JC Human Geography

Today in class we took the test on guns germs and steel. The test was 26 questions multiple choice I thought the test was pretty easy there was probably three or four questions that I did not know. But overall I think I did pretty well on it. Some of the the questions were how many cows are in the US now and the answer was 100,000,000. Another question was what is one of the professions that Diamond does NOT have and the answer was professional photography.

Today in class we finished the video guns germs and steel. To sum it up Jared Diamond had a theory why is papa new gini so undeveloped. Some of his ideas were that they lived in the middle of the jungle or because they did not have the foods to progress. They also do not have any animals that can be domesticated. Diamonds final theory was that it all comes down to geographic luck and new gini got dealt a bad hand.

Today in class the video on guns germs and steel talked about domesticating animals which means making them more useful. For example instead of just eating a cow you would make cloths and breed it to get more cows. The first animals to ever be domesticated were goats and sheep. There are only 14 animals that have ever been domesticated they are goats, sheep, pigs, cows, horses, donkeys, bacteria camels, Arabian camels, water buffalo, llamas, rain deer, yaks, mithans, and bail cattle.   

Today in class we watched more of the videos on guns germs and steel by Jared Diamond. It talked about farming and the better and worse crops. In the middle east wheat and barley was growing wild the people used granaries to store the wheat and barley. China grows rice, America grows corn, squash and beans, and Africa grows sorghum, millet and yam. When it comes to farming for the people in Papa New Guini it comes down to Geographic luck.

Today we watched more of the video guns germs and steel. It talked about how the Papa New Guineans gather and hunt food. The women are the gatherers and the men are the hunters the way the men hunt is with stone age weapons such as wooden bows with stone tips and sharpened wooden sticks as spears. The way the women gathered food is by chopping down a tree and striping it to the core, processing it and cooking it. They also could go out and make a shelter with nothing but their hands in a half an hour.

Today we talked about the book guns, germs and steel by Jared Diamond. His novel was published in March 1997 and was broadcasted on PBS in July 2005. Jared is also a professor at university News ELA and majors in biology and human physiology. He also is a bird watcher. 

Today in class we took an the essay for the midterm. The question I chose was option A the question was  Choose three nations from three different parts of the world. Discuss the challenges they face regarding population and migration, using information we learned during our studies (perhaps including CIA World Factbook data, population pyramids, Net Migration Rates, possible overpopulation or underpopulation). Also, analyze what each nation's leaders need to do to deal with these challenges. The essay is worth 25% of the midterm grade.

Nations throughout the world struggle manage their population. It is important to not have too many people or too few people. Japan and India are two countries that have an overpopulation problem, and Greenland is a county that has an underpopulation problem.      The reason Japan and India’s population is so high is because they have 0 Net Migration rate, and the reason Greenland has such a low population is because they have -6 Net Migration Rate. This means that more people are leaving Greenland than coming in and Japan and India no one is leaving or entering. Japans total population is 126,168,156 it is the 10 th biggest country in the world. 37.28% of the people in the country are 25-56 years old which means that most of the county is not in child baring age so not many people will not be having children. Even through the population is so high this does not mean it is rapidly going up Japan only has a 1.42 TFR the TFR need for a population to stay the same ...

Today in class we took a quiz on the demographic transition. It had labeling the demographic chart, some multiple choice questions and the stages stage one through five stage one is low growth, stage two is high growth, stage three is moderate growth, and stage four is low growth. Most of human history was spent in stage one but today no country is in stage one most are in stage two. A country moves from stage two to stage three when the CBR begins to drop rapidly, a society enters stage three when people have fewer children. A country reaches stage four when the CBR declines to a point where it reaches CDR and the NIR approaches zero.

In class today we reviewed what was going to be on the test. Some of the things are the stages of the Demographic transition stage one, two, three, four and five stage one is low growth, stage two is high growth, stage three is moderate growth, and stage four is low growth. Most of human history was spent in stage one but today no country is in stage one most are in stage two. A country moves from stage two to stage three when the CBR begins to drop rapidly, a society enters stage three when people have fewer children. A country reaches stage four when the CBR declines to a point where it reaches CDR and the NIR approaches zero. It is also going to be on Birth and Death rate, Natural increase, Total population, Natural increase and Natural decrease.

Today we copied a model of the Demographic transition it looked like this and we watched a video on demographic transitions by  Darron Gedge's Geography Channel  it talked about why the population grows or shrinks we were shown models of demographic transitions and how countries like Japan and China are dropping in population

Today we went over the demographic transition packet some of the main points on the packet were- the stages of growth the stage one, stage two, stage three and stage four. Stage one is low growth, stage two is high growth, stage three is moderate growth, and stage four is low growth. Most of human history was spent in stage one but today no country is in stage one most are in stage two. A country moves from stage two to stage three when the CBR begins to drop rapidly, a society enters stage three when people have fewer children. A country reaches stage four when the CBR declines to a point where it reaches CDR and the NIR approaches zero.

Today we were given a packet on the demographic transition. We had to underline important terms some of the main terms on the demographic transition were the stages of growth the stage one, stage two, stage three and stage four. Stage one is low growth, stage two is high growth, stage three is moderate growth, and stage four is low growth. Most of human history was spent in stage one but today no country is in stage one most are in stage two. A country moves from stage two to stage three when the CBR begins to drop rapidly, a society enters stage three when people have fewer children. A country reaches stage four when the CBR declines to a point where it reaches CDR and the NIR approaches zero.

Today we went over the religion quiz I got a 76% I only got five questions wrong. I think I could have done better if I went over more of the information that was on the google slides. I do think I did a good amount of studying and preparing for the quiz.

Today we had a quiz on five major religions. The five major religions were Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. I think I did pretty well if I were to give myself a grade I would probably give myself an 87%. The quiz covered Christianity number of adherents: around 2.2 billion (largest in the world) call them: Christians geographic location: Europe, the Americas, southern Africa denominations: Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestants (Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, many more) founder: Jesus Christ (Christianity is Abrahamic in origin) holy book: The Bible, especially the New Testament (gospels) beliefs: Jesus is both human and divine - the Son of God;  he led a virtuous life; he was crucified, died, buried, and resurrected; he ascended into heaven where he reigns w/God the Father  clergy: the Pope is head of the Catholic Church, priests are local authorities Islam number ...

Hinduism  number of adherents: 1.1 billion (third largest) call them: Hindus geographic location: India, Nepal holy book: the Vedas - eternal truths revealed to ancient sages; composed in verse form (meant to be sung and easily memorized) founder: no distinct founder - it is a series of intellectual or philosophical points of view, rather than a rigid, strict set of beliefs - probably the oldest extant religion, although Hinduism is less a religion than a way of life, or a faith Buddhism number of adherents: 500 mill. to 1.5 billion (estimates vary quite a bit, don’t they?) call them: Buddhists geographic location: southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan (there are 1.2 million Buddhists in the United States) founder: Siddhartha Gautama denominations: Tibetan Zen Theravada Amidist Four Noble Truths There is suffering Attachment to desire is the origin of suffering There is a cessation of suffering The Eightfold Path will le...

Today was the first part of learning about religions. Some of the information that we learned was. Christianity number of adherents: around 2.2 billion (largest in the world) call them: Christians geographic location: Europe, the Americas, southern Africa denominations: Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestants (Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, many more) founder: Jesus Christ (Christianity is Abrahamic in origin) holy book: The Bible, especially the New Testament (gospels) beliefs: Jesus is both human and divine - the Son of God;  he led a virtuous life; he was crucified, died, buried, and resurrected; he ascended into heaven where he reigns w/God the Father  clergy: the Pope is head of the Catholic Church, priests are local authorities Islam number of adherents: 1.5 billion (second largest) call them: Muslims geographic location: Indonesia, Middle East, north Africa denomination...

Today we took the test on population. I think I did pretty well on it I studied hard for it and think that the test went well. If I where to estimate I would probably say that I got a 84%. Some of the things on the test were how many people on the planet right now, where most of the population growth rate takes place, how long it took us to get to our first billion, crude birth and death rate, rate of natural increase (RNI), net migration rate, immigration and emigration, push and pull forces, total fertility rate (TFR) and what number it must be to remain the same.

Today in class we reviewed population pyramids and what is going to be on the test on Monday. Some of the questions that are going to be on the test are what side are males/females on, on the pyramid it is males on the left and females on the right. Another question is how old are people in pre reproductive, reproductive and post reproductive years. what sides are males/females on in the population pyramid[males on the left females on the right] how old are people are people in pre reproductive years[1-12 years old] how old are people are people in reproductive years[12-45 years old] how old are people are people in post reproductive years[46 and up]

Today in class we reviewed what is going to be on the test on Monday. It is going to be on how many people are on the planet right now which is 7.6 billion people and where most of the population growth rate takes place which is 90% in developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America. It is also going to be on how long it took us to get to our first billion and crude birth and death rate, and rate of natural increase (RNI). We will also need to know net migration rate, immigration, emigration, push and pull forces, total fertility rate and what number it must be to remain the same that number is 2.1 people on the planet right now [7.6 billion] where most of the population growth rate takes place [90% in developing countries Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin america] how long it took us to get to our first billion [10,000+ years] crude birth and death rate rate of natural increase (RNI) net migration rate  immigration and emigration push and pul...