Blog #60- I deserve ....

Well I think I deserve an 85. I don’t really talk a lot, I answer sometimes. I mainly just don’t like to talk so I would probably give myself an 85. Since I answer sometimes, but not all the time, so I participate a little bit. So I help sometimes. I'm not the person who sits there quietly and doesn’t talk at all. I will be quiet most of the time. Since I don’t feel like talking, but I do answer when no one else can get it. The class this semester was good. I liked it, but in my opinion it was a little too easy. I think that the tests could have been a little bit harder. Though the tests covered most the materials, I feel like it could have gone into a little more detail with the questions, make people think a little bit more. Challenge people in the class, make them thing more. So in my opinion it was a good class, we covered a lot, but it could have been a bit more challenging. I hope the next semester class won’t be that bad.

Blog #59- fast development

Well In human geo today we watched the final part of the movie that we will watch in class for a grade. The last part just reviewed all the parts that we covered. Saying how that crops and animals shouldn’t be enough. That the people’s culture, technology, and what germs they are in contact should have something to do with how fast they advanced, so we will not know the rest since we are done with this semester basically. Then we did a little game of who could find the most important fact about developing New Guinea. So some of the facts were that 1 in 3 people are in poverty, and that they are the 12^th fastest growing country economical wise. So they are growing very fast and it is something that is important since they were so poor to begin with

Blog #58- more more more

We didn’t really cover as much of the video today in Human Geo as we have on other days. We probably got through about a part and a half. So what we watched today talked about how at some point in history the Fertile Crescent was no longer fertile. The environment changed, and the ground could not support constant growth of food that early humans were doing. Since they were no longer getting food, they had to move. They moved east and west of the Fertile Crescent. It was best for them to do this since they would be on the same line of latitude, which meant that the same plants could be grown where ever they moved. And the animals could thrive where ever they went. Since the climate is roughly the same from when they first began coming human in a way, they could continue becoming more advanced.

Blog #57- Animals

Well today in Human Geo we covered more of the Germs, Guns, and Steel movie. This one talked about how domesticated animals are very important to why civilizations could evolve faster than others. That there are over 2 million different animal species on the world and only a fraction of them could be tamed for human use. The best animals to tame would be over 100 pounds, would eat plants, and provides products other than just meat. So only 14 animals in the world meet the criteria, and have been domesticated in the past by humans. These 14 animals are Cows, Pigs, Water Buffalo, Bali Cattle, sheep, Goats, Horses, Donkeys, Bactrian Camels, Arabian Camels, Yaks, Mithans, reindeer, and llamas. 13 of these 14 animals are found in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The last animals are found in South America and it is the llama. This helps explain why New Guanine didn’t evolve too much since they didn’t have any of these important animals or any important plants. They spent all there time looking for food, while these places in the Europe, and the Middle East didn’t have to worry about food as much, so some people worked on food in society, while others could start to work on other skills. That would better their village. Then people in these regions started to make permanent houses, that they would decorate, and make it theirs. So the people the Middle East had the advantage of location, plants, and animals. So in a way they just got plain lucky. 

Blog #56- Advantages

Well today in Human Geo we continued watching Germs, Guns, and Steel. It talked about how location changed how rapidly civilizations developed. That those I'm the Middle East had wheat, which was nutritious and very healthy for you and easy to grow, and lasted for months at a time. While people in Papua New Guinea had Sago that was hard to grow, not nutritious, and only lasted for a few days, all it had going for it was it was filling. So this allowed people in the Middle East to not have to worry about food as much. Then they developed a way to keep food fresh for like a year. Then they started to domesticate the wheat by only picking the best ones and re planting them. Then over time they started to domesticate animals like sheep and goats. Which give milk, hide, meat, and fertilizer. So you can see that advantages the Middle Eastern people had compared to the new Guineans.

Blog #55- Steel, germs, and guns

The book Steel, Germs, and guns shows the why some cultures developed so much faster than other cultures. The main reason is location. Like different animals to domesticate, different plants. Another reason is that if a culture lives a farming life, they can support more people, have more food, not have to worry about food, thus making them better a surviving. That in farmland was acre of wheat and sheep holds more food than one acre of forest. Since they didn’t have to worry they could start to think, and start focusing on different things besides just food, they could develop.

The author of this book is Jared Diamond. He is a very smart man, he is so smart that when he wants to learn something, he learns it and becomes top in the field while he is at it. He has been awarded the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (Genius Award). He is mainly interested in birds though. He became interested with the different cultures when he was bird watching in Papa New Guinea. He has made 22 expeditions to New Guinea to study the evolution of birds. He has written many books, and each one has caused controversy since they state very interesting facts.

 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/jared-diamond/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0706_050706_diamond_2.html

Blog #54-This wont be long.

The blog for today wont be that long because right now I'm studying for Exams. I hope you understand and if you excuse me, I'm going to go back to studying.

Bye

Blog 53- JAAAAAKKKKKKEEEEEE

Well today in Human Geography we presented our reports about is it better to buy a product from America or from China. Most of the groups had I America I think.  In my opinion I think most of the American groups did a good job with the exception of a few mistakes. While the Chinese groups did an ok job, but they had giant walls of text, and misspelled a lot of words in general. So I think that all the groups did well, just with a few minor exceptions. Then for our group, we thought we had a good original slogan. But we were wrong Jake stole the slogan from Holly and said it was his. So holly got really angry and went on a sort of rampage. Well I'm glad that I thought of putting the trade mark symbol at the end of it. So technically it’s not stolen but it still is.

Blog 52- 'Merica ftw

Well we almost finished our product project. We have our slogan, and all the info we need. We have most of the info on the power point. The info we used was price, quality, and warranty. We are also doing this on a presi, so it is really different. I glad that we got to do it because it is something new for me to learn. We can thank Jake for the slogan and for the solar panel idea. Since we were having a hard time to find a american made product that is much cheaper than one made in China. So the idea was good and we went with. We found that America wasn't cheaper by a little. It was better by a mile, the quality and price were much better. So i quite like the idea of using solar panels. I hope that we win the project since we put a lot of work into it.

Blog 51- Made better in America

Well today in Human Geo we were left to our own devices for we have to do a project. For our team, we had to make American goods look better than Chinese goods. So our team had to make American goods look better. So we picked Solar Panels. We were comparing two different companies. One American the other Chinese, the Chinese solar panel cost $340 but it can only produce 85 watts and after 10 years it loses 10% of its power generation. While the American company makes solar panels that cost of $277 for 133 watts and they have a lot of tests done to each panel. They also have another panel that is $355 and it generates 250 watts.  So with these facts, America is clearly the better price and quality. So this is on good that America makes better than China.

Blog #50-Cars Cars Cars

Well we covered a little more today in Human Geo today. We talked about what we learned first. We watched how the Chinese love cars. The only problems with that over 2000 cars are being put on the road a day. It’s a problem because they don’t have the same standards for emissions and safety. So there cars are horribly polluting the atmosphere, so as of now Beijing in one of the dirtiest cities in the world. It’s also bad since their cars are not very safe in the slightest. When they tested the cars, they were totaled on crashes that US safe cars would survive. If they don’t change these two things they can never hope to sell cars to the US if they are the way they are now. They hope to sell American cars assembled in China to America but that is what people are trying to avoid. 

Blog #49- Vocab

Capitalism- It is a economic and political system that entails private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined by competition in the free market.

Communism- A system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed; a theory advocating elimination of private property(A classless system).


Free Enterprise- Freedom of private business to organize and operate for profit in a competitive system without interference by government beyond regulation necessary to protect public interest and keep the national economy in balance.

Free Market- An economic market operating by free competition

Work Cited-
Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Blog #48- China Loves Cars

Well today we watched even more of the Republic of Capitalism part 3. We re-watched some of it. We watched the part about Lefan motors, and how they asked if they steal ideas. The head said they don’t steal ideas, if America won’t give them what they want; they well purchase it from Japan and Germany. So then we continued on with the video. That the head of Lefan motors has an eye on the global market, he is trying to be a competitor with ford and other companies. When we watched the video, you think as him as Scumbag. Though he is a good business man when you look at him, he is trying to compete with companies that have been around for a 100 years. So he is doing his best to compete, though he probably isn’t doing it the best way. If everything goes his way, you may see Lefan cars in America.

Blog #47- China has car!

Well today in Human Geo we watched part 3 of the video. The reason why we are on part 3 is because Mr. Schick doesn't like part 2 or 4. So part 3 is about how China’s auto industry is growing very fast.  They predict that by the end of 2030 China’s auto industry will be much bigger than the US. Though the main problem with this is because the auto industry just came to China everyone, is being taught how to drive. So imagine New York with everyone being a bad driver, there would accidents all the time. They say that their is around 400 accidents a DAY. So they people try to exchange their information and anything else they need to do fast. If it takes to much time or the accident is severe enough, the police will step in. The officers will say that one person is 90% to blame and the other person is 10%. So they pay what is needed. So insurance companies are trying to make the process more streamlined and make a name for themselves. Though they are not sure if it will work. They also have to build all the roads by hand. So they are hand digging holes for support beams for the highways. Overall it is starting to grow, though they have much still to go before it is mostly perfect like the US.

Blog #46- Economy

We finished the video, finally in Human Geo. We finished the whole Brigs and Stratton part and moved to the next part of the video. It started with a little Chinese woman talking about her husband and daughter. That her husband spent almost all the time drunk, and she didn’t really like him. The only reason she stays is because of their daughter. They sped half of their yearly income which is about 300 for school. They are farmers who work with Lotus Roots. They will sell about 120 pounds of Lotus root for 10 American dollars or so. Then they transitioned to the next family. They showed that it is a Chinese family that lives in the USA, and the father works for CDC or some organization like that in the US. He then decided to go into a private practice to find a cure for AIDS. He set up shop in China why because it is cheap of course. These are just examples of the Chinese Economy. 

Blog #45- The Chinese

. We frankly didn’t learn very much in Human Geo again. We spent a good 3/4^th of the class just doing story time. So then we finally got to the movie, we learned a little bit. We talked about how Walmart’s stock is mainly made in China. So when the woman was complain about how she lost her Job to the Chinese. Well little did she know, since she was shopping at Walmart she was helping her own downfall. Since she was buying stuff made in China, she was encouraging companies to move to China since Walmart had such a success there. Then people in China didn’t know what people in America get paid. When the one girl asked, the man didn’t tell her because I think he didn’t want her to get angry. That is all she knows, and if that is all she will be doing for a good long while, best not make it even worse for her.

Blog #44- Discussion

Well today in Human Geo we didn’t really get much farther into the video, we just watch a old part and explain greatly. One thing that we covered it how there are chain reactions. The first chain reaction is say a company closes. So then you have the people who work in the factory out of work. So they want to save money. So then the restaurants as an example will lose money since they the people are trying to save money. So then the restaurant loses money and closes. So then just from the one factory closing, 300 people without work could turn into 1000 in a blink of an eye. This is a terrible thing but could you blame them. The company is saving so much money that if you were to look at it, you would be stupid not to do it. 

Blog #43-Capitalism at its finest.

Well we are back after our very restful 5 day weekend. I miss that weekend greatly. Well we talked a little bit about how there will be an assembly tomorrow. Then we later talked about how their will be a cease fire between Israel and Palestine though it may not last that long. Then we talked about how the new Egyptian Leader is starting to become more of dictator than a leader. So then we moved to our new section of economical geography. So of course the first country we talked about was China and how Jobs are being outsourced. Also women in China get paid 2 dollars a day, while men get paid 4 dollars a day. People hated their jobs there but if they quit, 5000 people will be ready to take their Job gladly. Their jobs look horrible, something they no one wants to do in America.

Blog #42- All the Test

Well do today in Human Geo we had a test. We had to turn in the paper that we wrote on the weekend. Some people didn’t do the paper right, which I found pretty funny. In my opinion I thought that it was pretty easy. I didn’t use my blog for the quiz. I could have used it, but I knew all the answers in my head. The test was basically the same as the other tests we took but some of the questions were new. The questions about the countries were ok. They were like my country is so and so. Then other ones showed the country and you had to label it with the leaders’ name. It was so easy I couldn’t believe it. I hope I did well because if I didn’t and I said it was easy, I would feel like crap literally. 

Blog #41- Trouble is coming.

Well now there is some big trouble coming in the Middle East. Israel and the Gaza strip. They have been firing missiles back and forth at each other. This is now starting to become all-out war right now. Israel now has tanks at the border, and they might have a plan to invade. They say the only reason they are invading is to destroy the missile launch stations and their ammunition. This is really bad in my opinion. So if it starts to get really bad, people will have to start to pick sides. This could evolve into WWIII if things start to get really bad. I just hope Israel will back down, because if they don’t thinks will only get work. As of now the U.N. is trying to calm both of them down. But as of now there is no avail, war in imminent unless something is done soon.