an organization that provides microfinance services. We then just sat here and read about microfinance. Until, the bell rang and Mr. Schick let us lea
ve.

Maps

Canada

Mexico

Iran

Venezuela 

United Kingdom

Saudi Arabia 

Afghanistan

France

Brazil

India 

Israel

Happy Pre-Hump Day and Hump Day!

Yesterday and today we talked more about the leaders and prepared for our test on Thursday. 

          Yesterday I shadowed my best friend. She really liked it, and I believe this is her first choice. I also got to teach about Saudi Arabia's leader Abadallah bin Saud about 10 minutes before the bell rang. I also updated my blog for the past couple days due to the notes that Mr. Schick has given on his powerpoint. 

          Today, we went over the powerpoint even more. We talked about how Jinping  blocks google from China, so that Chinese people couldn't see what the world is like outside of China. Mrs. Baugh told Mr. Schick that she wasn't able to even use google while on her trip. We brushed over every single leader that we were supposed to look up about a week ago. We then talked about Oprah for a short second about how Mr. Schick met her. We rambled on, and went over about different leaders backgrounds. I then had a note that Mr. Schick had on his powerpoint and it made me feel accomplished.  Then I added notes on the president of  Mexico, and couldn't say the one ladies name. We continued onward to discuss the life of Queen Elizabeth II and how she was very young and fell in love and received 2500 wedding gifts, Maduro Moros (Venezuela) which worked as a bus worker before becoming politically active, and then worked as a vice president until Chaves died of Cancer.... and then the bell rang and it was time to continue onward to the next class! Happy Hump day! 1 more day left until the weekend!!!! 

More about the leaders! (Mr. Schicks)

        Today we went over the test. Also, we went over notes from Mr. Schicks powerpoint. There was many different facts about all the different leaders. I edited my blog from last night and added more notes to my original ones already. I did better on the second test we took and passed. I wished to get a better grade but I have plenty of time to get it up. Also, Mr. Schick called me Yasmine and that made me angry.

behind the scenes of leaders....

• President Enrique Nena Neito- Graduated as a lawyer, and In 1993, Peña married his first wife, Mónica Pretelini, and the couple had three children: Paulina, Alejandro and Nicole. Pretelini died on 11 January 2007 as the result of an epileptic episode, 2 affairs.He was the eldest of four siblings in a middle-class family; his father, Gilberto Enrique Peña del Mazo, was an engineer for the electric company and his mother, María del Socorro Nieto, a schoolteacher. Reports that he fathered two children in extramarital affairs while his wife Monica raised the couple’s 3 children, plus the investigation into the sudden death of his wife at home in 2007, have prompted many to call him the Teflon candidate because trouble seems to slide off him. Two years later he announced his engagement to soap opera actress Angelica Rivera.  Rivera became his wife in a star-studded wedding ceremony two years ago and is now the first lady of Mexico.  

• Joachim Guack (Canada) -He was convicted by a Russian military tribunal of espionage for receiving a letter from the West and also of anti-Soviet demagogy for being in the possession of a western journal on naval affairs, and deported to a Gulag in Siberia, where he was mistreated to the extent that he was considered physically disabled after one year, according to his son. Also, his father was arrested by Soviet occupation forces. ANGELA MERKEL- graduated with degree in physics, and physical chemistry, and earned a PHD in quantum chemistry Graduated from University of Leipzig in 1978 with a degree in physics and physical chemistry; earned a PhD in quantum chemistry from the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin in 1986 Has been Chancellor since November 2005 Merkel has earned the top spot on the FORBES list of Most Powerful Women In The World for eight of the past 10 years.

• Nicolas Moros- Is married to Cilia Flores and he also attended a public high school. Nicolás Maduro Moros worked as a bus driver before becoming politically active in the early 1990s. Maduro was introduced to Hugo Chávez in 1992, after Chávez and other disenchanted members of the military were imprisoned for an attempted coup and Maduro began campaigning for  Chávez's release. (Chávez was released in 1994 and won election to the presidency four years later.)After President Chávez won a third term in October 2012, he selected Maduro to serve as vice president. Maduro worked alongside the outspoken president, serving as one of his closest advisers as well as a loyal spokesman, until Chávez's death at 58 on March 5, 2013, from cancer.

• President XI Jinping (China) -His father was jailed in 1968 and is married to a famous Chinese singer. Communist state, first national leader to hold a PHD, there is a blog about how high his pants are each day, he is described as hardworking, has a daughter that is studying at Harvard University in USA., son of a revolutionary veteran Xi Jinping is the son of revolutionary veteran Xi Zhongxun, one of the Communist Party's founding fathers.He married folk singer Peng Liyuan, who also holds the rank of army general, in 1987. To many in China, Ms. Peng was the better-known half of the couple before Xi Jinping became leader of the Communist Party.The couple have a daughter named Xi Mingze, who is studying at Harvard University in the US.

• President Pranab Mukherjee (India) - has 2 sons and a daughter and his hobbies include reading, gardening, and music, rated as one of the best finance ministers of the world in 1984, started his own political party, written many books. He taught Political Science at the Vidiyanagar College, and worked as a journalist before entering politics. Mukherjee was rated as one of the best finance ministers of the world in 1984 and was adjudged the best parliamentarian in 1997.He had a conflict with Rajiv Gandhi (who took over as Prime Minister from his mother Indira after she was assassinated in 1984) and started his own party – Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress.

• Queen Elizabeth II- fell “in love” at the age of 13 to Phillip and received 2500 wedding gifts from around the world.

• Abdalallah bin saud (saudi arabia)- he was the 10^th son and has over 30 wives and has fathered 22 children, and is worth approximately 21 billion dollars due to oil, has bans against strict women rights, He has fathered 22 children, the youngest when he was 79. He is worth approximately 21 billion dollars. He was appointed commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard, a post he was still holding when he became king. In November 2007, King Abdullah visited Pope Benedict in the Apostolic Palace. He is the first Saudi monarch to visit the Pope.  In March 2008, he called for a “brotherly and sincere dialogue between believers from all religions.” In 2011 he granted women the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, the biggest change in a decade for women in a puritanical kingdom that practices strict separation of the sexes, including banning women from driving (the only country in the world with such a ban). He was appointed commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard, a post he was still holding when he became king. In November 2007, King Abdullah visited Pope Benedict in the Apostolic Palace. He is the first Saudi monarch to visit the Pope.  In March 2008, he called for a “brotherly and sincere dialogue between believers from all religions.” In 2011 he granted women the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, the biggest change in a decade for women in a puritanical kingdom that practices strict separation of the sexes, including banning women from driving (the only country in the world with such a ban).

• Francois Hollande (France)- married for over 30 years with 4 children and got a divorce and supported same-sex marriage, no experience in a national government position, was elected on his 3rd time running, bmom was a social worker and dad was a  physician. Hollande has no previous experience in a national government position.The mother of his four children is Ségolène Royal, with whom he shared a 30-year relationship.He was born in 1954 in the city of Rouen to an extreme-right physician father and progressive social worker mother.

• Hassan Rouhani  (Iran) -   Hassan - married to his cousin, who is 6 years younger and is considered to be a moderate and pragmatic politician, presiden tMr Rouhani has held several parliamentary posts, including deputy speaker and has also served on the Supreme National Security Council. Was just elected President of Iran - June 2013 He has been openly critical of the outgoing president, saying Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "careless, uncalculated and unstudied remarks" have cost the country dearly. 

• Khameni- elected Iran's supreme leader in 1989, supreme leader. In 1963, took part in street protests against the U.S.-backed Shah of Iran. After the uprising was quashed, Khamenei was exiled. Khamenei was imprisoned multiple times and, in 1975, was internally exiled to a remote region in southeastern Iran. Was elected President of Iran in 1981 and re-elected in 1985.  Became Iran’s Supreme Leader in 1989.

• Dilma Rousseff (Brazil) - was married 2 times and defeated cancer, with a thyroid disease. Brazil- South America. Served 3 years in prison and was tortured, She opposed Brazil’s military dictatorship of the 1960s and ‘70s, and served three years in prison, where she was repeatedly tortured.She has been divorced twice.She has a degree in economics, and now rules the country with the eighth-biggest economy in the world.She underwent chemotherapy for lymphoma in 2009, and is now in remission.

• Hamid Karazi (Afghan) - married and doesn't own any land or property. Afghan- off the middle east. He emerged as a resistance leader under Taliban rule, speak several different languages, in 2001 he warned the U.S. about al Qadea, He emerged as a resistance leader under Taliban rule and worked to undermine the regime. He is well versed in several languages, including his native Peshto, Persian, Hindi, French and English.Several times in 2001, Karzai warned the United States that the Taliban were connected with al Qaeda and that there was a plot for an imminent attack on the United States, but his warnings went unheeded.

• Shimon Peres  Shimon Peres was born in Belarus. To escape the persecution of Jews there, the family fled to Palestine in 1934. When Arab forces launched their attack on the new state of Israel in 1948, Peres was given the chief responsibility for securing military equipment for Israel from abroad. Later he organized Israel's nuclear program and is regarded as the father of Israel's atomic bomb. As Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres was in charge of the Israeli negotiations during peace talks with the Palestinians.  In the autumn of 1994 he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with his own Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

• Binyamin Natanyahu (Israel) - As a child and youth he lived with his family in the US in the years 1956-58 and again in 1963-67 After his brother Jonathan (Yonni) was killed, in July 1976, in the course of the Entebbe Operation, of which he was one of the commanders, Netanyahu returned to Israel and started to advocate international cooperation in fighting terrorism.Quote: "There are those who say that if the Holocaust had not occurred, the State of Israel would never have been established. But I say that if the State of Israel would have been established earlier, the Holocaust would not have occurred."

World Leaders and Governments

Mexico-

Governmet: federal republic, 

Leader: President Enrique Pena Nieto,

Germany-

Government: federal republic

Leader: President Joachim Guack

Venezuela-

Government: federal republic

Leader: Nicolas Moros

China-

Government: communist state

 Leader- President XI Jinping

India

Government: Federal Republic

Leader: President Pranab Mukherjee

United Kigndom

Government: Constitutinal Monarchy and Commonwealth

Leader: Queen Elizabeth 2^nd

Saudi Arabia

Government: Monarchy

Leader: King and Primie Minister Abdallah bin Saud

France

Government: Republican

Leader: Francios Hollande

Iran

Government: Theo. Republic

Leader: Hassan Rouhami

Brazil

Government: federal republic

Leader: Dilma Rousseff

Israel

Government: Parlimentary Democracy

Leader: Shimon Peres

Afghanistan

Government: Islamic Republican

Leader: Hamid Karzai

The Test

            Today we took the test, for everyone else it was the second time taking the test, but for me it was my first due to my absence on Friday. I believe that I totally did horrible on this test, none of the notes I took on Wednesday and Thursday were not on the test. I knew some on the things but majority of them really got me in a knot. I hope that the next test I do better on because this test was just not the one. Mr. Schick went and graded the test and I got a 53. Although, this was my first time taking the test and hopefully Mr. Schick lets me take retake it.

        After the test we began to take notes, We started a new section which included Political Geo.These are the notes I took:
Country

• An identifiable land area

Nation

• A population

State

• A population under a single government
• Synonyms with "country"

Nation-state

• A single under a single government
• A nation which has the same borders as a state
• Nations are culturally homogenous groups of people that is larger than a single tribe or community which share a common language, institutions, religion, and historical experience

An independent state…

• Boundaries
• Organized economy
• Education
• Transportation
• Government
• Sovereignty
• External recognition

After taking notes we watched a video on a person who truly knew his stuff but tried to be funny but didn't make a lot of people laugh, I also took notes on them: Country

Lines on a map, geographical expression, visual expression,

Nations

Group of people with shared identity, religion, cultural, language. and the bell rang.... 

Religions (10/30-31)

Christianity

• there are about 2.8 billion Christians in the world
• 1/3 of the worlds population
• as the population of the world grows so does the the amount of Christians
• Jesus is the son of god
• believe the word of the bible
• emerged in the mid first century
• lutherans, methodists, baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and many more
• 41 thousand different denominations
• founder: Jesus Christ 

Buddhism

• Buddhism; different teachings, beliefs and practices
• Siddartha Guatama = Buddha, "the awakened one" 
• 6% of the worlds population is Buddhist
• Countries: China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar  
• one of the oldest practice today
• Buddhism is more a practice than a religion
• Influences a lot of Asian countries 
• You can believe in other religions that just buddhism 
• Over a million Buddhist in the U.S.
• A buddha is a person who is free from all faults and mental obstructions 
• 500 million to 1.5 billion (estimates and varies)
• Denominations: Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, Amidist 

Judaism 

• Synagogue - church
• 5 million jews in U.S
• 5 million jews in Israel 
• Jewish star, Hanukkah 
• Abraham and Moses 
• 13 million in the entire world
• Moses main teacher of Judaism
• Moses - 10 Commandments
• Israel, North/South America, Europe, and Asia

Hinduism

• 1 billion, 14 % of worlds population
• Indian and Asian countries 
• large number of gods who are worshiped as murtis
• worship in a home, temple or at a road/street shrine
• Most hindu houses have a small shrine inside of their house
• formed in 2000 B.C 
• found in India
• There deity is Polytheistic
• belive in new body after death, different life 

Islam

• Founder Muhammad
• fast from sunset to sunrise for a month
• pilgrimage at least once
• Allah
• Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah
• Monotheistic
• Qua'ran 

Another Day!!

Today for the first part of class are shadows were introduced. I knew one of them and she is a very good athlete. After they were introduced we were handed back the test that I had helped prepare the class on. I didn't do so well myself, although, I prepared a few students a little to much. After we went through all the answers and corrections, we got into our groups and continued to work on our different religions, I am in the group that is dong Islam, and we will be presenting i tomorrow

One lap down, three to go

I feel this quarter wasn't the best for me academically wise. I think this was because I came from a school where the academics were very por. I am striving to do better the next quarter.

Thursday and Friday

          Thursday we watched a short video. I also taught the class. Although, didn't do so well on my test so I guess i'm fired. The test was taken on Friday. I went over all our notes on Thursday and on Friday I reviewed for the test and then we took it. The video that we watched on Thursday was a news anchor telling many people that America isn't the best country. Even though many of us love America and think its superior to all other nations it truly isn't. I found both these days to be a lot more helpful. Although I didn't do good on my test I still think i was more prepared than the other test  I have taken in Mr. Schicks class.

Cultural Characteristics cont'd.

Hindus and Muslims fight with eachother. Jews, christians, Muslims, all claim Jerusalem as their religion's holy site, they are constantly fighting over land.

Spatial Divisions-how we divide the livable space found on the earth by establishing social, economic and political control.

Examples

• Economic Alliances
• European Union (EU)
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• North American Free Trade Agreement 
• Association of SOutheast Asian Nations
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Commonwealth of Nations
• Organization of American States
• League of Arab states
• African Union

Reasons: Differences in culture, language of religion, keeping of historical boundaries, imperial conquest and control, economics similarities and differences

Nationalism- the belief that your nation is superior to all others

Economic Differences- fertile land, access to fresh water, access to the coast, fishing rights, natura resources, different economic philosophers. 

Cultural Characteristics

         

Cultural Characteristics- parts of a groups everyday life, the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members, these characteristics can also link or divide the world. Examples of Cultural Characteristics, language, religion, and ethnic background. Language: Arabic unites the Arab world, Spanish untes the Hispanic world, Brazil is the only South American country to speak portuguese, and Canada is a bilingual nation. Religion: five major religions; -Hinduism -Buddhism -Judaism -Christianity and -Islam. And finally, Ethnic Background: In Yogo, many ethnic groups were made into one country, when strong leadership died out, different groups throughout the nation fought a civil war, U.S. and Swiss merged peacefully, Korea and Japan are one ethnic group. Jewish people are considered sons/descendants of Abraham. Shiites, Soonis.Religion can be dividing force around the world.

Missing Schick

Friday we were sitting in the class for about 5-10 minutes waiting for Mr. Schick and he didn't come. So Carly and I went to try and find him in the art wing. We still couldn't find him. We then went o Mr. Ireton who sent a substitute teacher. The sub gave us a worksheet and we all sat quietly and worked on the worksheet that he had given us. I don't think any of us finished it, but it was a pretty interesting class.

Thursday

I wasn't in class...

KIVA

              Friday, we talked about Kiva. It was very cool to be able to donate to people that don't have the money to pay for it now. Although, I feel a little scared as if I wouldn't get my money back. I still have to talk to my mom about donating money. I believe that she will donate money t poor people in need. I am just worried that she won't do the Kiva donation due to the lack of knowledge she has in this subject. Many of the people have high hopes. I think that it is really cool to have high expectations and to actually strive for success when you have nothing. I really hope my mom lets me donate to Kiva.

MORE NOTES!

- Population pyramids- graphical illustration that is giving information about the population broken down into age and sex -> male/left-female/right
- Immigrant- someone entering the country
- Emigrant- someone leaving the country
- Some pull forces would include the fact that one country has better healthcare, better economy, religious freedom, etc...
- Women tend to live longer due to eat healthier, not built strong enough to do heavy duty, hard working jobs, not as dangerous work, and tend to go to the doctors and stay up to date with their health.
-Rate of national increase- The birth rate -(minus) death rate
- 2.1 children for population to stay the same
- current population- 7+ billion people
- increasing 77 million people per year
-145 people are born per minute
- 90% of the population growth takes place in developing countries
- Globalization- is the connection of different parts of the world. Globalization results in expansion of international cultural, economic and political activities.

Notes!!!!

-Life expectancy- the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year.
-Crude birth rate- number of births per 1000 of the population.
-Crude death rate- number of deaths per 1000 of the population.
-Rate of National increase- produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate.
-Immigration-Entering the country.
-Emigration- Leaving the country.
- Push forces- civil war, environmental degradation, unemployed or unemployment, religious or ethnic             persecution.
-Pull forces- better economic opportunity better health services, religious/political freedom.
-Total Fertility Rate- average number of children born per woman
-Net Migration Rate- the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a     year.
           
We went over population pyramids. We discussed and learned what the different pyramids were. The different pyramids include the Christmas Tree, The Box, The Cup. We use population pyramids to analyze growth (or decline) of fertility, mortality, and migration in cities. The Christmas tree symbolizes that it is a developing nation, the growth rates are slow, a very high birth rate, but a short life expectancy (Nambia, Bangladesh). The Box symbolizes a developed nation, low infant mortality, slow population growth, and a long life expectancy (Sweden, USA). The Cup symbolizes a developed nation;negative growth, low birth rate, shrinking population, long life expectancy (Italy, Japan).

TEST DAY!!!!

        Today we took the test on the "lost boys" movie we watched during class. I feel that I did pretty well on the test. I only was unsure of 2/3. I forgot what the tribe was called and it was the Dinka tribe. I also forgot what country they crossed the border to and that was Ethiopia. Also, I was unsure about the person who controlled the refugee camp but I believe that it was the U.S. I feel that I was well prepared for this quiz compared to the last one. I must say that I am really learning a lot from the tests that Mr. Schick gives us. I can truly argue my beliefs with many facts to back me up. I hope to keep up the hard work in Mr. Schicks class.

The movie

I must say the movie "God grew tired of us, was quite interesting. It's really cool to see people that had nothing to go to someone who has it all. This movie also shows that America is really the land of the free. It shows that there are many options in America. 2/3 men found their family, although 1 of them did not. All of them took the advantage of freedom and all the other options that were given to them. I think it was a good idea to watch the movie because it made me feel very proud to be an American and also make me feel very blessed with everything in my life.

Cont'd

         We watched more of the video, and we found out that the 3 guys have been living there for 3 years now. They have all found jobs and paying for themselves living expenses. John Bul found his family in a refugee camp and has been sending them money, along with other people in the refugee camp where he was before. Mr. Schick also told us that he is friends with John this led to my conclusion that John Bul probably stayed in AMerica and became successful enough to pay for some kind of computer and internet. This document just comes to show how much opportunity the U.S. has.

God Grew Tired of Us...

            For the last two days we have been watching a documentary on 3 guys that were born and raised in Sudan. The suddenly were uprooted from their homelands and forced out of the state to Kenya. Where Kenya founded a refugee camp for the "lost boys" boys of Sudan to live. A couple young men received the opportunity to move to the U.S. to live and work. We follow only 3 of them: John Bul, Panter and Daniel. Both Daniel and Panther went to Syracuse where they were given an apartment, food, and an opportunity to get a job. John Bul decided that he would like to live in Pittsburgh, PA. John Bul was given the same things, just in a different city. They are just now finally settling and getting their social security numbers and about to start their mission to hold their own and work for a living.

Thursday!!

We went over the scavenger hunt that you told us to do from the CIA factbook. As soon as class started Mr. aSchick told Jevan to teach the class. Jevan went around the room and called on us individually to answer the questions. Thursdays class was quite exciting and lively. We didn't really do anything other then go over our answers.

CIA Factbook Scavenger Hunt!

1. What is the population of the United States?

-       316668567

2.            What are the five largest countries in the world, by population?

-       China, India, U.S.A, Indonesia, Brazil.

3.            What is the population of Pakistan?

-       179.2 million

4.            What kind of government does the United States have?

-       Federal republic

5.            What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe?

-       95 percent unemployment rate

6.            What is the largest country in the world by area?

-       Asia

7.            What country has the third greatest number of airports?

-       Mexico

8.            What country has the greatest number of exports?

-       European union

9.            What country exports more oil than any other?

-       Russia

10.          What country imports more oil than any other?

-       United states

11.          What country has the second largest proved reserves of crude oil in the world?

-       Saudi Arabia

12.          Can women serve in combat roles in China’s military?

-       yes

13.          What is GDP?

-       Gross Domestic Product

14.          What country has the highest GDP per capita in the world, and how much is it?

-       European union

15.          Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita?

-       Yes

16.          Most of the countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what continent?

-       Africa

17.          11 of the top 12 countries with the highest number of deaths from HIV/AIDS can be found

In which continent?

-       Africa

18.          What other country is in the top ten?

-       India

19.          Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths?

-       18

20.          Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones?

-       No

21.          What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic?

-       71 percent

22.          What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic?

-       89 percent

23.          What is Net Migration Rate?

-       The difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a county during a year

24.          Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world?

-       No

25.          According to the Fact book, what is the current population of the entire planet

-       7 Billion