9-18-09

Today we disscused Fertility rate, in poor places and wealthy places.

class 09-16-09

Today in class we watched a youtube video about technology and stuff.

I got called old lol!

Population Pyramids

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
11:23 AM

Learning-objectives: teach us components of the pyramid. -gather and analyze info.

• Graphically represent the age and gender distribution of a certain population
• Can be represented by region and by country
• Help human geographers determine what is happening to individual populations across the globe

• Age: younger at the bottom old at the top
• Males on the left and females on the right
• Percentage under the age of 15: global average is 30% , ( Europe ) low is 17%. (Africa) high of 42 percent; high number indicates great potential for future growth, % of population over age 65: identifies need for health care and other social services
• Life expectancy: average number of years a person is expected to live; affected by many factors

• What its good for

• Which country has an overall higher life expectancy
○ Nation B
• Which country has a larger percentage of young population
○ Nation A
• If both countries have the same total population, which will be larger twenty years from now? Why?
○ Nation B because their people life longer and won't die so easily.

9-14-09

Today we had a quiz.......

Pros and cons of globalization

The World Bank makes loans to poor countries so they can have a stronger economy.



The International Monetary Fund makes short-term loans to countries that are having financial trouble.



The World Trade Organization works to reduce trade barriers between nations to improve economic globalization and tries to mediate between nations and trading blocks that are arguing over trading.



All three groups are for globalization (pro-globalizers).

1. North America - J

2. Latin America - D

3. The Caribbean - L

4. Sub-Saharan Africa - G

5. Southwest Asia and North Africa (The Middle East)- I

6. Europe - C

7. The Russian Domain - E

8. Central Asia - F

9. East Asia - H

10. South Asia - B

11. Southeast Asia - K

12. Australia and Oceania - A
2. France - Europe 1.United States - North America
3. Iraq - North Africa/Southwest Asia
4. China - East Asia
5. Saudi Arabia - North Africa/Southwest Asia
6. Haiti - The Caribbean
7. India - South Asia
8. Japan - East Asia
9. Venezuela - Latin America
10. Iran - North Africa/Southwest Asia
11. Russia - The Russian Domain
12. The United Kingdom - Europe
13. Israel - North Africa/Southwest Asia
14. Germany - Europe
15. Tibet - East Asia
16. Afghanistan - Central Asia
17. Brazil - Latin America
18. North Korea - East Asia
19. Egypt - North Africa/Southwest Asia
20. Kenya - Sub-Saharan Africa
21. Pakistan - South Asia
22. Vietnam - Southeast Asia
23. Mexico - Latin America
24. Cuba - The Caribbean

Home work

8/31/09 - Globalization-The increasing interconnectedness of people and place throughout the world through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change.
• HEADINGS- Diversity amid globalization, converging currents of globalization, globalization and geopolitics, environmental concerns, social dimensions.
• Bold print-globalization.

• 9/01/09 - Five Themes of Geography- Environmental Geography, Population and Settlement, Culture Coherence and Diversity, Geopolitical Framework, Economic and Social Development.