Not in Class

Not in class today, I can't wait for Western Civilization!

Human Geo

Today in human geo we watched the video in guns, germs and steel. Three ways that main civilizations stayed alive and running. Some of the big dynasties are the Greeks, Egyptians, Mayans ans Romans. They were not the typical hunters and gatherers. They went outside the box and made revolutionary weapons and spread unknown diseases to the other intruding groups. The man who wrote the book is the guy that I talked about last time, Jared Diamond. He went to Papua New Guinea. That is one of the only places that there are still hunters and gatherers. They said that we have so much stuff or cargo as they like to say. In a clip in the movie, a group of people from the 20's came and they showed there stuff to the guineans. They were a bit of a showoff and the Guineans took that as if they are much better than them. They are very smart though. They were able to build a fort in a very small amount of time.

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Jared Diamond

     Before I start typing I need to say two things. One this blog may suck because I have a migraine so I can't focus. Two Mr. Schick you need to change your blog title from Human Geo 2012 to Human Geo 2013. Your welcome.

     Jared Diamond is a American professor of geography at the University of Los Angeles. He wrote two books and they are Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed and Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. He has won awards on these books. He has received the genius award. He does researches such as Asia and Europe are more advances in the field of technology. He has been to lots of expeditions Papua New Guinea. He is environmental friendly. He speaks to the natives in their language. He studies the evolution of birds which is a study that has been uncovered. He is a best selling author as well. 

     Guns, Germs and Steel is a book that explains why Eurasian civilizations and Northern Africa conquered and survived Diamond argues that the holes in power and technology between human societies begin in environmental disagreements, which are produced by lots positive feedback loops. Weapons made the outnumbered civilizations win over the much larger armies. The first part explains that some of the civilizations have advanced while others have not. Some just would not advance technology wise with new weaponry, protection and tools. Some had to work harder because some people and dynasties were at a land that need to be fertilized. With the bigger ones there crops grew automatically and they were able to get money and trade better with more crops.  

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China

China is one of the most fast growing economies in the world. One of there main selling points is the automobile industry. They are taking foreign cars and trying to sell them to there people at a rate of 25,000 cars selling per day. China is also trying to branch out there cars to the US. The problem is the safety of the cars. In a Russian safety test, the Chinese cars failed awfully. The cars spinned out of control and the car broke down. The Chinese are thinking that American company like GM are not American companies are. They believe that they can sell the Chinese cars for lots of money in the US. That will not happen at all. 

Definitions

Capitalism- Is a social political-economic system based on the principle of individual rights.

Communism-  Is a revolutionary socialist movement to create a classless and stateless social order structuredupon common ownership of the means of production, as well as a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order.

Free Enterprise- Is an economic system that is based on private ownership of the means of production and the creation of goods or services for profit.

Free Market- Is a market where the price of a good or service is determined by supply and demand, rather than by governmental regulation.

China

Im not really in the Christmas vibe yet. Oh well I bet I will soon. Anyway today in human geo we saw a video on how China is where all of the labor is. The people are working full shift and only getting 1 to 4 dollars a day. Here in the USA the minimum wage for a worker is 7.5 a hour but the big companies can't afford to pay their workers so much. Then they go to China. A country that is poor and will work for so little. China has a seventh of the worlds population and jobs are so needed so they will work for a few US dollars a day. So this is where all of the money is made. I think it is not just a US problem but a world one.

Left early

I left early to go to the dentist.

Human Geo

One week until Thanksgiving! I can smell the turkey already! Anyway today in human geotoday we discussed the world leaders some more. I did the work from yesterday and there is ten countries. One thing I noticed was that the British Kingdom was all over the world from the East Coast of the USA, to India, Australia and lots more in Africa.The Spanish Kingdom was big as well and they had control of parts of the US, Mexico, Central America as well as south. They had so many wars it seemed. Poor Spain, all that work for nothing. Oh well who knows, maybe Spain will rule the world. Never say never.

Countries

Iran-

1.Indepence was gained on April 1st 1979. On April 1st of 1998 Ben (Me) was born.

2. They were part of the Persian Dynasty until there indepence day in 1979.

3. Persia



Afganistan-

1. There indepence was August 19th 1919.

2. They were part of the English dynasty that was still a big force at the time.

3. England



Mexico-

1.There indepence day is September 16th 1810. It was reconized on September 27th 1821 by Spain.

2. They were part of the Spanish dynasty  for years when Christopher Columbus found Mexico.

3. Spain




Brazil

1.There indepence day is September 7th 1822.

2. They were part of the Portuguese Dynasty when Portugal found the land and took it over. They still have lots of traditions from there.

3. Portugal



Venezuela

1. There indepence day is July 5th 1811

2. They were part of Spanish rule.

3. Spain




United Kingdom
United Kingdom achieved independence in April 12 1927. They were part of the British empire.
United Kingdom used to be subjects of Great Britain.
Found on a island off of Europe.









Saudi Arabia
Achieved independence September 23, 1932
Used to be part of the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottomans owned Saudi Arabia in the 16th century.
Found north-east of Africa.










France
No official date of Independence
France was once part of the Greek colonies, Gaul, Roman Gaul, Frankish kingdoms.
Found in west Europe.







Germany
Independence on January 18, 1871
Was first taken by the Germanic tribes then by the Frankish empire
Found next to France in Europe








India
There independence from the UK was in August 15, 1947
India was controlled by Muslim rulers like central Asian warriors in the 16th century
Found next to china

Human Geo

Today in human geo we talked more indepth on the world leaders. There is a new leader in china and his name is Xi Sinping. He takes over the president position from Hu Jintao who was in the leading postion for ten years. His son is attending Harvard University and Xi also spent time in the USA. So he may run China in a more Demoratic fashion. We also talked about the assignment which is four questions for me 5 countries. I picked Afganistan, Iran, Mexico, Brazil and, Venezuela. So I will be working on that in my next post. It will take an hour which kind of stinks with all of the other work that I have to do but I've had worst definatily. So far I have to say, this is a fun class! I'm really enjoying it so far.

Human Geo

Today in human geo we talked about world leaders. I did not know that China's terms as president is 10 years. That is a lot compared to america that only has 4 years per term. In Iran there leader Mahmoud really hard to pronounce last name want to take the jews out or at least get them out of the middle east all because they are not muslim in a world that muslims flood the land. So he has bombs that he is trying to make to wipe out Israel. He thinks that only muslims can control the middle east. So he is trying to get rid of one group to make room for his own.

Absent From Class

Im not doing well so im not going to be at school today

Governments

Mexico

Constitution-Federal Republic 

President- Enrique Pena Nieto 






China

Constitution-Communist State

President- Hu Jintao







India

Constitution- Federal Republic

President-Pranab Mukherjee   


      


Afghanistan

Constitution- Islamic Republic

President- Hamid Karzai





Iran

Constitution-Islamic Republic

President- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Israel

Constitution-Liberal Democracy


President- Shimon Peres and Benjamin Netanyahoo        






Germany

Constitution-Federal Republic


President-Joachim Gauck





United Kingdom

Constitution-Constitutional Monarchy

President-David Cameron






France

Constitution- Semi-Presidential System

President- Francois Hollande


Brazil

Constitution- Federal Republic

President- Dilma Rousseff






Venezuela

Constitution- Federal Republic

President- Hugo Chavez





Saudi Arabia

Constitution- Absolute Monarchy

President-King Abdullah                                      

Human Geo

Question 1. What religion has the most followers and how many followers does that religion have?
Christianity and it has 2.2 billion followers .

Question 2. Where did the vikings mean to go before reaching the USA?
Greenland

Question 3. Was Christopher Columbus a nice guy?
No.

Question 4. What religion uses yoga?
Buddhism and Hinduism

Question 5. What is the oldest monotheistic religion?
Judaism

Human Geo

Today in Human Geo we learned about Muslim, Hinduism, and Buddhism and stink bugs. I would not have burned all of the stink bugs. It must have smelled so bad in there. Anyway I learned that Muslims pray 5 times a day and they always face toward Mecca. That is much different then what I do in life because I don't drop everything and prey. Then I learned that up until a few months ago women could not drive a car or any machinery in that matter. That is awful and other countries still do not let women have rights. Then we learned about Buddhism and that it is about peace of mind. You can be practicing Buddhism and Christianity at the same time because Buddhism lets you worship any god you want so that you can worship Jesus or if you are Muslim then Mohammed at the same time.

Human Geo

Today in Human Geo we learned about things that separate countries. One is religion. Religion is the leading cause for war in the world. It has more wars than money, land, resources, and government. The most popular religion is Christianity with most of there followers in the Americas, Europe and in Southern Africa. If you go to the middle east, it is unlikely to find a Christian because more than likely you will find a Muslim or if you go to India you will probably find a Hindu. Then there is differences in cultures. Countries will have the same religion but they will dislike each other for beliefs in government and a way to live life. So when there is no leader to stop it, war breaks out. Like in Yugoslavia when there was so many different groups and then they all made there own government and started to fight. I think that Mr. Schick was right that we should have the Olympics so that there would be entertainment instead of fighting.

Religions

Christian
It was founded around 30 AD by the apostles of Jesus and Jesus himself. It is a monotheistic religion and the holy book is called the bible. Over 2.1 billion people follow the Christian religion around the world. God is the central figure of this religion. The Christian religion says that God saves us from all sin. There is no one holy place.

Islam
It was founded in 622 CE. It is a monotheistic religion and the holy book is called The Qur'an. It is the second largest religion in the world with 1 to .8 billion people following it, just under the Christian religion. The center part of the religion is the Prophet Mohammed. The center of Islam is Mecca.

Buddhism
It was founded at about 460 B.C and it was founded by Siddhartha Gautama also known as the Budda. It is neither monotheistic or polytheistic. The holy book is called the Tripitaka. Buddhism is followed by 376 billion people making it the 6th biggest religion in the world. The Budda is the central figure There is no central location for Buddhism.

Hinduism
There is no founder and the it was unknown when the date of the religion was created however we know it was created in India. In reality Hinduism is polytheistic. The holy book is called the Vedas. It is the third biggest religion in the world with about 900 million followers. There is no one god because the freedom of the religion. There is no one holy place.

Judaism
The exact date is unknown when it was founded. It is monotheistic because they believe in one god. The holy
book is called the Torah. This religion has 14 million followers. The figures are Abraham, Issac and Jacob. The holy place is called the western wall.

Sources

http://library.thinkquest.org/28505/christianity/intro.htm

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_Christianity_monotheistic_polytheistic_or_nontheistic

http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

http://www.religioustolerance.org/isl_intr.htm

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_Islam_monotheistic_or_polytheistic

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_holy_book_of_Islam_called

http://islam.blurtit.com/q624015.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_Buddhism_founded

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060921172359AAltANm

http://www.buddhanet.net/ans66.htm

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Central_Figure_of_Buddhism

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_current_geographical_center_of_Buddhism

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_and_when_was_Hinduism_founded

http://www.gitananda.org/faq/is-hinduism-polytheistic-or-monotheistic.html

http://uk.ask.com/question/what-is-hinduisms-holy-book

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism#Concept_of_God

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_Judaism_monotheistic_or_polytheistic

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_Jewish_Holy_Books_called

Human Geo

Today in human geo I learned how that different languages can be a big problem to people and countries. I found out that the Canadian Providence Quebec we thinking about leaving Canada because so many people speak French as there primary language. So they wanted to leave Canada because of it. In South America almost everyone speaks Spanish except the biggest country there, Brazil. They speak Portuguese, a language that is not very popular and the only other country that I know that speaks that language as the first choice is Portugal. Some people get mad when someone speaks a different language to them. So they want everyone to speak English. We also saw this survey on how people in America call that fizzing drink soda, pop, coke or something else. Most southern states call it coke. The Midwestern states call it pop and most east and west coast states call it soda. It was very interesting.

Human Geo

Today in human geo we learned about Chris Columbus, Native Americans and Vikings. The native americans were here first when they crossed from Russia into the USA and there was a lot of respect for the land and they treated it as if it was not there's. They came 14,300 years ago. That's a long time ago!  Then came the Vikings. They did not see much interest in the land only lived there for a couple of years. They set up trade post and docs to import and export goods. They also took great care of the land. Then came Christopher Columbus and he was a mean guy on a mission. He did do a great job but he was a nasty guy. He did not like the natives, he killed people and raped women. He was there multiple times so it had to be terrible when he was there. Why do we even celebrate Christopher Columbus day when he was a very evil man.

Human Geo

Today in Human Geo I got my test back and I learned a little bit about Chris Columbus and that he was not the first person to discover the Americas. The vikings were when they were trying to go to Greenland and when they got caught in storms, high winds, and fog, they accidentally discovered the Americas. I find it a little insulting to find out that we were discovered by an accident or non-intentionally. They found Greenland eventually. Also I got a 97 on the test which never happens. I misspelled Pittsburgh which stunk because I hear them so often. I am not a ravens fan but I still hear Pittsburgh so much it makes me sick. I don't even care because I am a Redskins fan. I hope I spelled Pittsburgh right this time.