What i did and didn't like...

I liked this class a lot.  I thought that it was pretty interesting, but I would rather learn about everything by watching more videos or doing fun things instead of almost always taking notes.  I thought that Mr. Schick was really fun and exciting during class.  He always has a ton of energy too!  i liked this class but i would just rather do more fun things to learn.  Overall i liked it a lot.

Test review day on GG&S

Today we reviewed over everything we needed to know for the test tomorrow.  We also finished the last 15 minutes of the video.  The new information i acquired from that was...

• all the useful animals were NOT native to Papanewguinea, Australia, or Africa.  
• the llama was the only one of all 14 animals that was from South America
• the rest of the animals were from mesoamerica, and Europe.
• people thrived in the Fertile crescent
• the east and west of the fertile crescent was the same climate (Latitude)
• different geographical places were why we had so much "cargo".  We had a geographical advantage. 
• Papanewguinea is between Asia and Austrailia

More Notes on the Video

• China makes rice
• America makes corn, squash, and beans
• Africa makes sorgu, milk, and yams
• Papua has sago.
• Good domesticated animals should be able to reproduce at a very early age of life. Have to be herbivores
• They can't be carnivores because then you have to provide and raise other animals for them to eat
• the animals need to get along with humans
• Goats
• Sheep
• Pigs
• Cows
• horses
• mithians  
• Donkeys
• camels (2 types)
• Buffalo
• Reindeer
• Lamas
• Yaks 
• Cattle  

Guns, Germs, and steel video

Jared Diamond:

has traveled around the world
Papua New guinea
is a bird watcher
UCLS Las Angeles professor (biologist)
cargo-  stuff you own
human Philosophy
Newguineans thought power was determined by race
all great civilizations have some things in common:
advanced technology
large population
well organized work force
sago tree- a lot of food in it
not super nutritious
have to eat it quickly
takes awhile to harvest
barley and wheat were food in the Middle East
very plentiful
Drah- the very first early official settlement
granary- a place to store food like the wheat
domestication- to cross breed things

1/9/14 class

Today we discussed more about urbanization, how it was formed, and the different places it began.  We also talked about Urban revolution, the five hearths of urbanization, the diffusion of urbanization, Aztec and Roman cities etc.  Mr. Schick passed around "An illegal rock" as the class called it.  I cannot remember where his daughter got it from but it was from a very old wall somewhere in Rome.

1/8/14

Today in class we found out our grades for the test part of the exam. after the we started a new section on Urban Geography. It deals with showing how urban areas were back over thousands of years ago and how it changed over time. not only does it show that but how quickly they have changed from becoming rural to urban in a matter of a couple years!  

Exam Review (Friday the 13th) 12/13/13

Study Guide to the Semester Exam - Human Geo - Fall 2013


1. Introduction (Excellence)
a. A Letter to Garcia
b. Socrates/ancient Greeks
c. Did You Know?/Shift Happens
d. Globalization
e. Infrastructure

2. Population and Migration
a. population pyramids
b. crude birth rate, crude death rate, RNI, TFR- total fertitlity rate, rate of natural increase
c. immigration/emigration, NMR- net migration rate
d. push forces, pull forces
e. developed nations, developing nations
f. God Grew Tired of Us

3. Cultural Geography
a. language (bilingual nations, official language)
b. major religions (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism)
c. ethnic heritage

4. Political Geography
a. country, nation, state, nation/state
b. World Leaders of the 12 nations we studied (plus the US)
c. type of government, leader and title, recognize photographs

5. Economic Geography
a. microfinance
b. infrastructure
c. Kiva
d. Peace Corps

• Socrates- the unexamined life is unworth living
• we are training for jobs that don't even exist yet
• push forces- war going on 
• pull forces- good health care, stable economy, freedom etc.  
• developed nation- have infrastructure (electricity, good education system, good health care system, airports, harbors, ways to transport goods or receive them)    
• developing nation- doesn't have infrastructure
• different countries that have different problems, and realize that we have it pretty good here compared to other countries.  
• we don't have an official language
• Canada has 2 official languages
• its is important to learn about language; it is good to be aware of cultural differences
• English is the business language
• looking at people and things from a different point of view
• economic background is important.  (know world leaders with this background)
• know where the leaders are located on the map
• how do little loans help places that really need it?
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