DEC 15, 2014 Exam review

Today in human geo class, we talked about our final exam. I was worried about my essay part, because i didn't really understand the option and how to write a wonderful essay in the exam. I'd studied hard on Monday. I hope I can got a goos grade on human geo exam.

DEC 12, 2014 Christmas Party

On Friday's human geo class, we have a Christmas party, all of us brought cookies to the class, we had a great time and took a lot of pictures, that's a really wonderful class I ever had.
And then, we go over our exam review, Mr. Schick told we can have a chance to retake our test on Monday after school, if you passed, you can got 70 in your power school.

DEC 11, TEST REVIEW

On today's human geo class, we go over our Culture Geo test to make sure we got the correct answer and review it for our final exam. Here's some of the question that I did wrong.

• On the American $100 bill there is a portrait of which American Statesman. - The answer is Benjamin Franklin.
• It was founded in the seventh century.  - Islam 
• it's members try to follow the Eightfold Path. - Buddhism 

DEC 10, 2014 Test about cultural geography

Today we took a test about cultural geography. At the beginning of the test, I cannot remember the details of the movie "Slumdog Millionaire", and about the religions parts, I can remember most of Christianity and Islam , but I think I should memorize more about the others. 

DEC 8, 2014 Miss class

Today I have a basketball away game so I miss my human geo class, but I have read some of my classmate's blog, so I know what I supposed to do on prepare for the test on Wednesday.

DEC 5, 2014 Five major religions

The notes that we took on Friday.

• Economic Alliances 
• European Union
• Organization of Petroleum exporting countries (OPEC)
• Political Alliances 
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Five Major Religions

• Christianity
• 2.2 billion adherants
• called Christians 
• Europe, Americas, Southern Africa
• Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Protestants (Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans Presbyterians, Episcopalians and more)
• Jesus Christ is founder
• The bible, new testament
• Pope is the head of the church, priests are local authorities
• We believe Jesus is both human and divine, the son of god, was crucified, died and was buried, resurrected and ascended into heaven
• Islam
• 1.5 billion
• Muslims
• Indonesia, Middle East, North Africa
• Sunnis (75-90%) Shiites (10-20%)
• Muhammad
• Qur'an 
• monotheistic, abrahamic
• Five pillars of Islam: Testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, pilgrimage
• purpose in life is serving and submitting to Allah and observing Islamic law
• Hinduism 
• 1.1 billion
• Hindus
• India, Nepal
• Vedas- eternal truths revealed to ancient sages, written in verse form (sung and easily memorized)
• no distinct founder, intellectual or philosophical points of view, way of life rather than religion
• reincarnation
• Buddhism
• 500 million-1.5 billion
• Buddhists
• Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan
• 1.2 million in the US
• Siddhartha Guatama
• Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, Amidist
• Four noble truths, eightfold paths
• Judaism
• 14-18 million
• Jews
• Israel
• Abraham 
• Talmud, Torah
• Beliefs: ethical monotheism 
• ten commandments
• 13 Principles of faith

DEC 4 ,2014 Examples of cultural characteristics #Religion

On today's human geo class, we had a fire drill during the class time, and when we got back, Mr. Schick show us a song that his daughter sang with the rewrote lyrics. I like the song so much and I'd never heard it before. And then we continued talked about the Examples of cultural characteristics, and here is my note.

• Religion can be unifying.
• There are five major religions in the   world: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judais, Christianity and Islam
• The millions of followers all believe the same thing

• Religion can also be dividing around the world
• Hindus and Muslims fight in India (Hindu) and Pakistan (muslim)
• There are conflicts between Catholics and Prodestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Islands

DEC 3, 2014 Cultural Geography.

Examples of cultural characteristics:

Language

• Arabic unites the Arab world
• Spanish unites the Hispanic world 
• Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish. It speak Portuguese.
• Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are their official. Canada has provinces instead of states.
• The US has no official languages.
• Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between groups
• English is now considered the world language and used for must business.

Ethnic Heritage

• In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country (Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Albanians)

• When strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries
• In the countries of Rwanda and Burundi in Africa, two ethnic groups dominate, the Tutsis and Hutus
• The Hutus are dominant in one and they persecute the Tutsis, and the Tutsis are dominant in the other 
• And they persecute the Hutus. It has led to almost constant war between the groups
• The United States and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries  
• Korea and Japan have primarily one ethnic group
• On the island of Cyprus, the Greeks and Turks try to gain control

DEC 1, 2014 The end of the Slumdog Millionaire.

Today we finished reading the movie "Slumdog Millionaire", although I have saw it movie before, but I still moved in my second time.
The main character's brother in the movie, when he give the car keys to Latika, and let her go, lay in the bathtub that full of money and died. That was a really cool movie.

NOV 24, 2014 Continued watching slumdog millionaire

On Monday's human geo class, we just continued watched the movie, Slumdog Millionaire. Although the character was born in poverty, but he always have a pure heart even his brother only want to have the rights and wealth. Jamal's quest is to honor a childhood promise to find the girl La Dika. Also in this movie, I found more difference between India and China/America.

• Most of us used the indoor plumbing.
• Our school and education was more organized. like in China, people have to finished their 9 years education in their life. It was illegal if someone cannot make it.
• In the movie, most of the kid don't have bed to sleep and only dressed on the broken clothes.
• Many kids have to get a job when they are very young because of money.

NOV 21, 2104 The culture between China and India

In my opinion, the difference between China and India.

• The religions conflicts. In China, most people are atheist, so we do not have a religious conflict. 
• The biggest difference is one is the "separation and coexistence" and another is "unity and integration".

Indian poetry Rabindranath Tagore had a speech in China in1942, he said: "Is there some places have more precious than the beautiful spirit of Chinese culture in the world?" He thinks that Indians pay too much attention on the Spiritual dimension, and Chinese people can combine the technology and the spiritual things, and let them be balance.

NOV 20, 2104 Slumdog Millionaire

On today's human geo class, Mr. Schick showed us a movie called "Slumdog Millionaire". I have saw it before in China, thats a great movie.
This story happened  in the slums in Mumbai. A little boy's mother was died because of a  religious conflict. At that time, the religious conflict looks like is a very common things, lots of people was died in the conflict. They are poor and use the primitive and rudimentary toilets. Just build from wood and there's a hole in the middle of the wood. 

NOV 19，2104 Class assignments #Spotify

Today's human geo class Mr. Schick ask us to Create a Spotify playlist that includes songs that reflect people's desires to move away from someplace (push forces), or songs that show how people love where they live (pull forces). And put them in our blog.
Here's the songs list that i found.
pull forces
push forces

NOV 17, 2104 Culture Geography

On today's human geo class Mr. schick show us our test paper and then we talked about the culture geography about America.

• Culture characteristic are parts of a groups everyday life. They are the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members. The same characteristics can also link or divide a region.
• Examples of cultural : characteristics would be language, religion and ethnic heritage.

NOV 14，2104 Nation Anthem

Today's human geo class we searched the national anthem in our country that we chose last time. 

 Video : French National Anthem 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1q9Ntcr5g

La Marseillaise 
by 
Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle. 

Allons enfants de la patrie, 
Le jour de gloire est arriv? 
Contre nous de la tyrannie 
L'?tendard sanglant est lev? 
Entendez vous dans les campagnes, 
Mugir ces f?roces soldats? 
Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras 
Egorger nos fils, nos compagnes! 

Refrain 

Aux armes, citoyens! 
Formez vos bataillons! 
Marchons! Marchons! 
Qu'un sang impur 
Abreuve nos sillons! 

Amour sacr? de la patrie, 
Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs! 
Libert?, Libert? cherie, 
Combats avec tes defenseurs! 
Sous nos drapeaux, que la victoire 
Accoure ? tes males accents! 
Que tes ennemis expirants 
Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire! 

Refrain 

Nous entrerons dans la carri?re 
Quand nos ain?s n'y seront plus; 
Nous y trouverons leur poussi?re 
Et la trace de leurs vertus. 
Bien moins jaloux de leur survivre 
Que de partager leur cercueil, 
Nous aurons le sublime orgueil 
De les venger ou de les suivre! 

Refrain 

English: 

Ye sons of France, awake to glory! 
Hark! Hark! the people bid you rise! 
Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary 
Behold their tears and hear their cries! 
(repeat) 
Shall hateful tyrants, mischief breeding, 
With hireling hosts a ruffian band 
Affright and desolate the land 
While peace and liberty lie bleeding? 

CHORUS 

To arms, to arms, ye brave!
Th'avenging sword unsheathe! 
March on, march on, all hearts resolved 
On liberty or death. 
Oh liberty can man resign thee, 
Once having felt thy gen'rous flame? 
Can dungeons, bolts, and bar confine thee? 
Or whips thy noble spirit tame? 

(repeat) 

Too long the world has wept bewailing 
That falsehood's dagger tyrants wield; 
But freedom is our sword and shield 
And all their arts are unavailing. 

source: http://www.lyricsondemand.com/n/nationalanthemlyrics/francenationalanthemlyrics.html

NOV 13，2014 Test !!!!!!!

Today's human geo class we took a test. I don't think I did a good job on it. I was really nervous before the test although a study a lot yesterday night and during my free mod. I hope i can have a get a good grade on it.

NOV 12, 2014 Studied

Actually we have to get the test today, but all of us cannot get in to the links that Mr. Schick put in the study guide. And Chris send an email to Mr. Schick so we will do it tomorrow. Thank you Chris!!!! And we talked about the test and studied them during the class.

NOV 10, 2014 Test soon

At the beginning of today's class, Mr. Schick told us about a bad news: We will have a test on Wednesday!!!!! That's really scaring me. I was always nervous about the coming test. Actually it's difficult for me to read the question and the answer. Mr. Schick told us we will have 12 countries on the test and he will put the information of some countries that no one make the project in class, like China and Mexico, so we can make sure that we know all the countries. Above all, this was a easy class but we have to study more out of class.

NOV 7, 2014 Brazil, Canada

Brazil

• Federal republic since 1988
• Dilma Rousseff was elected to be president on OCT 31, 2104
• She was then reelected on Oct 26, 2104
• Rousseff is expected to stay in office for the next four years, until the next election.
• Change in leadership 
• Re-elect a new leader that agrees with more of her policies.
• Impeach her

Canada

• A parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a constitutional monarchy.
• Prime Minister Stephen Harper
• Their government has been under constitutional monarchy science April 17, 1882 
• Stephen Harper has been a member of Parliament science 2002

NOV 6，2104 Russia，Syria, Japan

Russia

• Federal Presidential
• At some point it contained over state committees.
• contain 69 state.
• It also started in 1999(after the U.S.S.R. broke up).
• President in Russia was Putin, from 2000-2008.
• Dmitry Medvedev was the 10th prime minister.
• draft and submit the federal budget the State Duma.
• Exercise any other power vested in it by the Constitution of the Russia Federation, federal lows and presidential decrease.
• Ways to get rid of the leader 
• Over throe the leader
• Assassination
• Start a revolution 
• impeachment 
• protest 
• vote a third party candidate.

Syria

• Republic government.
• His terms are 7 years long and has served two.
• Bashar al-Assad since Syria has been lead by 2000.
• He has been elected twice in a rigged election.
• He rules his country with an iron first and when there was a revolution he ended up fighting.

Japan

• Japan has been around since in 660 B.C .
• Japan has parliamentary government.
• Akihito os the reigning Emperor for Japan.
• He acceded to the throe in 1989.
• They also have a prime minister.
• The emperor is the world's only monarch.
• The prime minister was Japan First prime minister born after the WWII.
• All man and woman who have reached the aged of 20  have the right to vote.

NOV 5, 2014 Project about Germany，France and America

Today's human geo class, some of us showed our group project.

-  Germany 
Federal republic 

• with a republic form a government 
• no individual subdivisions 

Leader 

• Chancellor Angela Merkel - first female Chancellor of Germany.
• Every five years have a new president

-  America 
Leader 

• Barack Obama
• Impeachment is legal.
• Revolution is possible.
• Two terms are allowed for a single president.

Impeachable offences

• Treason
• Bribery
• High crimes

NOV 3，2014 Group project III

Today's human geo class Mr. Schick ask us do we need 1 day more to finished our project or not, of cause we said yes, so we have one day more to check our project and make sure we don't have grammar and spelling mistakes. Our group was already finished our project so we dis't have too much work to do. Above all, today is a easy class.

OCT 30, 2014 Group project II

Today's class we got our pop quiz back and go over it. Actually I can only remember the country and their leaders very well, but i didn't remember all of the experience or some interesting things about them so I get a low grade on it. But i understand it now. And then we did our group project together, i can't found the fourth question "how long they are expected to stay in power " so Gabi said she will finished it on weekend. I think we will have a great group project! 

OCT 29, 2104 Group project in class

Today's human geo class we did our group project. In my group, I was doing France with Gabi and Skylar. I found a very interesting things about the google powerpoint, if we are in the same group, all of the person can noticed who is typing and what he typed at the time. We focus on the guide in Mr. Schicks's blog and searched it in google. We always found a lot of pretty pictures about France. I think we will make a wonderful project soon.

OCT 27, 2014 Group work

Today's human geo class I took the pop quiz out side, I was really nervous and i can just remember all the leaders and their countries, I'm sure that i didn't do a good job on the quiz. And then we talked about group work, in my group it's me, Skyar, and Gabi. We choose France and we are going to get about the government.

Oct 24, 2014 Miss Class

I was not in school on friday because I went out with my host family.

OCT 23,2014 Political Geography

We talked about Political Geography on Monday.

Political Geography

1. A nation 
a group of people with a shared identity. Think of it as a culture group.

Nations are culturally homogeneous groups of,  people, larger than a single tribe or community which share a common language, institutions, religion and historical experience

2. An independent state:
- Has a space or territory which has internationally recognized boundaries(boundary disputes are ok)
- Has people who live there on an ongoing basis
- Has economic activity and an organized economy. A country regulates foreign and domestic trade and issues money
- Has the power of social engineering, such as education 
- Has a transportation system for moving goods and people
- Has a government which provides public services and police power
- Has sovereignty - no other state should have power over the country's territory Has external recognition- a country has been "voted into the club by other countries

OCT 22，2014 More facts.

Today's class we add more interesting facts about the leaders. I think most of the facts that I found in my assignment was dull.
Chancellor Angela Merkel ,from German.
- On 28 May 2014, she was named the most powerful woman in the world, also by Forbes .
- In 1994 she becomes minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
- Netanyahu's brother, Yonatan, was killed in action in 1976 while leading a mission to rescue Israeli passengers on a hijacked Air France plane.

OCT 20, 2014 More details about leaders

1. Mexico

 President Enrique PENA NIETO  

He was the first one who has no American elite schools studied like Harvard or Yale experienced Mexican President in 30 years .

2. China

President XI Jinping

He has called for a renewed campaign against corruption, further market economic reforms, an open approach to governance, and a comprehensive national renewal under the neologism " Chinese Dream ". 

3. India
President Pranab MUKHERJEE
Prior to his election as President , Mukherjee was Union Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012, and the Congress party's top troubleshooter.
4. Russia
President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN
His mother was a factory worker, and his father was a conscript in the Soviet Navy , where he served in the sub marine fleet in the early 1930s, and later served on the front lines in the demolition battalion of the NKVD during World War II.
5. Germany 
President Joachim GAUCK
When Joachim Gauck was eleven years old, in 1951, his father was arrested by Soviet occupation forces; he was not to return. He was convicted by a Russian military tribunal of espionage for receiving a letter from the West and also of anti-Soviet demagogy for being in the possession of a western journal on naval affairs, and deported to a Gulag in Siberia, where he was mistreated to the extent that he was considered physically disabled after one year.
6. United Kingdom
Prime Minister David Cameron
he was caught smoking cannabis .He admitted the offence and had not been involved in selling drugs, so he was not expelled, but was fined, prevented from leaving school grounds, and given a " Georgic " (a punishment which involved copying 500 lines of Latin text)
7. France 
President Francois HOLLANDE 
Hollande was raised Catholic but is now an atheist .
8. Brazil
President Dilma ROUSSEFF
She became a socialist during her youth, and following the 1964 coup d'état joined variousleft-wing and Marxist urban guerrilla groups that fought against the military dictatorship .Rousseff was eventually captured and jailed between 1970 and 1972, where she was reportedly tortured. 
9. Syria 
President Bashar al-ASAD
Assad graduated from the medical school of Damascus University in 1988, and started to work as a physician in the army. Four years later, he attended postgraduate studies at the Western Eye Hospital , in London, specializing inophthalmology .
10. Canada 
Prime Minister Stephen Joseph HarperHarper is the first prime minister since Joe Clark without a law degree.
11. Japan 
Emperor AKIHITO
he issued several wide-ranging statements of remorse to Asian countries, for their suffering under Japanese occupation, beginning with an expression of remorse to China made in April 1989, three months after the death of his father, Emperor Shōwa .
12. Israel
President Shimon Peres
 Peres led an illicit expedition into the Negev , then a closed military zone requiring a permit to enter.

OCT 17，2014 Assignment #1 Countries and leaders

Assignment #1

Suky Pei

1. Mexico  President Enrique PENA NIETO   federal republic 2. China President XI Jinping Communist state 3. India President Pranab MUKHERJEE federal republic 4. Russia President Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN federation 5. Germany  President Joachim GAUCK federal republic 6. United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth realm 7. France  President Francois HOLLANDE republic 8. Brazil President Dilma ROUSSEFF federal republic 9. Syria  President Bashar al-ASAD republic under an authoritarian regime 10. Canada  Prime Minister Stephen Joseph Harper a parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a constitutional monarchy 11. Japan  Emperor AKIHITO A Parliamentary Government with a Constitutional 12. Israel President Shimon Peres Parliamentary Democracy