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.

Research notes

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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.

• Hurricane Katrina was one of the most deadly hurricanes ever to hit New Oreleans
• Water flooded everything
• Most people haven't eaten in days
• May people died
• 61000 people died
• Hurricane Pam was a simulation
• It was a year before Katrina
• No one took it serious
• Katrina started as a tropical depression, then a tropical storm
• When hurricane Ivan hit, it was kind of a false alarm, a third of the people left
• And when Katrina hit people were not as willing to leave, sceptical
• A plane flew right into a hurricane
• 90% of deaths in hurricanes are from drowning
• Metropalitian area in New Orleans is in a bowl, surrounded by water
• They tried to use levees to try to keep out the water
• The mississippi, and the lake connected to the Gulf of Mexico Lake Ponchatrane
• People built over swamps, and that changed and endangered that specific enviornment
• Flooding would protect and replenish wetlands
• Hurricanes spin counter clockwise
• 6:10 a.m Katrina hit
• Water would pour in and it had no where to go
• Land lines and cell phone towers were down
• 75% of New Orleans was under water
• Flood walls failed because of a soft weak soil

10-19-09

TEST BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grrrrr

Essay...10-16-09

Most immagrants move for better job opportunities. An example of this is Mexicans crossing the US border just for better jobs and better lives. 57% of Mexican say that their lives were better in the US, but only 14% of Mexicans say their lives were worse. Many are very informed on the possible cause of crossing the borders. Half of them get caught and are sent back, some are even killed. 78% say that they don't like the way our economy is going. 61% say they think they economy is going to get better very soon. Many Mexiccans say that the US is still a land of opportunity. US and Mexico have a very tense relationship. 4 and 10 mexicans communicate with relatives in the US. They're 7 million illegal immagrants.

10-12-09

Today we went and shared our power points.

test

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 _interconnectedness_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 _WTO_ . 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 _17.6_ , the infant mortality rate is _151.95_ deaths per 1000 live births, the literacy rate is _28.1_, and the TFR is _6.53_ . In Australia the life expectancy is _37.3_ , the infant mortality rate is _4.75_ deaths per 1000 live births, the literacy rate is _99_, and the TFR is _1.78_ .
We often categorize nations as being “developed” or “developing” nations. Vietnam and Mexico would be considered _developing_ nations; Japan and Canada are _developed_ nations.
The current world population is over _6,789,432,230_ 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 _African_ 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 _rapidly growing_. If it is shaped more like a vase or a soda bottle, that nation’s population is _Slowly growing_. _Young_ people are found at the bottom of the pyramid, and _Male_ are found on the left hand side.
When discussing migration, people who are entering a country are known as _immigrants_, and people who are leaving a country are known as _migrants_. People leave their country for many reasons. An example of a push force is _unemployment_, and an example of a pull force is _health services_ . If a nation’s net migration rate is a _high_ number, it means more people are leaving the country than are arriving.

STEP THREE: In a short, well-written essay, answer ONE of the following questions:
1) Some people feel very strongly in their pro-globalization opinions, while some anti-globalization advocates have different beliefs. It’s likely that the truth lies somewhere in between. What do you think is the “middle ground” in this argument? Be sure to provide evidence for your opinion. Answered in previously
OR 2) Explain the academic discipline of Human Geography using the five themes. How is this discipline different from the study of physical geography? In your opinion, what is the benefit of studying Human Geography?
OR 3) The demographic transition graph describes the changes in birthrates and death rates that a country experiences over time. Describe the changes that the United States has gone through by using the demographic transition diagram.

STEP FOUR: First, go to the following website and read the news story you will find there: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/world/americas/24mexico.html
Then, in a short yet brilliant essay, summarize that story by relating it to our studies of immigration in class. Try to use terms from the text and from our class discussions.

STEP FIVE: When you have finished your test, publish your post.

10-07-09

• Goats, sheep's, pigs, cows, horses, donkey's, two types of camels water buffalo, llama, reindeer, yaks, mythos, Bali cows
• None of the domesticated animals are from new guinea, or Australia, sub-Sahara Africa, and America
• South America has one domesticated animal, llama
• Others came from Asia
• Cow, goats, sheep, horses middle east
• The fertile crescent is in Mesopotamia
• They would plaster the inside of their house, and had ventilation
• Specialized workers, they didn't have to worry what they were going to eat
• They weaved, built buildings, plaster homes, farm, etc…
• Food surpluses, they had more food than needed. Good!!
• Westerners came and people from new guinea used that to advance technologically
• Over exploiting the environment made the land dry out, Mesopotamia, middle east
• When you have similar latitude they had for the most part the same vegetation
• New guinea is not all primitive, some have started to modernized

I think that the New Guineans should modernize because it is more civilized. They should try to balance their diets. Learn how to live green but become intouch with the world. Start using green cleaning products, eat better, and live in real houses. HAVE JOBS!!!!

10-06-09

Today we watched Guns Germs and Steel!!!!! And we took notes.... :'( about random people and countries.
• First granary - a place where grain is collected and stored.
• Started growing their own grain, because of a drought and they found out they could grow their own!
• Nomads are people who wander around.
• First know village where people started becoming civilized (they started living in villages/towns) 9500 B.C.
• They favored wheat and barley and corn
• They were trying to find out which wheat's were profitable, they were domesticating plants
• They tried to stay near water, they lived in the basin between the tigris and euphrates river
• What ever was growing where you lived that's what you ate and that's it.
• People may eat giant spiders for a replacement for protein
• Geographic luck to where you live depends on what you eat
• Humans are starting to domesticate animals
• After the stubble the goats could eat left over grain
• Goats and the sheep were the first domesticated animals
• Animals are the most powerful than a machine before the machine was invented
• Number of domesticated animals is 14

Essay 1

Globalization is a big controversial issue. They're people who are pro-globalization, and those who are anti-globalization. The people who are peo-globalization think that every country should be globalized. They will help other countries by loaning them money, giving them a boost financialy. People for anti-globalization argue that they're just trying to rip the defenseless countries and that what they can get, like their natural resources. They think it will make rich countries richer, and poor countries poorer. But there must be a middle ground! Something that can make both opposing forces happy! I think that we can help the poorer countries with stuff like health care and jobs to help them get through and try to become modernized but without hurting them and their country. And as for the people who want to take advantage of those poor countries, they need to stick to their buissiness and what their country needs help with. Maybe one day we can all live peacefully and in harmony, that would be a good middle ground.

Migration Patterns

Human Migration: The Story of a Community

People are constantly moving in and out of countries. People are moving out of countries because of the living consitions, money, and globalization. And sometimes people migrate for the cultural aspect.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/gk2/humanmigration.html

Total Fertility Rate

In Canada the fertility rate has increased from 1.59 in 2007 to 1.66 in recent years. It's the highest its been since 1992. 367,864 babies were born in 2007, the highest since 1995. Since 2006, the number increased by 13,247 or 3.7 percent. women the age of 30 - 34 gave birth to 115,415. or a little less than 367,864. Women thirty and over were 50% of all births. Although 1.66 is a good fertility rate it is under what it should be, 2.1.

Net Migration Rate

"Australia’s Population Growing Fast" In Australia the population is growing the fastest its ever been. The population is 21.8 million, and 300,000 are immagrants. The last time the population grew this much was in the 1950's and 60's. But with each million people adds 25 million tons of polution :'( . The growth rate has almost doubled in 5 years.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1757963/australias_population_growing_fast/index.html?source=r_science

Population Pyramid
The population pyramid shows the population of a country. It will also show us Fertility, Morality, and Migration. The country that I’m demonstrating is Mali. There population is 13,443. There growth rate is 2.6. The fertility rate is 6.6. The crude birth rate is 46. Their births are 642. Their life expectancy at birth is 52. Their infant morality rate is 116. Under five morality rate is 184. The crude death rate is 15. Deaths are 201. The net migration rate is -6. The net number of migrants is -74. http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/informationGateway.php

09-22-09

Today we discussed the Demographic Transition. to summarize what it is; Preindustrial- birth and death were very high and population was very low. As we started to urbanize and industrialize, birth and death rate started to slowly go down and population went up slightly. As we were progressing, birth rates were continually getting lower and really close and parallel to the very low death rates. population was very high. When we became Industrialized the population was very high and starting to slope a little bit downward, death rates were extremely low and even (steady), the birth rates are extremely low (BAD) and sloping just below death rates (MORE DEATHS THAN BIRTHS~SCARY!).

I got a considerate button!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!

The total fertility rate (TFR) : 3.4 (Belize)
% of young :
% of old :
In Belize the population goes up very little. It is a relatively extremely slow RNI.

The total fertility rate (TFR) : 2.0
% of young :
% of old :
In France the population goes up. It is relatively rapid RNI.

09-21-09

We discussed homework ( comparing pyramids). We read "The Demographic Transition" on page 22. It talked about 4 different stages, comparing; death rate, birth rate, total population.

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.

Random

Wow blogging sure is random!! You know, computers are evil... I mean it might justg be me but I think my comcputer hates me... :'(

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Does anyone elses computers hate them!?