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Today we watched and talked about the things that Hans Rolling said. He gave  us a unique visualization of population and income trends over the last 200 years. He talked about the population of people like in China all the way to  Luxembourg. We talked about the life expectancy and economy from 1810 all the way to 2009. Many countries including the United States were very low at that time and didn't start raising until 20 years later. Although now most countries like China have a growing economy and very few people dying at the rate of them dying many years ago. There is still countries that are struggling like Congo who people only live to their 30-40s and are very poor. Finally, Hans made a very optimistic saying where he thinks that in many years to come Congo and some other countries like it can reach the places like the United States.

Today we watched the ted ed video and talked about it. We mostly talked about the graphs shown in the video and the website showing pre reproductive, productive, and post reproductive ages where people are having babies at those ages. like 10-14 would be pre reproductive for most countries and the older ones like 19-40 would be reproductive ages because that's when a lot of adults have their kids and the post reproductive ages like 40-100 would be to old for you to have a baby yet there is people that do it, its pretty uncommon. Also I learned from the video that Nigeria and china are having two opposite population changes because china is having less kids and Nigeria is having a lot of kids. Finally, we leaned about industrial revolution  was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 too sometime between 1820 and 1840. 

Today we got our test back and I was happy because I got a 90/100. Which means I don't have a C anymore and I now have a B in human geography. The one I knew I got wrong was the one with Monaco and the other two were about Net migration rate and about the one with the child birth per mom. For the migration one I said United States instead of Canada and the other one I said China instead of Niger which I learned from the video that tigers population is growing a big amount because of that. What brings us to what we did other than review the test is watch a video on the population and other things revolving around that. Finally, what I learned from one of those websites is that in Qatar there a very mass majority of men dying in their 30-40s.

Today we took a test which was on. the CIA Facebook and all the stuff we learned from the slideshow. To me, the first two parts of the test were fairly easy because finding answers on the CIA Facebook was really easy cause all you had to do was look it up and write the answer down. Also, the vocal terms were really easy cause I studied them on quizlet last night so I knew them. But then it came to the last part and I know I got one wrong because I second guessed myself when it came to the life expectancy rate and I chose United states instead of Monaco and the other one I don't know if I got right or wrong was the one with Niger as one of the answers and I picked United States again.  Finally, I thought I got everything right except those two which should raise my grade back to a B.

Today we reviewed the power point and what was is going to be on the test. We talked about the CIA website and how that is going to be a portion of the test. Then, we discussed the population and how you have to know the population in billions and when they went up that high. Then we talked about life expectancy and the numbers that you need to know for the test. We also talked about measuring population which involves net migration rate and crude death and birth rate which will be on the test. The net migration rate which involves the people leaving and entering the country as in immigrating and emigrating. Finally, we discussed the push and pull of different countries like Afghanistan and Mexico are countries that people leave and end up going to places like the United States or Canada.

Today we went over the questions and answers from the twenty questions we did last night. We talked about the population from different countries like our country, China, and India. Also, we talked about how there is so many people in this world that don't have electricity. Like  1.201 billion  people in the world do not have electricity. Which means if you have electricity to probably use the internet and there is 76.2% of the world that uses it. We also talked about how the United States has ten times the amount of airports that the second place ranked in the world has which is Russia. Finally we talked about the GDP which is Gross domestic Product which is a big role in todays economy. 

1. T he population of China, and of India is 1,384,688,986 and  1,296,834,042. 2.  The Total Fertility Rate in Japan is 1.42 children born/woman. 3.  The death rate in El Salvador is 5.8 deaths/1,000 population. 4. N one 23-28% 5. The  percentage of Mexicans that identify themselves as Roman Catholic Roman Catholic 82.7% 6. T he GDP - per capita (PPP) in the United States is $59,800 7. T he GDP - per capita (PPP) in the Nigeria. is $5,900 8. T he GDP - per capita (PPP) in the Luxembourg is $105,100 9. The  percentage of the United States’ population of Internet users is 76.2% 10. T he number of airports in Russia, and in the United States is 1,218  and  13,513 11.  1.201 billion  people in the world do not have electricity. 12.  T he Infant Mortality Rate in Canada, Cuba, and the United States is 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births ,  4.4 deaths/1,000 live births,  5.7 deaths/1,000 live births   13.  The literacy rate of the total, for men, and for women in Afghanistan is 38

Today we talked about migration and why people migrate. Many people migrate out of the country because they have a war surrounding them and it's not safe to stay there. Also, people migrate because they are unemployed and they can't find a job or they want to move to another job cause the old job isn't doing so well for you. There is also many good things when immigrating, like you find better health services that are better than your old ones. People also move to a new home because they are being religiously or political persecuted for believing in the wrong government or faith. We also talked about total fertility rate which is  average number of children born per woman. Finally, we learned that for a population to remain the same, the TFR must be 2.1and  i f it’s higher than 2.1 the population rises and i f it’s lower than 2.1 the population falls.

Today we talked more about the population of the whole world. First we talked about the different types of rate such as  crude birth rate, crude death rate, rate of natural increase, and Net Migration Rate. Crude birth rate is number of births per 1000 of the population which is the opposite of crude death rate. We also learned that the rate of the natural increase is produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate and this gives us the annual natural g rowth rate in percentage form for  country or region. we also learned about Net migration net which is the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year. Finally, we learned that an excess of people leaving the country is net emigration and the people entering is net immigration.

Today we talked about the population and how it grew and decreased because of deaths and babies born. We also talked about life expectancy, which is  the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year. We learned that people who are born before the 2000's are going to have a less life expectancy than someone born in 2005. Also, many things have gone along with that conclusion because of things like diseases and smoking and war. I learned from one of the slides that women. have a better life expectancy than men because men. don't like going to the doctor or they do reckless things like ride a bike off of the roof. Finally, we learned that each one of the years like 1999 and 2011 was a year that the population grew to another billion people.

Today we reviewed the test and I saw all the questions I had gotten wrong and right. Most of them as I suspected were dumb mistakes I should have gotten right like the green which time one. I got it right on the pop quiz but didn't get it right on the test. There also was a question that not a single person that took test got right because the coordinates weren't even a real location on the map. Also there was a question on the test that had dealt with the time zones like with the different states and I picked the answer with the clock going ahead instead of back an hour three hours. Finally, even if I bombed this test I still can get my grade up like I did before and also this test can even help me on the exam.

Today I took a test and I didn't do well even though I studied. I guess I probably made stupid mistakes like I always do. After that we talked about different populations and stuff like that. We learned that there is 7.6 billion people in the world and there is still people being born and dying which makes that number fluctuates often. We also learned that in some countries you had to pay money to the government if you. wanted more kids than only just having one. Also, I learned that 90% of the Earths population growth is because of the countries such as Africa,  South and East Asia, and Latin America. Finally, there is a lot  of people who immigrate to. America that cause a bigger population.   

Today I didn't take the. test due to a soccer game I had to go to.

Today, we had a stupid pop quiz and I got a 6/10 because so of them I made stupid mistakes and the other I just didn't know. We also had ten seconds to do it which made me feel pressured. We had to do it on time zones like if we as like bel air was at 9 am which means Chicago was at 8 am and I thought it was an hour after then before.  Overall I hate having pop quizzes because I don't have anything to study and you have to know at the top of your head which is really frustrating when I don't do well. Finally, even though I didn't do well it should make me do better on the test that is coming up on Monday because I know some of the answers.

1. Who created the first world map?               A- Eratosthenes B- Socrates C- Christopher Columbus D- none of the above 2. Put these in order Equator 3 Antarctic circle 5 Tropic of Cancer 2 Arctic circle 1 Tropic of Capricorn 4 3. Which is not  something to do  with the prime meridian? A- Runs in north- south direction B- Farthest apart at the equator C- Known as meridians D- Stops halfway through Earth 4. Earth as a sphere is divided into_ 360 _ degrees of longitude 5. What is the name of the movement that was trying to abolish day light savings time? A- Daylight movement B- Sleep movement C- Growing movement  D- None of the above 6. Definition of Geography-   Is the study where things are found on Earths surface and the reasons fro the location. 7. When does Daylight savings time start and end? A- Spring to Winter B- Summer to Fall  C- Winter to Summer D- Fall to Winter 8. What does UTC stand for? _____ Coordinated Universal Time ____ 9. Wh

Today we had a quiz I felt very confident in my ability to name all the countries on the map. As I know now I got a 53/54 which is still very good. We learned about  UTC, GMT, Daylight Savings Time, Standard deviation. these are very important in the time and timezones that we have today. Also, it wasn't till the 1800's they introduced timezones. Time zone is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. Examples of timezones are Eastern Time Zone in the US is UTC - 05:00 the Western Time Zone in the US & Canada is UTC - 08:00 China’s time zone is UTC + 08:00. There is also something called Coordinated Universal Time which is primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. Daylight savings time is also very important in todays society although people that made the growing movement want it abolished it is still important. Some temperate zone countries use Daylight Saving Time for part of the year,