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.