Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Monday, September 27, 2010

Test Review

Today in class we went over what will be on the test on Wednesday.
Notes:
Things to study:
 The 3 religions
9/11
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Iran (Islam)
  • Why are they a threat to Israel, They're building a nuclear bomb.
  • It's bad because they would use the bomb on Israel. They're different because they're the Jewish homeland.
  • Israel
  • Egypt

3 religions
  • Judaism
-Torah  (Religious Book)
  • Islam <Muslim>
  • Qur'an (Religious Book)
  • Christianity
  • Bible (Religious Book)
• Abrahams  religions

9/11 Summary

Terrorists hijacked 4 planes.
2 of them into the twin towers
1 of them into the pentagon
1 of them was probably going to the capitol if the passengers did not stop them.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Identifying Countries

1.  United States- North America
2.  France- Europe
3.  Iraq- Asia
4.  China-  Asia
5.  Saudi Arabia- Asia
6.  Haiti- North America
7.  India- Asia
8.  Japan- Asia
9.  Venezuela- South America
10. Iran- Asia
11. Russia- Asia
12. The United Kingdom- Europe
13. Israel- Asia
14. Germany- Europe
15. Tibet- China
16. Afghanistan-Asia
17. Brazil- South America
18. North Korea-Asia
19. Egypt- Africa
20. Kenya- Africa
21. Pakistan- Asia
22. Vietnam- Asia
23. Mexico- North America
24. Cuba- North America

(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html)

Sunday, September 12, 2010

9/11 Essay

https://docs0.google.com/document/edit?id=11PxLsWdltHbw_qz9brJEFfSl6Hogy9qCPddjapYudCU&hl=en#

Friday, September 3, 2010

The end of week one-vocab

Geography- The science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.

Globalization- To extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide: efforts to globalize the auto industry.

Population- the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.

Immigration- is the introduction of new people into a habitat or population. It is a biological concept and is important in population ecology, differentiated from emigration and migration.

Industrialization- to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.


Culture-  to convert to the ideals, methods, aims, etc., of industrialism.
the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.

Religion- the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices: a world council of religions


http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Population of the world - Estimated about 6,866,400,000

Population of the largest countries:
China- 1,339,270,000
India-1,187,130,000
America-310,152,000
Indonesia- 237,556,363
Brazil-193,453,000

 Largests Religion-
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Folk Religions
Buddhism

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Did you Know?

     It took 2 years for FaceBook to reach 50 million subscribers. Instead of getting work or homework  most people are on Facebook. It's unbelivable how Facebook grew in numbers over a short amount of time.
     Another thing is that in a few years China will have more English speaking people than the United States.  This means that Americans' will loose their jobs and will be replaced with people who will work for less money.