Test Tomorrow, Study Guide

Today in human geography we discussed what information would be on out test tomorrow. I was very excited about this because I want to very well on this test to make up for the pother one.
What on the Test/Study Guide:

• 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.
• "The Tree"
• Growth rates are slow
• High birth rate
• short life expectance
• Examples:
• Namibia (Africa)
• "The Box"
• Low infant mortality
• Slow population growth
• Long life expectancy
• Examples:
• U.S.A.
• Sweden
• "The Cup"
• Low birth rate
• Shrinking population
• Long life expectancy
• Examples:
• Italy
• Germany

Quiz and Population Pyramids

Today in Human Geography we got our quizzes back. We didn't do very well, I think that I had all the information, but I didn't put every little thing in my blog. I had just written the over view. I felt confidant, but I did not do so great. I hope to learn from my mistakes and do very well on the test that is on Friday. I am about the make notecards for them right now. We also continued to discuss the population pyramids. We looked at lots of examples and some of the reasons for why they would look like this. For example we look at a city in North Dakota, and most of their population was college kids. This was because the city had a major college in it, so therefore the population was higher than most in that age group. 

Population Pyramids

Today in Human Geography we took a quiz about the "Lost Boys Video". I believe that I did very well on this test but I do know that I got two questions wrong.
After the test we started a new PowerPoint about 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.

End of the Movie: The Lost Boys

It has now been three years since the boys moved to America. They have gotten a good education, and have good jobs. Panther has decided to go to Africa and find his girlfriend. Once he does this he will bring her back to America and marry her. Meanwhile John Bul was searching for his family. He had finally made contact with them and had news that his parents were living and his sister, but that his uncles and aunts had not survived the war. He soon was able to make enough money and fly them here. The reunion was very emotional and happy for all of them. John soon went to Sudan and built a medical house for the men and women in Sudan. This medical house has changed many lives of the men, women, and children. Lastly Daniel went to college and completed all his degrees, but he did not have the same outcome as the others. They are all very thankful for the opportunity that they were given and hope to give it to some other of the lost boys.

Part 3: The Lost Boys

The Boys have been living in America for two mouths. They are starting to feel comfortable in the culture, and they continue to work hard and make money. As time goes on the boys start to realize that their neighbors are not very fond of them and have been complaining to the police. One of the changes that they have found difficult for them is that if you are ever lost, you can just walk up to someone and ask them for help and they will help. This is not how things work in America, if you just walk you to someone's house there are most likely to call the cops or ask you to leave. They were also told by the police to not travel in groups for Americans felt intimidated by them. These are some of the challenges that the boys have had to face. Now about a year and a half living in America, they were feeling lonely , they no longer were allowed to walk in groups together, or spend time at home because they would be working, or in school. They decided to drop out of college and save their money to invite some of the lost boys from Kenya refugee camp. They will always have the relationship with the boys and will never forget the sadness of their country, or the joy of coming to America.

The Trip to America: Lost Boys

The lost boys finally got on their plane and were heading for America. They were very amazed by the plane and the things it could do. On the plane they had American food for the first time and they said that their own food was better. I believe they said this because they didn't know how to eat the food the way that we do, for example on of the boys was eating butter, just straight-up butter. Once he had eaten it he made a strange face as if to say "this is disgusting", we would agree with him, you don't just eat butter plain. Once they arrived to America they were shocked to see all the people and culture. They soon were assigned their apartment and they were discovering new things their too. They learned how to "use" electricity, learned what a shower is, and that we use trash cans, you don't throw your food out the window when you are done with it. They continued to learn new things about their apartment, I think the most shocker to them was that the each got their own bed. Later on in the day they went to a grocery store, and they learned how to provide food for themselves. They were enjoying their new life in America, but they were still concerned about the other boys and how they were doing. They said that they were doing this for them, to possibly give them an opportunity to come to America. They thought about the other boys constantly and that hopefully soon their country will regain peace, but for now they were very grateful for the opportunities that they had been given. 

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.