Agora-
a popular political assembly
Arête-
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character
Polis-
an ancient Greek city/state
The year 508 BC-
Cleisthenes grants full rights to all free men of Athens
Socrates-
Athenian philosopher
The death of Socrates-
he was punished for criticizing critics, therefor he was made to drink poison
hemlock
The Socratic Method-
a teacher continuing to ask their students questions, to challenge their
answers.
What the ancient Greeks
meant if they called you an idiot- Required to Vote or
Risk Being Labeled Idiots
Review on Socrates:
We continued to discuss
about Socrates and the Greeks way of living. The reason why Socrates was
sentenced to death is because he was becoming a threat to some people, and he
would criticize other people’s way of thinking. He was sentenced to death
because he was corrupting the minds to the youth. Also he was charged with
disrespecting the Gods, which was a very big deal in ancient Greece. Socrates
was a well-respected man to some people, so for them to see, or hear of him
dying, it made them very upset. Socrates was a man who change the way of
teaching and thinking forever.
The “Did You Know” video:
That China will soon
become the number one English speaking country. This amazed me because I would
think that Chinese would soon become the number one language in the world. Not
that they would be learning English. This would have an impact on my life
because it would be easier for me to talk to people in other countries,
especially in China. Technology plays a big part in my life, for example I use
my computer for 50% or more of my classes, technology has come a long way and
is being used in many different ways today. The top 10 jobs in 2010 did not
exist in 2004. This fact shows how much the world is really changing, and how
far we have come in 6 years, and wondering what is to come in the future will
be the most exciting thing. Because jobs are changing so quickly the option of
my generation having a job and staying with that job for 10 years or more is
very slim. By having technology apart of our lives new jobs are coming about,
like the fact says, jobs will be continuously changing over the years. Every
four minutes 60 babies will be born in the U.S., 224 babies will be born in
China, and 351 babies will be born in India. I had not realized how much the
population was growing, and this fact really shocked me. This impacts me,
because there are 635 babies being born every four minutes, and that is just in
three countries. The world is becoming very populated, and that makes a problem
in the future. I believe that we have just started to see the new and amazing
technology that is being invented, and there is more to come that will change
the way we live forever.
The Nike Video:
After having a day to
think about the Nike video and how they treated the workers, I realized how
bad, and inhumane it is to do that. We also did a follow up and looked at a
recent article to see what Nike had done about their mistreatment of their
workers. The article basically said that the difference Nike had made was that
they gave their workers an apartment to live in, and would be giving them $4.00
a day instead of $1.25. This does help things but Nike found a ways to
"cheat", the minimum wage in Indonesia was $4.00, and Nike was
looking for a way to get around that. Nike would pay government officials, (or
whoever was in charge) so that they would not enforce the law for their
company, and they could get away with paying Nike workers less than $4.00. Also
this apartment wasn't very nice either, but it was better than what they had.
By hearing these facts makes me very depressed and I wish that they could just
treat people right. Nike makes very high quality athletic wear, it is just a
shame how they run their company and treat their workers.
Population Migration:
The main topics covered
life expectancy, migration, and the fertility rate. The life expectancy is the
average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year.
Over seven million people are living in the world, and there are more to come.
Immigration is an excess of people entering the Country, normally this will be
positive. The opposite of immigration is emigration and that is excess of
people leaving the Country, this will be a negative. 90% of the Earth's growth
and population comes from Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America. The
death and birth rate are calculated by the number of births/deaths per 1,000 of
the population. To find the rate of natural increase you have to subtract the
death rate from the birth rate, and then divide that by ten, this is called the
annual growth rate. Push forces, and pull forces are leaving a Country for a
reason, or for coming to a Country for a certain reason. Some push forces are,
wars, unemployment, religious, and persecution. Some of the pull forces are better
economic opportunity, religious and political freedom, and better health care.
The fertility rate is the average number of children born. For the world to
stay at the same population the fertility rate would need to be 2.1 every year.
The world's population continues to grow rapidly.
The Lost Boys:
Today in Human Geography
we watched a movie about the civil war in Sudan. The North and the South had
gone to war, the North was destroying the South. The government was to go to
the South and kill all the men, women, and children. The women were killed and
so were the men. The children were left behind and suffered the war. These
children were mostly boys and they were given the name "the lost
boys". They had to flee their country or have the risk of being killed in
the war or by anything else. They went to Ethiopia and found a refugee camp
where they were safe and had food, water, and shelter. Ethiopia's government
soon collapsed and the refugee camp was gone. The boys were again forced to move.
They traveled to Kenya, this travel was very hard, and more than half of the
boys had died on the trip to Kenya. The ones who made the trip made it to a
safe refugee camp. At this camp they got an education, food, and shelter. After
about 15 years of the boys staying in the camp, many more came but they were
beginning to give up hope in their dream of going home. The United States
started a program that sent some of the boys to live in America and start a
live there. We stopped the movie there and we will see what happens when they
go to America and start new lives.
Population Pyramids:
Population Pyramids are
used to analyze growth, or decline of the fertility rate, mortality, and
migration in cities. These can be put into three different shapes, the
Christmas tree, the box, and the cup.
The Christmas tree:
This show that the
growth rates are slow
There is a high birth
rate
There is a short life
expectancy.
The Box:
This shows low infant
mortality
Low population
Have longer life
expectancy.
The Cup:
Low birth rate
Shrinking population
Long life
expectancy
These facts and ways to
see the population are very interesting, and hopefully we will continue to
learn more about them.
Study Guide for Population Migration:
Crude Birth Rate=
number of births per 1,000 of the population
Crude Death Rate=
number of deaths per 1,000 of the population
Rate of Natural
Increase= subtract the death rate from the birth rate, divide by 10 (the annual
Growth Rate
Net Migration Rate=
the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country
during a year
Immigration=
an excess of persons entering the country
Emigration=
an excess of persons leaving the country
Push Forces=
reasons for leaving
Examples:
wars, unemployment, religious
Pull Forces=
reasons for staying
Examples:
better economic opportunity, health care, political freedom
Total Fertility Rate=
average number of children born (per woman). For the population to stay the
same it needs to stay at 2.1
Population Pyramids=
a graph to analyze growth/decline of fertility, population, and growth in
migration.
Study Guide for Cultural Geography:
Cultural
characteristics- learned characteristics from a certain cultural or group. Can
be seen through:
Language:
Spanish
unites the Hispanic world
Brazil
is the only South American nation that speaks Portuguese
Canada
is a bilingual language:
French
English
Switzerland
has multiple languages
English
is considered the number one business language in the world
Called
the “lingua franca"
Ethnic heritage:
Countries,
like Yugoslavia, have many ethnic groups and they get along fine.
There
soon became problems in Yugoslavia, and the country split up
When
one group has more power the weaker on is mostly to be punished
Not
all groups have the same outcome, like the U.S. for example
Religion:
Five
major religions:
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism-
the people are decedents of Abraham
Christianity
Islam
Muslim
groups:
Shiites
Sunnis
Millions
of people believe in the same thing
Jews,
Christians, and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as their holy site
They
are constantly fighting over this spot
Spatial divisions-
how we divide the livable space found on the Earth by establishing social,
economic, and political control
Countries
Economic alliances:
North
America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Association
of Southeast Asian Nations
Political
alliances:
North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Commonwealth
of Nations
Originations
of American States
Reasons for spatial
divisions:
Difference
in culture, language, or religion
Historical
boundaries
Imperial
conquest and control
Economic
similarities and differences
Nationalism-
the belief that you nation is superior to all others
Economic differences-
fertile land, access to the coast, fishing rights, natural resources, different
economic philosophies
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