Wednesday, September 29, 2010

First Test

Today we had our first test. It was on the religions of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, the middle eastern countries, and 9 11

Monday, September 27, 2010

review day

Today we found out that we are going to have a test on Wednesday on 9 11, middle Eastern countries, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism religion. All during class we were reviewing for the test so we could all get a good grade.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

class

Today in class we got a new project, and we learned how to use this website called Prezie and you can basically make a powerpoint on it. so today we started working with it to get familiar with it.

Monday, September 20, 2010

countries

Today in class we talked about the Middle Eastern Countries and we talked about why they have so much money, and we figured out that alot of the countries out there own alot of oil, and make us pay for it.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Identifing Countries

1.  United States-North America
2.  France- Europe
3.  Iraq- Asia
4.  China- Asia
5.  Saudi Arabia- Asia
6.  Haiti- North America
7.  India- Asia
8.  Japan- Asia
9.  Venezuela- South America
10. Iran- Asia
11. Russia- Asia
12. The United Kingdom- Europe
13. Israel- Asia
14. Germany- Europe
15. Tibet- Asia
16. Afghanistan- Asia
17. Brazil- South America
18. North Korea- Asia
19. Egypt- Afirica
20. Kenya- Afirca
21. Pakistan- Asia
22. Vietnam- Asia
23. Mexico- North America
24. Cuba- North America


https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html 

Thursday, September 9, 2010

911 reports

Today in human geography class we went over 911 and how it effect people's jobs and their lives. We also learned how to use wikepedia correctly so we can use it for school projects. 

Friday, September 3, 2010

vocab

geography-The topographical features of a region, usually of the earth, sometimes of the planets. 


globalization- The process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally, largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications

population- The total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.

immigration- The act of immigrating.

industrialization-  To introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
culture- The quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.

religion- a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
 
http://dictionary.reference.com/
 
 
 
World Population- 6,697,254,041
http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_pop_totl&tdim=true&dl=en&hl=en&q=world+population                               
 
Top Five Populated Countries- China- 1,330,141,295
                                                    India- 1,173,108,018
                                                    Untited States- 310,232,863
                                                    Indonesia- 242,968,342
                                                    Brazil- 201,103,330
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats8.htm
 
Top Five Religions- Christianity- 2 million
                                  Islam- 1.2 billion 
                                  Hinduism- 783 million
                                  Buddhism- 360 million
                                  Judaism- 17 million
http://www.godweb.org/religionsofworld.htm

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

what we think

I thought it was insane that it only took two years for facebook to get 50 million people and it took the radio thirty give years to get 50 million people to have