Class of 10/28/10

In class today we discussed our projects that are going to be due next week. My partner for my project is Colby and we are doing ours on the culture of the Sudans compared to the culture in the United States.

Rejoining with His Mother

Today we finished the movie on the Lost Boys og Sudan and at the end of the movie John finally met his mother after seventeen years of separation in the airport. There were many tears of joy that day, for that family and it was know all around the state, in the newspapers and computer. John is now happy and he is rady to support his family in the United States.

Lost Boys of Sudan

Today in class we watched more of the "Lost boys of Sudan" movie. Today it was mostly about a guy named John talking about how he is going to help his family that is now in Uganda because of the war in Sudan. He sent them a thousand dollars and he wants his family to live in the United States with him.

Meanings of Terms

in-migration- to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory. 

out-migration-to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory 

forced migration-the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region.

net internal migration- This refers to a change of residence within national boundaries, such as between states, provinces, cities, or municipalities. 

 

movers from abroad- People who move somewhere different across some sort of line.
 

internally displaced person (IDP)- is someone who is forced to flee their home but who, unlike a refugee, remains within their country's borders. At the end of 2006 estimates of 24.5 million in some 52 countries.

Class of 10/21/10

Today in class we learned how to hold the door for somebody and got told to say your welcome when someone says thankyou. We also learned that the lost boys of Sudan had to leave their country because of a civil war. They also couldn't stay in Ethiopia because their government started to fail, some of the boys were in the refugee for around ten years and it was very sad but the boys became very close like familyand it was hard for some of the boys to leave and go to the US.

class of 10/20/10

Today in class we went over our old test and discussed why some answers where right and wrong. It was a pretty fun class though because I had a shadow, so he kept getting messed with by my friends and the teacher.

HUman Geo long break homework

Human Geo: Part 1

            In my future when I am done high school and college, I would definitely like to be doing something that has to do with sports, either a trainer, coach, or even a physical therapist. The only place I could see myself living in is the East Coast of the United States. I want to stay on the East Coast mainly because that’s where lacrosse is played for the most part. On the East Coast I would like to go to Florida maybe, and North or South Carolina. I would like to move to Florida because of the warmer weather and it is a huge peninsula on the ocean. Also, I would want to go to one of the Carolina’s because it has the Ocean. So definitely having the huge bodies of water are pull factors for me to come live there. Another pull factor for those two places is that they are both in the United States, so that means I still have freedom of speech and religion. I can’t think of many push factors for those two states except for the fact that, being on the ocean like that there could be some pretty bad storms. Maybe another push factor from those two places could be jobs because I’m sure many illegal immigrants try to go to Florida or the Carolina’s to enjoy the weather and to get money, so finding a job could be a problem possibly. I definitely would not like to leave the United States because all the other countries are not free like we are, and the U.S. has basically everything a person could want, land, water, jobs, money, and freedom, so there is no reason for me to leave. I will most likely be staying on the East Coast because the sport I love is down here and so are the places I would want to move to.   

 Human Geo: Part 2

            After speaking with my parents and grandparents I learned that both my parents and immediate grandparents were all born in Maryland. My great grandparents on my mom’s side were born in Maryland and Massachusetts. My great grandparents on my dad’s side were born in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. It is known by my maternal grandparents that our ancestors came from Ireland and Whales. It is not known however who our first ancestor was and when they arrived in the United States. My grandpa on my dad’s side also knows little about his ancestry, he was told growing up however that some of his ancestors came from Scotland. My grandma on my dad’s side has been looking into her ancestors for a few years. She has found that the first ancestor on her dad‘s side of the family came from Graben, Germany in August of 1750 to Philadelphia. His name was Caspar Defibaugh and he migrated by a ship called the Edinburg. He came to buy property. His wife and kids did not come at first but planned to meet up with Caspar in the future. When his wife and kids came to join him his wife got very sick and died. Caspar then remarried and moved from Lancaster P.A. to Bedford County P.A. When he was done moving around he bought one hundred and fifty acres, two horses, and a cow. Later he and his older son began work on the Defibaugh Tavern. It took many years but Caspar Defibaugh finally made his Tavern and became the Baker in it, and the Tavern still exist today. I really loved learning all this information and I think it is good to know about your family and where you came from. I think it is amazing that so many people come from so many different places.

class of 10/11/10

Today in class we took a quiz, and then waited until the end of class so we could leave for the day.

notes in class of 10/8/10

• over 6.8 billion people on the planet right now
• in creasing by over 80 million per year by 220, 980 per day
• 14,000 births per hour
• 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries, of Africa, South and East Asia
• people migrate because of push and pull forces, some push forces would be civil war, unemployment, and some pull forces are better economic, health services, religious freedom, and political freedom.
• TFR: average number of children orn per woman

Class of 10/7/10

Today in class we talked about the populations and the TFR of countries and why some countries have such hih numbers of TFR. i also got to leave class early for a soccer game so i hope i didnt miss anything.

class of 10/6/10

Today in class we went over the information we found about the courties we reseached. we went over why some countries birthrate was so low, and why some countries birthrates were so high.

test look over

Today in class we got our test back and we got to go over them and put the right answers down so we would no the right information for the past.

Info on Countries

life expectancy - the probable number of years remaining in your life, referring to heredity, health, physical condition, and nutrition.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/life+expectancy 

crude birthrate - Crude birth rate is the nativity or childbirths per 1,000 people per year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_birth_rate 

RNI (rate of natural increase) - is the crude birth rate  minus the crude death rate of a population.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_of_natural_increase

TFR (total fertility rate) -  is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate

net migration rate -  is the difference of immigrants and emigrants of an area in a period of time, divided (usually) per 1,000 inhabitants (considered on midterm population).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_migration_rate

population pyramid - also called an age structure diagram, is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a human population, which normally forms the shape of a pyramid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_pyramid

What the countries are ranked in the world:

life expectancy - Japan 82.12 years, ranked #3, France 77.79 years ranked #8, Kenya 57.86 years ranked #189, Cuba 77.45 years ranked #55, United States 78.11 years ranked #49, Afghanistan 44.4 years ranked #219

crude birthrate - Japan 7.64 births/1,000 ranked #222, Kenya 36.64 births/1,000 ranked #29, Ethiopia 43.66 births/1,000 ranked #7, United States13.83 births/1,000 ranked #154,Germany 8.18 births/1,000 population ranked #220

crude death rate - Afghanistan 17.83 deaths/1,000 population ranked #7, Kenya 9.72 deaths/1,000 ranked #67, United States 8.38 deaths/1,000 raked #99, Japan 9.54 deaths/1,000 ranked #69, Mexico 4.8 deaths/1,000 ranked #192

TFR (total fertility rate) - Niger 7.68 children born/woman ranked #1, Afghanistan 5.5 children born/woman  ranked #13, Japan 1.2 children born/woman ranked #218, United States 2.06 children born/woman ranked #126, Germany 1.42 children born/woman ranked #196
  
net migration rate - Mexico -3.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population ranked #153, United States 4.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population ranked #25, United Arab Emirates 22.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population ranked #1, Argentina 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population ranked #73, Saudi Arabia -7.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population ranked #171, Uganda-8.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population ranked #173

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