questions

1. What is the population of the United States?

316,668,567

2. What are the five largest countries in the world, by population?

China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil

3. What is the population of Pakistan?

193,238,868

4. What kind of government does the United States have?

Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition

5. What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe?

95%

6. What is the largest country in the world by area?

Russia

7. What country has the third greatest number of airports?

Mexico

8. What country has the greatest number of exports?

China

9. What country exports more oil than any other?

Saudi Arabia

10. What country imports more oil than any other?

United States

11. What country has the second largest proved reserves of crude oil in the world?

Venezuela

12. Can women serve in combat roles in China’s military?

yes

13. What is GDP?

the gross domestic product. It represents the total dollar value of all goods

14. What country has the highest GDP per capita in the world, and how much is it?

Qatar

15. Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita? - No

16. Most of the countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what continent?

Africa

17. 11 of the top 12 countries with the highest number of deaths from HIV/AIDS can be found

in which continent? africa

18. What other country is in the top ten?

Nigeria

19. Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths?

18th

20. Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones?

No

21. What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic?

23.9 %

22. What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic?

82.7 %

23. What is Net Migration Rate?

How many people leave a country

24. Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world?

No

25. According to the Factbook, what is the current population of the entire planet?

7,095,217,980

Class today

12 years ago on this very day, history was made.  Everyone knows this as the terrorist attack on 9/11.  Since it seemed appropriate to talk about 9/11 today in class, that is what the first half of the class was about.  Mr. Schick was telling us what he was doing the day of the attack and the reactions of the people around him when he had found out.  He happened to be teaching at John Carroll that day.  My class and I, don't remember any part of this because we were all around the age of 2 when it happened.  After talking about 9/11, we talked how american fast food restaurants that are popular in China and Japan, have changed their culture.  We also talked about this huge KFC and McDonald's restaurant in China.  

Shift Happens

  Today in class, we watched "fun fact" videos and discussed what each fact meant since they were kind of confusing.  Thank goodness we went over all of that because I wouldn't have known what each one meant.

1.  25% of India's smartest kids, is more than to entire U.S population!
I chose this as one of my facts to write about because, It amazes me that so many people live in that country!  When I was younger, I used to think The United States had the biggest population on this earth.  I find it interesting that India has the amount of people that it does and is still growing!

2.  1 in 4 workers have been with their employer for less than a year, and 1 in 2 have been there less than 5 years.
i thought this was interesting because Mr. Schick was talking about how people used to get a job and keep it for almost the rest of their lives unless they find a better one etc.  I think that when I am old enough to start working, I probably will have a lot of different employers and jobs over my lifetime which is the main reason i picked this fact to write about.

3. 1 out of 6 couples in America met online!
I think that this was not only interesting but weird.  You don't even know the "real" person you are talking to which makes no sense to me.  anyways, I chose this last fact because I thought it was another good one to write about.

Steven "teaches" the class

    In class yesterday, Steven was our teacher.  He was really confused about what to say and what to "teach" us.  The class had to help him out.  It was so funny watching Steven attempt to teach the class.  Most of the time, he had no idea what to talk about or what questions to ask us.  Towards the end of class, he started getting better with the questions.  Mr. Schick thought that Steven's "teachings" were hilarious.  It has been one of the most exciting and funny classes I have had so far!

vocab discussion

 
   Today in class, we went over the vocab words that were assigned the night before.  When Mr. Schick would ask the class questions about the vocab words, 99% of the time we never answered, participated, or even just raised our hand to try answering the questions.  Mr. Schick wasn't too happy about this.  He told us that if we didn't start participating in class, that we would have to start writing essays.  I would rather not do that, so i hope that the class, including myself, start participating more in class.

5 Things in Order to Succeed

1.   I will use all of my time for my free mods wisely.

2.  I will take full responsibility for all of my homework by turning it in on time.

3.  I will study my hardest for upcoming tests or quizzes.

4.  I will pay very close attention in my classes and take good notes.

5.  I will be a good friend and a good student.