class participation

I think i should get a 95% for class participation. Every class if i had a question i asked and when there were questions to be answered, i made an attempt even if it was not right. I tired my hardest when Mr. Schick asked where we are in movies i raised my hand and was willing to tell him where we were and what my last notes i took were. When we went over tests, i had my hand up to take a guess even if the answer was not right. I THINK THIS CLASS IS AMAZING(: The only suggestion i can make is taking notes on our computers instead of our notebooks.

lockin it down

Today in class we had a lock down in the beginning of the class. It lasted for about 25 minutes and we all hid in the corner. When we hid in the corner there were police officers in the halls checking to see if there were a shooter to enter the building if we could be seen. Once the class rooms were all checked and cleared we returned to the class. We watched part 4,5,6 of the Jared Diamond videos on Guns germs and also steel. There were many places in the world that were starting to develop more advanced societies. Also we learned that there are over 2 million animals in this world capable of being domesticated, but only 14 of them have been able to fit the requirements. Goats, sheep, cows, and horses are some of the more popular domesticated animals. This is because they offer the skin, food, and horse power to the people. Other animals like pigs are just for the food but are still domesticated.

LOCK DOWN

Today in class Mr. Schick tired not to scare all of us, but failed. We went over the procedures and what to do if a shooter were to enter our school and we were in his class. Tomorrow we get to practice this. Then he answered a couple of our questions that ended up taking the entire class. Some of the questions were like why don't some of the teachers just have a gun. But that would not be efficient because then the school would have to pay to let all the teachers have gun safety courses so they know how to operate it. Also, we learned that in case of emergency all the doors in the school are to stay locked. When you leave the classroom, and when you come back the person closest to the door is supposed to let you in. At the end of class Mr. Schick talked about how he is pretty sure since we have gone 50 years without anything that nothing is going to be happening this time either. But that is probably what the people in Columbine and Sandy Hook said too, "this will never happen to us."

movie

Today in class we were still watching part of the movie. Here are some of the notes i took during class today:
1. Advanced technology and large populations is something all successful civilizations had.
2. They all also had a well organized work force.
3. Jared Diamond wanted to find a time where everyone in the world lived the same and no technological advancements had yet been made.
4. People were thriving in the Middle East of the world.
5. Sago, barley, and wheat were natural occurring in the Middle East.
6. Drought lasted a long time, and it was harder to find food, but some how the people living in the area managed to live.
7. drah/draa is the oldest village found. this is a archaeological site where evidence of ancient civilization is found.
8. eleven and a half thousand years ago drah existed and people were living there.
9. Corn, squash, and beans were growing in the Americas.
10. China is now going to start growing rice.
11. People began growing their own food and essentially starting farming based societies.

Today

Today in class we started to watch a movie on guns germs and steel. It taught me a lot of new information about the people who live in New Guinea. They do not have any tools and there fore are forced to rely on the materials they can find in the habitat surrounding them. The built houses that sit higher off the ground, and my guess for this is because they don't want natural predators and animals to be able to reach them. Also, they run on a hunting and gathering type of society where they have to go out and shoot their dinner for each night. A while ago people from the Americas landed a plane in New Guinea and they showed them a record player. This symbolized money back then so owning one was a huge advancement. This movie shows that some civilizations were able to advance quicker then others.

Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond was born on September 10th, 1937. He had written a lot of popular science books, one of which called the Third Chimpanzee. He is an American scientist but is known for his writing more. He has 3 total books. He works at the University of California as a professor for Geography.  He is from Massachusetts but he was born into a Jewish family where he learned much about this religion. His first book went into the specifics of human evolution and how it is related to the modern world today and how we are formed. He has a lot of field experience as he traveled to New Guinea for 22 different expeditions. Also he took part of field projects that were for the Indonesian Government for wildlife fund over there. Guns, Germs, and Steel is his most important book. Speaks some of the languages of the tribes that live over there so he can converse with them when he goes over there. He is an american Anthropologist and Sociologist. Jared studies a lot of birds and their evolution and ecology in the world today. He received a publishing award, the Genius award, and many others including best selling author.

Guns germs and steel is a movie as well as a book. This book exposes the forces that played a part in shaping human history over the past 10,000 years. He compares the differences to the world back then to the world today. This book was written in 1997. He tries to argue gaps between the power and technology of people causes environmental differences. Since we started out at hunters and gatherers, he tells that we then switched into an agricultural type of society over a certain amount of time. Eurasia's agricultural advancements arose faster then any other places due to the fact that they have a greater availability of plants and animals. Sub Saharan people mostly relied on wild animals because they had a small amount of area where plants and animals even had a chance to survive. Book title means farm based society conquered other areas. Military superiority refers to how Christopher Columbus was able to take down the people who were already there. They were more technological advanced so they got a advantage and got mostly all they wanted to get. WESTWARD EXPANSION. The first part discussed how some civilizations have advanced and progressed and become more dominant and some haven't.

Presentations

Today in class we finished our presentations. The two groups that went today were both on China's side. I learned that many of the types of shoes we wear are made in China, there for if we did not have trade with them then we would not have shoes like Vans and Uggs. Also, there are some types of cars that we drive here in the states we would also not have if it weren't for our trading with China. After those two groups presented, we started out test review. Ben did our test review mostly for us and made us understand what was going to be on the test. There is going to be short answers versus long written out essays. I also realized that i need to start looking over my notes about thing like and TFR and also Socrates. Lastly, i will also need to start studying my world leaders and the countries they are associated with.

today in class.

Today in class we met the shadows from Japan. It is interesting to see what they do compared to what we do. Then we were still working on our projects in our small groups of class mates. I was doing more research on the reason as to why we should be buying United States cars, particularly the Ford sport trac and i learned that it got discontinued in 2011. Even though it was discontinued it was still 90% made in America. The reason as to why it might have done so well is because it is a truck. Many jobs in the United States require a large amount of tools to be carried, therefore a truck has the capacity needed to have all the tools carried from job to job safely. Also, the crash testing on mostly all Ford cars was the best out of all cars. In China, the safety testing is much weaker and it pays off. When they get in accidents, the car tends to buckle in the front, making the car and the person inside probably injured and the car totaled.

Project!

Today in class we started to work on a project in small groups. For the project we have to debate from either the Chinese side or American side of who we should be buying our products from. My group has to debate that it is better to be buying all of our goods or at least most of them from American builders and manufacturers. If we did this, it would probably boost the economy of the United States and we would not be going through the economic depression we are currently going through. In the project i am in charged of finding a product the US and china both make, and seeing the pros and cons of both. Then i have to figure out how much of a car can be produced in china and how much can be made in the states alone. I found that the Ford sport trac can be made 90% in the united states without the help of any other country and without importing any other materials to help.

Peoples republic of capitalism

Today in class we watched the peoples republic of capitalism part 3 again. Here are some of the notes i took while watching the movie:
1. Cameras follow traffic around the town of Chongqing.
2. They says foreigners grew up with cars where many of them are 30 and 40 and just learning how to drive for the very first time.
3. When Chinese get enough money to buy a car it is very special for them because they have something to rely on instead of walking or bus riding.
4. People will cross the road anywhere they want and do not even wait for the traffic.
5. Wanxing workers get paid less money with the new Chinese owner then they did with the old states owner.
6. Buick car ownership has a history in China.
7. GM markets sell gas guzzlers with are turning people away because they can not afford to pay for a lot of gas.
8.  25,000 new cars are put on the road per day in China, almost as much as the United States.
9. Foreigners can not sell cars in China unless at least 50% of their business is affiliated with the Chinese. 10.
10. Chinese show capitalism at its finest.

Terms

Capitalism-

an economic system and political system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by the private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth. 

Communism-

a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. A revolutionary socialist movement to create class list and state list social order.

Free enterprise-

an economic and political doctrine holding that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a freely competitive market through the relationship of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental intervention and regulation. Freedom of private business to organize and operate for prophet in a competitive system without interference of government beyond regulation nesisary to protect the public interest and keep the nation economy in balance.

Free market-

an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.

Part 3

Today in class we watched the last part of the first movie, than began to watch the third one. In the third one it was about cars and how insurance is an important part of driving. If someone gets in a car accident and does not have insurance, then if the person who’s fault the accident was can’t pay for it, there is a problem. In China, if you have a car accident then a Liberty Mutual agent will come to the scene and try to settle a dispute right on the spot. If the accident was a minor one and no agent needs to come, then the person who committed the accident will just give the other person some money and send them off on their own ways. Also, the major road ways the Chinese workers build, they build them by hand. This is hard work, and takes long amount of time. Then after they are built, they need to be tested to make sure they are safe enough to drive on.

Movie

Today in class we were watching the rest of the movie we have been watching. There is on lady in the movie where her and her husband combined make a total of $600 per year. Most of this money is spent on their child's education. The father does not think it is worth the money or needed because since they are paying for a GIRLS education, she is never going to grow up to be able to own her own business or get a big job because she is a girl. In China, girls still get treated differently then men. This shows the poor side of China, but on the other hand there was a family who lived in Chongqing who had a almost mansion of a house and could afford very expensive furnishings like sofas from name brands, and other things too. Then we learned about how dependent the United States and China are on each other. We take very simple products like cotton witch is grew in North Carolina then sent to China to be made into fabric or threat, then sent back to the states to be made into clothing, furniture, etc. If we were to ever go to war with China, which i very unlikely, the United States could be in potential trouble. At the same time however, people over here in the states kind of want us to stop going to China for help and buying from them even if the prices of our goods went up. Many believe this is what we need to do to strengthen our economy.

Movie

Today in class we had a double. For the first part we talked about how the Twinkies company, Hostess, is going out of business. The workers went on strike because other companies were doing better selling other goods and Hostess was making less money. The workers could the decide to come back a work fora little less money, or they could all get together and tell their boss what they think and not come back to work. Most workers chose the second option, making the company have to file for some type of bankruptcy. Then we learned about both types of bankruptcy. The second half of class we continued on watching our video. In the video i learned that most of the items you would buy in Walmart, are made by the Chinese. This is what gives Walmart the ability to sell things to people for less money. I think this video is very interesting in learned about our economy and how China might be helping and hurting it.

economy(:

Today in class we continued to watch the movie we started in class yesterday about our economy. Here are some of the notes i took today:

1. Chongqing is the #1 city in China that a lot of United States people don't know about, but they have a larger population compared to most Chinese cities.

2. China is slowly taking more and more of our jobs away from us

 

3. They have Walmart and other United States companies in China. :)

4. Kids get trained in things like technology and English at early ages to become successful.

5. China does not provide workers with a minimum wage like in the United States. 

6. Government officials make a family pay a lot of money to have more then one kid due to the large population. 

7. Poor people are China's strengths and weaknesses.

8. Many Chinese work on some type of assembly line simply because they get paid a little bit more money. If they don't like this as their job there are 1,000's of other people who would happily take the job.

9. At the end of the year they hope to have enough money to afford a pig so they can either beef it up to slaughter it or they can sell it for more money at a market. 

10. Men make more then women. Men usually get $3-4 a day. A women usually makes $1-2 per day.

 

11. China does not have child labor laws like the United States enforces among all people. 

12. There were parents in the video who's combined annual salary per year was $600. Half of that income went toward private education for their child. 

13. Jobs in the United States are going to people in China quickly, leaving more and more people in the states looking for a new job to help support families. 

Economic geography

Today in class we got our test back that you recently graded. I did better on this test then i have in previous ones because i studied and put more time and effort into the blogs i have been doing lately. I learned that Dilma Rousseff had the famous parrot perch performed on her due to her attempt to try and over throw the government in her country. Then we moved on to start watching a short movie on the economy of the word, but for the most part it was focusing on China. In the  beginning many people were at a job fair taking place in a state in the United States. Then they were describing how many of the United States jobs have been given to people in China. For example, there was a cotton farm in the United States who shipped their cotton to china to be made into fabric cotton. Little things like these are slowly starting to make China more powerful in terms of their economy. They are starting to rebuild their economy because they had a earthquake that destroyed many towns around it, making the economy worst for a short amount of time.

Today

Today in class we went over the directions of the paper due on Monday. Mr. Schick taught us how to format the paper we had to write. I learned that the paper had to be centered to the right and we had to put our first and last name on it along with human geography mod 2. Then we have to put the date of when we wrote the paper. Then we have to put the title of the paper like World leaders at the top in the middle. Then, Mr. Schick taught us about how we should not count the amount of word we use and just write our paper. Then we talked about how Israel and the Pakistanis are shooting bombs and rockets at each other and are killing many of people, including a baby. The people are mad and want to put a stop to this; however they think this could probably lead to a war between the people. However, they don’t want it to end like this since 19 already died. 

More Facts

Today in class we went over our homework from last night. Here are some of my notes from class today:

1.       United States independence is July 4, 1776.

2.       Porter Rico wants to become their own state, not just a colony.

3.       In China, the new leader took over today and he has a daughter over her in the United States who is currently attending the Harvard University.

4.       In Afghanistan, planes can’t land so it is very hard for our troops to help again the Taliban in Afghanistan.

5.       China has been one of the oldest civilizations, and has been around for thousands of years.

6.       India was controlled by Muslim rulers in the 19^th century.

7.       Brazil was part of the Portugal Empire.

8.       Afghanistan was a conquering and a conquered place before declaring their independence.

9.       France declared their independence on July 14^th, 1789.

10.   Before Germany was unified, they were the center of the Holy Empire.

11.   Mexico was controlled by Spain, and were called new Spain at one time before they achieved their independence.

12.    Spaniards colonized Mexico when they got their independence.

13.   The Brazilians achieved their independence on September 2^nd, 1822.

14.   France has always kind of been independent.

15.   Saudi Arabia got established September 23^rd, 1932. 

In class work

Today in class we went over the world leaders locations on the map. Then we learned that we were going to have to do a project with the relationships of the United States with other countries in the world. Then we also learned there were two different sides we could take weather we wanted to talk about our relationship with Israel and how the other country wants to bomb them, and what we should or should not do. I think if we bombed them it would be automatic war, but if not we could get in a war with the other side. So the United States is in a bad situation with the possible nuclear threat. Also, we started to find world locations on a map. That is because for the test we are going to have to know where they all are located in the world. Then, we learned tomorrow we would learn more on our project due Mondays  class.



BLOG WAS NOT LATE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT IN CLASS.

COUNTRY LOCATIONS

Mexico:
Mexican war of independence was when Mexico and also the Spanish officials fought over boarders. Mexico gained independence on September 16, 1810, recognized by Spain. Before their independence, many different civilizations were settled in mexico like the Myan and Olmec tribes. Mexico was previously part of Spain before they separated due to the outcome of the war.


Iran:
Unlike many other of the Middle East countries  Iran managed to stay independent, so therefore they never needed to gain their independence in the first place. Iran is the home of most of the worlds largest and oldest civilizations ever known. since they stayed independent,they were never art of another colony however, they were defeated by Alexander the great.


Germany:
On January 18, 1871 Otto Van Bismarck  the president of Prussia, unified separate states in Germany as on nation state. However, they never really needed to gain independence as a whole. After world war 2, Germany was watched very toughly. Therefore, like Iran Fermany never was part of another country. 


France:
France was never  a colony, but instead they were a independence from the start. Therefore, they were never a part of any other country. However, they did have to fight to keep their Independence from other nations a long time ago.


Venezuela:
The Venezuelan war of independence was one of the wars of the Spanish American wars. Latin Americans fought against the rule of Spanish empire. Before this war, they were a part of Spain, then gained their independence through war.  Half of the white Venezuelans were killed in this bloody battle. Before independence, Venezuela had always hoped to be free of Spain and Spanish rule.
 

United Kingdom:

The UK was officially independent on April 12, 1927.

The country ruled other countries and covered a large amount of land. They never actually had anyone control them fully. The United Kingdom in located in Europe and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean.

Afghanistan:

Afghanistan gained independence on August 19, 1919.

At first, Britain controlled Afghanistan. A tribe called the Pashtuns founded Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a very important trade route in history; the Silk Road is located here. Currently there is a war happening here, so it’s not very safe. Afghanistan is located in South Central Asia and is surrounded by other countries.

Brazil:

Brazil gained independence in September 7, 1822.

Brazil was under the Portuguese rule for over three centuries before becoming independent. The Portuguese claimed the land in April 1500. Brazil became very popular because of the amount of silver and gold that was being found there. Brazil is located in South America.

Saudi Arabia:

Saudi Arabia was established on September 23, 1932.

The first colony was founded in the 18th century. This country is also known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This country was founded by Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, after Muhammad's death who is the current president. They are leading in oil exports. Saudi Arabia can be found in the Middle East and is bordered by many countries.

India:

India became independent in August 15, 1947.

India was once ruled by the United Kingdom. They have many historic trade routes and the second largest population and is home to many different religions. India is located in Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea.