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Today in class each group presented their advertising slide show. There we two groups that i was pretty impressed with their slides and information. The two groups who were selling iPhones and chopsticks had a lot of information on what they were selling and where everything was made. My group was trying to sell Cadillac DTS's.

Definitions

Today in class we went over/discussed  the definitions for capitalism, communism, free enterprise, and free market.

Capitalism – An economic and political system when a countries trade and industry are controlled by private owners.

Communism – A revolutionary socialist movement to create a classless and stateless social order structured upon common ownership of the means of production, as well as a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order.

Free enterprise -An economic system where few restrictions are placed on business activities and ownership.

Free market – A market where the price of a good or service is determined by supply and demand, rather than by governmental regulation.

Countries Facts

United States

Declared independence on July 4, 1776

From the 1500s through the 1700s, they were settled and colonized by the Spanish, British, French, Dutch, Portuguese, and other European nations.  The original thirteen colonies were held by Great Britain until the Revolutionary War, after which they became the first thirteen states.  There are now 50 states in the United States.  The United States is considered the last true superpower, with the world's largest military and the world's largest economy.

Israel

Israel became an independent state on May 14, 1948

Following World War Two, the newly-formed United Nations drafted a treaty dividing up some of Palestine's land.  They established an independent Arab state and an independent Jewish state.  Many Jews emigrated to the new nation of Israel post WWII.  Creation of this new Jewish state was not universally accepted by Arabs, even though Israel was officially admitted to the UN on May 11, 1949.  There is still controversy surrounding Israel's very existence in the Middle East.

China

China's official date of independence is October 1, 1949.

China is one of the world's oldest civilizations.  As long ago as 221 BC, China was unified as a nation during the Qin dynasty.  They formed a republic on January 1, 1912.  The current Communist government, officially called the People's Republic of China, was formed in 1949.  

Germany

Germany's official date of independence is January 18, 1871.

Germany was founded in 1957 and has the largest economy and is the second largest nation 

in England. Otto von Bismarck, the Minister-President of Purssia, unified independent German states into a nation-state.Germany also fought in World War 2.

France 

France was always independent, but when needed the army could control the country.

There may not be an official date that France became independent on but they celebrate Independence day on the 14th of July. On October 5, 1958 the Fifth French Republic was established.France is a European leader when it comes to culture, economy, military, and politics. France also supplies a large amount of nuclear weapons. 

Afghanistan

Afghanistan's official date of independence is August 19, 1919.

Afghanistan was founded in 1747 by the Pashtun Tribe. A very important part in history is located in this area, called The Silk Road. Afghanistan is not officially apart of the British Empire. To gain their independence they had to fight three different wars against the British. There is currently a war going on in Afghanistan.

Mexico

Mexico's official date of independence is September 16, 1810.

Before Mexico became independent it was controlled by Spain. The oldest people are the Aztec. While searching for gold and riches, Cortes made the decision to invade and take over the Aztec empire, killing many people.

India 

India's official date of independence is August 15, 1942

India became independent because of a non-violent resistance. India use to be ruled by the United Kingdom. India also has the second largest population in the world.



Saudi Arabia 
 
 
 
Saudi Arabia's official date of independence is September 23, 1932.
 
The prophet Muhammad brought together different tribes therefore creating a Muslim community. After Muhammad's death, the area began to expand resulting in modern day Saudi Arabia. They were never under the rule of another country. 
 
 
 

United Kingdom
 
Approximately 30,000 years ago was when the first humans settled on the modern day United Kingdom. It was first ruled by the Romans then taken over by the Germanic Angleo-Saxon who then named it the Kingdom of England. The Kingdom of England influenced the parliamentary system sometime in the 1800th century. England was the country that controlled other countries such as the Americas, India, and Africa. 
 
 
 
 
Brazil
 
Gained independence September 7, 1822.


 
Before Brazil gained its independence, it was claimed by Portugal in 1500. Rio de Janeiro later became the seat of the Portugese Empire as a result of the French invasion in Portugal. When the king returned to Portugal, he left his son there in order to rule Brazil, which was returning back to a colony. But the people of Brazil, along with the prince refused therefore leading to Brazil's independence in 1822. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Venezuela
 
 
Venezuela became independent July 5, 1811. 
 
 
Spain colonized Venezuela in 1522, making it the country's first South American settlement. Then a Venezuelan marshal declared independence therefore starting the Venezuelan War of Independence. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Iran
 

Iran declared independence April 1, 1979.

 
In the 1950's, the United States and England had to get involved in Iran's government and for the first time had to overthrew their government. Iran's government then turned autocratic. The people of Iran then started to demonstrate against the Shah therefore causing him to leave the country. The country then switched to a theocracy government in 1979 declaring independence from the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
 
 
 
 

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Today in class we went over the answers to our Country leaders test. I only got four wrong. We also had a long discussion about Mexico and how the production of drugs is a big effect on their country. We talked about how if an officer found out where the drugs are being made. Someone that is involved in the drug system will try to buy the officer out of stopping their business. We also talked about how china just chose their new leader today, Xi Jinping.

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Class was really fun today. We had two shadows with us, which made our conversations a little more interesting. Today we reviewed our country leaders and where the countries are located. I liked what Mr. Schick did with the blow up globe i think it could really help us learn where all the countries we are talking about in class are located. I learned that many countries allow criminals to be their leader. Tomorrow I'm going to have a shadow i hope tomorrows class is as interesting as it was today. 

Leaders

Hamid Karzi has been president sense December 7, 2004. He has been helping Afghanistan's government grow ever sense he was chosen a president.He also knows six different languages. English, French, Hindi, Urdu, Pashto, and Dari. Karzi's brother was involved with smuggling drugs.

Dilma Rousseff was the first women Chief to be the president pf Brazil.
She was also the first economist to hold the office. Rousseff was captured form 1970 to 1072. While in jail she was tortured by ferule, punching, and electric shock devices. 

The first crisis of Hu's leadership happened during the outbreak of SARS. Hu Jintao brought China to the great success it has today. Jintao believes in consensus type rule. He dismissed many political workers when he took office.

François Hollande was the special adviser for the president of France before he took office.

Angela Merkel is the Chancellor of Germany  and the party leader of the Christian Democratic Union. She is the first women to become Chancellor of Germany .

Pranab Mukherjee was rated as the best Finance Minister in the world by Euromoney magazine. Mukherjee created Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad increased spending by 25 percent his first year as president. Ahmadinejad’s government had the highest budget deficit since the Iranian revolution.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the first person to be born in Israel that became prime minister.


























Abdhall had 13 wives, had 35 kids

Pop Quiz!!

Today in class we went over our Countries, Government, and Leaders blog . We didn't really talk about what type of government the countries have be did talk about their leaders and what they do. After we went over all the leaders Mr. Schick told us he was going to quiz us on the countries and leaders at the end of class. So we each go a partner and studied together, I knew right away I wasn't going to do very well on the quiz because I can’t remember all of the countries and their leaders in just a couple minutes. By the end of class Mr. Schick ended up only testing two students, and I was not one of them. Thank goodness. :) 

No Mr.Schick :'(

Today in class we had a substitute. I usually hate having substitutes in human geography but Mr. Huber was cool. I liked that Mr. Schick chose two students to go in front of the class and review the test with us. Cole and Kishan really did a good job. I didn't really get as good as a grade as I thought I did, but I guess that means I have to study harder for the next test. After reviewing the test we worked on finishing our Countries, Government, and Leaders blog. If we already turned it in we worked quietly on any other work that we needed to finish. The picture on the right is what my face looked like when I found our Mr. Schick wasn't going to be in class today.

Country, Government, Leader

India 

 Federal Parliamentary Representative Democrat Republic 

President Pranab Mukherjee

China

Communism 

President Hu Jintao

                                                                          Mexico 

                                                    Federal Representative Republic

                                                          President Felipe Calderon

Afghanistan

No central functioning government 

President Hamid Karzai

Iran

Theocratic Republic

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Israel

Parliamentary Democracy

President Shimon Peres

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahau  

Germany 

Democracy and Federal Republic

President Joachim Gauck

United Kingdom

Constitutional Monarchy

Queen Elizabeth ll

Prime Minister David Cameron 

France 

Unitary Semi-Presidential Republic 

President Francois Hollande

Brazil

Federal Republic 

President Dilma Rousseff

Venezuela 

Federal Republic

President Hugo Chavez

Saudi Arabia 

 Monarchy

King Abdullah

Questions.

Who is Siddhartha Gautama?

The founder of Buddhism.

Where are the main locations for Christianity?

The Americas, Europe, and southern Africa.

What does cultural characteristics include? 

The groups language, religion, and ethnic heritage.

Is Hinduism monotheistic or polytheistic?

Neither.   

What religion has more followers? Hinduism or Buddhism?

Hinduism, 900 million.

October 18 2012

Today in class we went over three more religions and will finish all of them tomorrow. Today we talked about Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. While we were talking about Islam i learned that women do not have as many rights as we do. They don't get an education like the boys/men do, they are also not aloud to over expose themselves. Only a tiny bit of skin can show through clothing everything else is covered. Then we started talking about Hinduism. I really liked Kishan talking about the religion in front of the class because he explained it really well. I learned that if you as a Hindu they would say Hinduism is monotheistic but technically its neither. I also liked that Kishan said in Hinduism your life is before religion, most religions are very stricked and you have to put all of tat first. Lastly we talked about Buddhism, I actually kinda already knew some stuff about that religion but at lunch today Mr.Schick told me that the Budda never really ate but his statue is always fat. I forgot to ask him in class why they did that but i think we will talk more about it tomorrow. Tomorrow i think we are going to start talking about Judaism.

October 15, 2012

Today in class we started to go over the answers to the questions we had to answer when Mr.Schick was out on Friday. We only really talked about Christianity because we had some pretty good discussions about the answers everyone got. I learned that Christianity's holy book is not the Bible it is the New Testament which is a book in the Bible. I also thought it was interesting when Mr.Schick told us that most wars start because of religious disagreements. I thought it was interesting because religion is supposed to bring people together and help each other understand the meaning of life. Not kill anyone who doesn't agree with you or doesn't have the same point of view on something as you do.

Top Five Religions

Top Five Religions

Christianity was founded in the Middle East by Jesus Christ after his death, which is also the central figure for the religion as well as the Pope. Christianity is a monotheistic religion and has 2.1 billion followers. The holy book is the New Testament (Bible). This religion isn't only found in the Americas, it is also found in Europe and southern Africa.

Islam has 1.5 billion followers and was founded around 600 AD in the Central Asian Arabian desert and spread to East Asia, Central Europe and North Africa. This religion is monotheistic and their holy book is the Quran. Islam’s central figure is Allah which in Arabic means “God”, the Prophet Mohammed is most central.  Generally this religion is practiced in the Middle East, Northern Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, and Western Africa.

Buddhism is a monotheistic religion that has about 376 million followers and was founded around 460 B.C by a price named Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha Gautama is the central figure of Buddhism, as well as the Buddah. This religions holy book is called the Tipitaka.

Hinduism has 900 million followers and was founded in 1500 BC or earlier in India. Its central figures are Guru and Sage. This religion’s main locations are India, United States, and the United Kingdom. Hinduism is a pantheism religion with polytheism elements. Their holy book or sacred texts are, the Vedas, Upanishads, Sutras, and the Bhagvad Gita.

Judaism is mainly found in Israel and the United States and has 14 million followers. This religion is monotheistic and was founded in the year 2000 BCE but the exact year and date is unknown. Its holy book is called the Torah and the central figures are The Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 

October 11,2012

Today in class Mr.Schick showed us a power point about different cultures and cultural characteristics. Which is and idea or theme that is shared between everyone in the group and used throughout their everyday life. For example, language, religion. and ethnic heritage. English is now considered the world language and is used for most business. We also how it would be helpful if everyone around you and in your country spoke the same language. We said they it could help with business and news. If something is happening it would be easier to get the word around about what ever is going on.

October 10, 2012

Today in class we presented our power points. There groups and each group had a different topic. My group’s topic was Vikings. I didn't really get to help out with my group’s power point because I had a volleyball game. My group also did not send in the power point so Mr. Schick didn't get it. When my group had the present we had to use another classes presentation to get at least some points. The other two groups were doing Columbus and Native Americans. I learned that Native Americans were in American before the Vikings and Columbus, but when Columbus showed up he fought the Natives for the land. I also learned that there are still many Native Americans living in America today.