Ethiopia Nigeria Kenya South Africa Sudan USA
Total Population 85, 237, 338 149, 229, 090 39, 002, 772 49, 042, 489 41, 087, 825 307, 212123
TFR 6.12 4.91 4.56 2.38 4.48 2.05
Crude Birth Rate 43.66 36.65 36.64 19.93 33.74 13.82
Crude Death Rate 11.55 16.56 9.72 16.99 12.94 8.38
Overall Life Expectancy 55.41 years 46.94 years 57.86 48.98 51.42 78.11
Infant Mortality Rate 80.8 deaths 94.35 54.7 44.42 82.43 6.26
Colonial Experience is the oldest independent in Africa, and one of the oldest in the world October 1,1960 12-Dec-63 31-May-10 1-Jan-56 July 4, 1776
Who did they gain their independence from, and when UK UK union of South Africas formed from four Brittish colonies: Cape colony, Natal, trannsval, and Orange Free State. Egypt, and UK England

God Grew Tired of Us

1. What Academy Award winning actress narrates the documentary?
○ Panther Bior, daniel, john bul

2. In what countries does the film take place?
○ Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia,USA

3. List the main characters of the film.
○ Panther Bior, Daniel, John Bul

4. Define refugee.
○ A person who flees to a foreign country or power to escapedanger of persecution, one who flees.



5. Define IDP.
○ Internationally displaced person




6. The film centers around a group of boys. What are they called?
○ They are called "The Lost Boys"


7. Track the movement of the boys after they leave their homes in their original country (the answer to number 2).
○ Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, and the USA

8. What are some major differences between the lives of the boys and your own life, specifically when they are living in the refugee camps?
○ Well they are much stronger in a sense. They have endured more then we will our entire lives. They are also living more as a whole instead of individually. They know how to work with one another, and be coroperitive.


9. What are some of the difficulties that they boys must deal with when they arrive in the United States? How are their lives different in the United States in comparison to their home countries?
○ They must deal with accepting our culture and how things are done and how to use things. They must focuse and get an education. In comparison they are more education oriented, rather than being a caretaker. They no longer have the responsibility of taking care of their own little group, they can deal with themselves.



10. Answer the following question only after you conclude the viewing of the film: The title of the film, "God Grew Tired of Us", seems to be somewhat ironic after hearing the account of the boys first hand. Explain why the title is ironic using specific examples from the film. Do the boys really believe that God had abandoned them? Or is their faith stronger than ever? Why? Give examples.

They title is ironic because they were in a good place when all of a sudden the is a was and they have to walk a long way to safety. Many people die, but then when they think it is safe, the are forced to leave again! And even more people die till they find a nice refugee place. Some of the boys might have really think that God has abandoned them, they think that God just wants to start all over again. But when they found the camp faith was restored. They were doing well, but they still missed their homeland. And even then America was going to let the "Lost Boys" to come and live in the USA. Some examples is when Panther, Daniel, and John Bull came to the US and started new lives and became successful.

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• Past 40 years close to 20% of the amazon has been deforestized
• The increased rates of deforisation in the brazilian are do to the expansion industrial mining and logging
• The growthin corporate fams, developing new road networks
• The incidence of human- ignited wildfire, population growth
• The indigenous people are losing homes and are disapearing
• Loss of the rain forest is very critical to the biological diversity

• The cut and burned and the politicians are creating permanent settlement, slash and burn plots\
• Cutting has been motivated by searching for gold, coca leaf, and cocaine


• ANIMALS
• Howler monkey
• Golden lion Tamarins
• Three toed sloth
• Poison dart frogs
• Jaguars
• Hyacinth macaw
• Scarlet macaw
• Anaconda snake
• Manatee
• Piranha
• Tapir
• River dolphin
• Vampire bat
• Giant Amazon catfish

• Enviornmental agents have been patroling the amazon stopping illegal clearing
• The amazon rain forest acts as a sink/absorber of carbon dioxide
• But is also a major factor in global warming
• About 75% of Brazil's emissions comes from rain forest clearing
○ Vegetation burns and fallen trees rot
• Water vapor is very important to Brazil's rain forest, because of it's rainy climate
• The less trees you burn, the more money you save/tax break
• The government has confiscated about 230,000 cubic meters (8 million cubic feet) of wood. It has stopped more than a million acres of land has resulted in $1.6 billion in fines
• Sadly the area is to big to really take control over the area
• In Novo Progresso, the country the size of Maryland with 14,800 square miles and 21,500 residents, most of them make a living off of jungle clearing.
○ But they have recently dropped off the list of top deforesters
• There has been a decline in prices for cattle, soy, and timber.
• The destruction will go back to it's old ways once the profits again outweigh the risk of getting caught
• 75% is untouched rain forest
• Angry mobs have trashed agents field offices and physically run out other, none have been killed
• Policing along can not stop
• some logger that have been caught already, just move to regions were it is less patroled and less re-enforced


http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/jaguar.htm
http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/deforestation.htm
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://assets.panda.org/img/deforestationamazonas_markedwards16956_288419.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_forests/deforestation/&usg=__NNV6HPi1nqgi-hey7wBj-1aKcok=&h=361&w=700&sz=27&hl=en&start=17&um=1&tbnid=7iCPTQqIuOjSDM:&tbnh=72&tbnw=140&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthe%2Beffect%2Bon%2Banimals%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bamazon%2Bdeforestation%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26rlz%3D1T4GPEA_enUS342US342%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1
http://deforestationintheamazon.wordpress.com/facts/
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/forests/forests-worldwide/the-amazon-rainforest/solutions-to-amazon-deforestat

11-17-09

We had a test! I think I did well :)

today.....MWAHAHAHA!

Today we had the opening of the play, Beauty and the Beast. And the preveiw went really well. The mattaine went bad. And the Night show went perfect!!!! YAY!!!!!! :)

Environmental Geography

I chose environmental geography. I chose this because environmental geography interests me. Environmental geography is the interactions between humans and the natural world. Environmental geography is effects North America because its climate, vegetation, and landforms have a very wide range. The precipitation is different from west coast to east coast and north to south. All of the types of forests are different too.
The climate in North America is very mild, and we experience all of the seasons equally. Around the Great Lakes it is characterized by relatively a long growing season, and has gets 30-60 inches of rain a year. Also they have a deciduous broadleaf forest, that they use for a lot of commercial agriculture. North of the Great lakes they have coniferous evergreen or boreal forest, which is more dominant in the cooler regions (ex. Quebec). Near Hudson Bay they’re tundra’s, which has a very short growing season. Climates between west Texas and Alberta have many tornadoes, and the average precipitation is between 10-30 inches yearly. It straddles the transition zone between humid and arid portions of North America. The subhumid regions is blessed with fertile soils and was originally clothed in prairie vegetation. Western North American climates are influenced by the Pacific Ocean. An example is San Francisco has a dry summer, and the Mediterranean climate is present in southern California.
Climate, region, and location… All attribute to what effects North America. North America is a very diverse region. North America is one of a kind and one of the most diverse, other than China and Asia, etc…

This test consists of one fill in the blank section, and two essay questions. There are five steps required to complete this test.
STEP ONE: Copy and paste the following paragraphs into your blog, including the Honor Code.
STEP TWO: In your blog, fill in all the blanks with correct answers. Be sure to use bold font for your answers and delete the underlines.
“On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this graded academic work. I am a person of integrity and I do not cheat.” Agree to this statement by typing your name here: _Katlyn_Cyphers_
Globalization is the increasing _interconectedness_of people and places through converging processes of __economical_ , _political_ , and cultural_ change. Those who are pro-globalization believe that wealth will “_trickle_ down” from rich countries to poor countries. They also believe it will spread the benefits of new ideas and new _technology_ to all nations. One organization that loans money to nations so they can invest in business is the _world bank_ . On the other hand, those who are anti-globalization say it is not fair, because the richest _20_% of the world’s people consume _86_% of the world’s resources, resulting in _inequalities_ between “haves” and “have nots.”
Use the CIA Factbook to answer the following questions: In Afghanistan the life expectancy is ____________ , the infant mortality rate is ____________ deaths per 1000 live births, the literacy rate is ____________, and the TFR is ____________ . In Australia the life expectancy is ____________ , the infant mortality rate is ____________ deaths per 1000 live births, the literacy rate is ____________, and the TFR is ____________ .
We often categorize nations as being “developed” or “developing” nations. Vietnam and Mexico would be considered _developing_ nations; Japan and Canada are _developing_ nations.
The current world population is over _6.6_ billion people. The number that measures how many children the average woman in a nation will bear is known as the _Total Fertility Rate_ , which is abbreviated as _TFR_ . When this number is exactly _2.1_ , then the population stays the same; if it’s higher, the population goes up, and if it’s lower, the population decreases. The population is growing fastest in _developing_ nations.
A population pyramid that is shaped just like a pyramid -- wide on the bottom and narrow at the top -- shows a country whose population is _developing_. If it is shaped more like a vase or a soda bottle, that nation’s population is _decreasing_. _Young_ people are found at the bottom of the pyramid, and _males_ are found on the left hand side.
When discussing migration, people who are entering a country are known as _imagrants_, and people who are leaving a country are known as _emigrants_. People leave their country for many reasons. An example of a push force is _disease_, and an example of a pull force is _jobs_ . If a nation’s net migration rate is a _negative_ number, it means more people are leaving the country than are arriving.