Economic geography, developed vs. developing nations, and quality of life

Examples of technology creating demand
-Some new technologies have created a demand for a particular natural resources.
-Steam engines need coal
-Internal combustion engines need gas.
-marking computer

Costs and benefits from using natural resources
-Costs
Resource depletion
Environmental destruction
Health problems

Costs and benefits from using natural resources
-Benefits
Help us produce goods and services
Creates employment opportunities
Helps develop new technologies

The effects of unequal distribution of resources
-Because resources are distributed unequally around the world it causes several things to happen
-Interdependence of nations;countries must trade with each other to acquire the goods they do not possess

The effects of unequal distribution of resources cont.
-Uneven economic development (rich and poor countries)
-Energy producers and consumers
-Imperialism (one country domination another)
-Conflicts over control of resources

Differences between developing and developed nations
-Developed nations have better access to natural and capital resources
-Developed nations have more investment in technology and have created better infrastructure

Differences between developing and developed nations cont.
-Developed nations have more skilled labor
-Developed nations have a higher level of economic development
-Developed nations have a higher standard of living and a higher quality of life

What are the indicators of economic development
-Development nations are generally urban
-Most people in developed nations work in secondary and tertiary areas

What are the indicators of economic development cont.
-Most developed nations have a high GDP
-Most developed nations have a highly educated population

Indicators of standard of living and quality of life
High standard of living and high quality of life IF;
-literacy rate is high
-life expectancy rate is high percentage of urban population is high
-infant mortality is low

Video

When you buy something at a big-box retailer, do you read the label to find out the country of origin?
-We can find the China, Thailand, Malaysia... 

Would that influence your purchasing decisions?
-Those countries have low labor cost than other countries. If, some object produced in that country, the object' cost going to be low. Some people show different opinions about China, Thailnad, and Thailand. But some people want to get something more cheaper.

Monday's Class

 Correlations

• There seems to be a correlation between the tertiary and the GDP per captia because the countries that have mostly tertiary tend to have a higher GDP per captia.
• There are also seems to be a correlation between the amount of primary and the GDP per captia because those countries with a low GDP seem to have mostly primary level jobs

Economic Geograph Presentation

Today' class, some group had a presentation about Economic Geograph.
Part of the presentation, The important thing is Clean coal and Deforestration.
Deforestration is the conversation of the forested areas to nonforested areas.
And the clean coal is an umbrella term used primarily to describ technologies that may reduce emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas that arise form the burning of coal for electrical power.
And we also have more presentation in next class.

Economic Geography

We are learning about Economic Geography, that is such as a natural resources, nonrenewable resources, human resources, and capital resources. In my group, we supposed to research about fossil fusels. I think that fossil fuels is most important resources in our life. So we should know about that.

Economic Geography

Natural Resources
-Renewable resources will replace themselves over time
  example : soil, water, and forests

Nonrenewable Resources
-Nonrenewable resources are resources that will not replace themselves,
once they are used, they are GONE
  example : fossil fuels(oil, coal, natural gas), and metals(gold, iron, copper, and bauxite)

Human Resources
-Human resources : People and their minds
-Human resources are affected by level of education, skilled or unskilled labor, and if managerial or entrepreneurial abilities are needed

Capital Resources
-Capital resources are resources that can be used to make more of something, like money or tools
-Key features of capital are the availability of money for lending, the level of infrastructure, the availability and use of tools, machines, and technologies

Three levels of economic activity
-Primary Activities - dealing directly with natural resources
  example : fishing, farming, mining, and forestry
-Secondary Activities - manufacturing and processing of natural resources
  example : steel mills, automobile assembly, sawmills

3rd Level of Economic Activity
-Tertiary Activities - service industries
  example : transportation, retail trade, informational technology services

Energy resources and technology as they have changed over time
-wood - deforestation
-coal - pollution, mining problems, competition with oil and gas
-petroleum(oil, gas) - transportation and environmental considerations

Energy resources and technology as it has changed over time. cont.
-Nuclear - contamination, disposal of waste
-Solar or Wind - cost, aesthetics

Project Blog

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aIoLaOxLM7lSC3RdfwWrBrnZlRL_581F173zjS5tYiA/edit?hl=en_US
-Question 1 together
Jacob-40%(Question 2)
Andy-30%(Question 3)
Christian-30%(Question 4)

Monday's Class

Today, we was work on blue work sheet about population.
First of all, we found each five continents, Asia, Europe, Latin Africa, North Africa, Africa.
We found Crude Death/Birth Rate, Population Rate of five each continents.

Population Pyramids, Demographic Transitions

a. Stage 1: High birth rate, high death rate; very slow growth, low RNI. In preindustrial society, death rates and birth rates were birth high and fluctuated rapidly according to natural events, such as drought and disease, to produce a relatively constant and young population. Children contributed to the economy of the household from an early age by carrying rater, firewood and messages, caring for younger siblings, sweeping, washing dishes, preparing food, and doing some work in the fields.

b. Stage 2: Death rate falls dramatically, birth rate remains high; high RNI. A consequences of the decline in CDR in Stage Two is an increasingly rapid rise in population growth, called the "population explosion"), as the gap between deaths and births grows wider.

c. Stage 3: Death rate remains low, birth rate drops; RNI slows. Stage Three moves the population towards stability through a decline in the birth rate.

d. Stage 4: Death rate low, birth rate low, low RNI (as in Stage 1). This occurs where birth and death rates are both low. Therefore, the total population is high and stable.

*Highest RNI is in Stage 2*

Population Pyramids and the Demographic Transition

• To understand the components of the population pyramid
• To understand that the statistics represented in a popualtion pyramid can help human geographies determine what will happen to a country's population
• Students should be able to gather annd analye population pyramids to determine a nation's

Population Pyramids

• Graphically represent the age and gender distribution of a certain population
• Can be represented by region or by country
• hep human geographers determine what is happening to individual populations across the globe

Elements of the Population Pyramid

• age: population pyramids wisually present the population of a particular country broken down by age
• gender: population pyramid ate split. One side presents the number of males in a particular population; the other reflects the number of females within the same population

• Young and Old populations: Percentage of population under age 15: global average is 30 percent, low is 17 percent(Europe); high of 42 percent(Africa); high number indicates great potential for future growth; Percentage of population over age 65: identifies need for health care and other social services
• Life expectancy: average number of years a person is expected to live; affected by many factors

Generation Baby Boomer

Geopolitics Essay

Geopolitics Essay

 A geopolitics, a study of the influence of such factors as geography, economics, and demography on the politics and especially the foreign policy of a state. And a government policy also guided by geopolitics. The North Korea President Kim Jung-Ill, he never allows that North Korea people want to be free. Therefore, the president Kim Jung-Ill limited their country through geopolitics. At this time, the relation between the North Korea and South Korea politics are very strict such as a Sudan and the way that geography affects politics. Like this, Geopolitics is concerned with politics and the way that geography affects politics or relations between countries.

 The Apartheid is concerned with Geopolitics, the apartheid was a political system in South-Africa in which people were divided into racial groups and kept apart by law. The Apartheid is very serious problem that is discrimination between Africa people(The discrimination is the practice of treating one person or group of people less fairly or less well than other people or groups). So the first South Africa president, Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994. Mandela was an anti-apartheid activities, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress. Mandela described the move to armed struggle as a last resort; years of increasing repression and violence from the state convinced him that many years of non-violent protest against apartheid had not and could not achieve any progress. Mandela and ANC party members were barred from entering the United States except to visit the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan without a special waiver from the US Secretary of State, because of their South African apartheid government are designation as terrorists.

 The Geopolitics also has many problems kinds of war, like holocaust, refugee, and colonialism. A holocaust is an event in which there is a lot of destruction and many people are killed, especially one caused by war. When 1930-40 holocaust by Nazi. The colonialism is the practice by which a powerful country directly controls less powerful countries and uses their resources to increase its own power and wealth. So some countries had colonialism from Africa.  It is also general illegal, and we have restrain obligation about some country’ propaganda. And the Africa people came to be refugee. So refugees ate people who have been forced to leave their homes or their country some of the refugees either because there is a war there or because of their political or religious beliefs.

 The most important problem is genocide. Genocide is the deliberate murder of a whole community or race. In some of countries still have genocides. Genocide is general illegal obligation and we have to stop doing that, because they have human rights so we have to protect their human rights. So, genocide is general illegal obligation, so we have to stop genocide. The United Nation have obligation about genocide problem. Because the genocide is general illegal obligation murder of a whole world or race, so some countries had colonialism from Africa.

Words

Geopolitics- Geopolitics is concerned with politics and the way that geography affects politics or relations between countries.

Genocide- Genocide is the deliberate murder of a whole community or race.

Colonialism- Colonialism is the practice by which a powerful; country directly controls less powerful countries and uses their resources to increase its own power and wealth.

Discrimination- Discrimination is the practice of treating one person or group of people less fairly or less well than other people or groups.

Apartheid-Apartheid was a political system in South-Africa in which people were divided into racial groups and kept apart by law.

Separating- If one thing is separate from another, there is a barrier, space, or division between them, so that they are clearly two things.

Propaganda- Propaganda is information, often inaccurate information which a political organization publishes or broadcasts in order to influence people.

Tribunal- A tribunal is a special court or committee that is appointed to deal with particular problems.

Refugee- refugees ate people who have been forced to leave their homes or their country, either because there is a war there or because of their political or religious beliefs.

Holocaust- A holocaust is an event in which there is a lot of destruction and many people are killed, especially one caused by war.

Nelson Mandela- Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South A frica president to be elected in fully representive democratic election. Before his presidency, Manela was an anti-apartheid activisr, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his partyin th negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994. As president from 1994 to 1999, he frequently gave priority to reconciliaction, while introducing policied aimed at combating poverty and inequality in South Africa. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Madiba, his Xhosa clan name or as tata. Mandela has received more 250 awards over four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prizes

Our Discussion

 Should we come to the aid of victims of genocide? 
-Genocide is general illegal obligation and we have to stop doing that, because they have human rights so we have to protect their human rights.

 Are we legally obligated to stop genocide?
-Genocide is general illegal obligation, so we have to stop genocide.

 Can we even afford to help those whose human rights are being violated in plain sight of the world?
-No, we can't. First of all, we weren't protect their human rights, so it doesn't make sense




United Nation does not have obligation.
genocide general illegal obligation

Class Blog(Monday)

We began our unit on geopolitics with a discussion of genocide, discrimination, colonialism, and apartheid, among other things, and we are to fill out the reverse side of the handout. we most talk about genocide and we also talk about Nelson Mandela.

Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South A frica president to be elected in fully representive democratic election. Before his presidency, Manela was an anti-apartheid activisr, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his partyin th negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994. As president from 1994 to 1999, he frequently gave priority to reconciliaction, while introducing policied aimed at combating poverty and inequality in South Africa. In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Madiba, his Xhosa clan name or as tata. Mandela has received more 250 awards over four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prizes

Friday's Class-Test

We have a test about each other country's culture on Friday's class.
I think that little bit hard, but easier than last test.
I believe that my test score going to be excellent.
I hope so.

Culture - some definitions

•         learned, shared behavior that is held in common by a group of people, empowering them with a "way of life"

•         systems of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people

•         learned behavior of a group of people, generally considered to be the tradition of that people, transmitted from generation to generation

So many definitions, so much confusion

these definitions have a few things in common:

•         "groups of people"

•         "learned knowledge"

•         "shared behavior"

•         "held in common"

•         "traditions"

•         "transmitted from generation to generation"

What is learned, and how?

•         speech

•         religion

•         livelihood

•         value systems

•         technology

•         housing

•         foods

•         music

•         and on, and on, and on..

Let's narrow it down to a few elements

•         language

•         values, norms, and beliefs

•         social activity and interaction

•         arts and sciences

Language

•         a set of symbols used to assign and communicate meaning

•         spoken words

•         written symbols

•         these enable us to name or label the things in our world so we can think and communicate about them 

This is language.                              이것은 언어입니다.

 Este es el lenguaje.                   यह भाषा है.

   這是語言。                  Ceci est la langue.

(English, Korean, Spanish, Hindi, Chinese, French)

Values, norms, and beliefs

Values:

•         democracy

•         capitalism

•         education

Norms:

•         how society should conduct its business

•         how individuals in society should behave

•         norms have the "should" idea

•         what is "normal" ? 

Beliefs:

•         religion

•         faith

•         family

Social activity and interaction

groups, organizations, institutions

•         Ravens fans

•         the Republican Party

•         war veterans

•         German-Americans

•         the Lost Boys of Sudan

•         social studies teachers

•         the Methodist Church

•         marathon runners

•         the Directors Guild of America

•         Facebook members

Arts and sciences

literature

•         novels

•         poetry

•         plays

performing arts

•         dance

•         music

•         film, television

visual arts 

•         drawing

•         painting

•         photography

•         iconography

Video
I understand culture as a treasure that is a part of our collective memory, of our perception of ourselves.

Culture is us
We make it
We shape it as we love it to be

The more we know about the cultures of others, the more open minded tolerant and global we become.
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Our cultural traits, value and beliefs are different and diverse.

Culture Project.

Today, some students brought in food of their country.
So, we could eat some foods.
we can also heard about some groups presentation.
there are two country, United Kingdom and Brazil.
I taught that the United Kingdom is very interesting country, they have lots of sports, good religion, and very many excellent TV shows and films.
If i have a chance, I want to go to the United Kingdom.
I believe, the Korea presentation also will be interest.

Culture Project

Culture Project

Today, we start the Culture Project.
Mr. Schick gave each other country to us, South Korea, United Kingdom, Japan, China, United States, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, India, France.
My group's country is South Korea.
On this occasion, I want to spread out the nation of  Korea of my hometown.

Culture Discuss

We had a disscusion time about culture's definition of my opinion.
We heard seven students definition of the word "culture".
Most student's definition, the culture is different each other nation's religion, manner, arts, language...
and the culture is pass down among the generation. The culture also pass down to you.
My opinion about the "Culture Definition" is under the one nation, traditionally, they have been keeping their arts, letters, mannersm scholarly pursuits, religion and humanities. like different between the Korean and the United States.
then, constantly, they are creating their arts, letters, mannersm scholarly pursuits and humanities.

Video Assignment- Did you know?

Did you know?

 The part of the video, “Today’s 21-year-olds have Watched20,000 hours of TV” It is about 2years, “Today’s 21-year-olds have played 10,000 hours of video games” It is about one year, and “Today’s 21-year-olds have talked 10,000 hours on the phone” It is about one years. Definitely, the something like I.T  are very development and useful but I’m not sure that the electronic machines are useful unquestioningly. The 4-year-olds even used a computer more than 70%.  Although we need electronic machines for our convenient life, the electronic machine is very bad to our health. So I think about the using electronic machine is negative.

 But I’m positive about development something like I.T. We can search the information on the diverse websites. For example, there were more than 2,700,000,000 searches performed on Google. For that reason we can find more information and can be much smarter. We also sharing the information can be more convenient. And the internet is developing in our life, there are more than 540,000 words in the English language about five times as many as during Shakespeare’s time (widget, web-surfer, blog, e-learner, internet). So I think about the development Internet is positive.

 When I watched the video, I like this kind of we didn’t know about it. The video mostly deal with Internet and I.T. The first commercial text message was dent in December 1992 and the number of text message sent and received today. And while predictions further out than 15 years are hard to do 2049 a $1,000 computer will exceed the computing capabilities of the human race. Thus, the Internet and I.T are very developing in our life. So we should make good use the Internet and I.T in our class and studying. The John Carroll high school now are using  a laptop. Although we close to electronic machines, we should make good use the Internet for our class and studying. If we use the laptop well, we can expect good effect in our study.

Culture Definition

Culture Definition

 Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings.
 First, Excellence of taste in the fine arts and humanities, also known as high culture.
 Second, An integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for symbolic thought and social learning.
 Third, The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization, or group.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture)

 Culture is 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.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/culture)

 Then, my opinion about the "Culture Definition" is under the one nation, traditionally, they have been keeping their arts, letters, mannersm scholarly pursuits and humanities.
then, constantly, they are creating their arts, letters, mannersm scholarly pursuits and humanities
and they will be creating their arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits and humanities,
so the cultures represent their country to the another country and they also export their culture.
Culture is the systems of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people.
Therefore, the culture is very important to the country, so we have to protect and we have to create our culture, we also study and understand our culture.

Population Facts

Population

Find Sudan’s population and rank

-The Susan's population is 45,047,502 and ranked in 29th.

Find Kenya’s population and rank

-The Kenya's population is 41,070,934 and ranked in 33th

Find the United States population & rank

-The United States population is 313,232,044 and ranked in 3rd

Country with the highest population (listed)

-The highest population country is China(1,336,718,015)

Country with the lowest population (listed)

-The lowest population country is Pitcairn Islands(48)

Density

Number of people per square kilometer

Sudan

-The Sudan's density is 17 and ranked in 200th.

Kenya

-The Kenya's density is 69 and ranked in 136th.

United States

-The United States density is 32 and ranked in 179th.

Greatest density

-The greatest density country is the Macau(18,534).

Least density

-The least density country is the Greenland(0.026).

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

Sudan

-The Sudan's Total Fertility Rate is 4.84 and ranked in 24th

Kenya

-The Kenys's Total Fertility Rate is 4.19 and ranked in 38th

US

-The United States Total Fertility Rate is 2.06 and ranked in 122th

Highest

-The highest country of Total Fertility Rate is the Niger(7.60)

Lowest

-The lowest country of Total Fertility Rate is the Macau(0.92)

Net Migration Rate

Sudan

-The Sudan's Net Migration Rate is -0.29 and ranked in 127th.

Kenya

-The Kenya's Net Migration Rate is 0.00 and ranked in 91th

US

-The United States Net Migration Rate is 4.18 and ranked in 23th.

Highest

-The highest country of Net Migration Rate is Zimbabwe(24.83).

Lowest

-The lowest country of Net Migration Rate is Northern Mariana Islands(-57.46).

Infant Mortality

Sudan

-The Sudan's Infant Mortality is 68.07 and ranked in 21th.

Kenya

-The Kenya's Infant Mortality is 52.29 and ranked in 44th.

US

-The United States Infant Mortality is 6.06 and ranked in 176th.

Highest

-The highest country of Infant Mortality is Angola(175.90).

Lowest

-The lowest country of Infant Mortality is Monaco(1.79).

What is the “magic” number for TFR that determines whether a country’s population increases or decreases?

shows the potential for population change in the country

Why?

the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate (TFR) is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman



 

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25 questions for the CIA Factbook

What is the population of the United States?
-The United States population is 313,232,044.

What are the five largest countries in the world, by population?
-China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil.
What is the population of Pakistan?
-The Pakistan population is 187,342,721.

What kind of government does the United States have?
-The type of the United States government is Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition

What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe?
-The unemployment rate in Zimbabwe is 95%.

What is the largest country in the world by area?
-The largest country in the world is Russia.

What country has the third greatest number of airports?
-The Mexico has the third greatest number of airports.

What country is the largest producer of coca derivatives (cocaine, etc.)?
-The Columbia is the largest producer of coca derivatives.

What country exports more oil than any other?
-The Saudi Arabia exports more oil than any other country.

What country imports more oil than any other?
-The United States imports more oil than any other country.

What country consumes more oil than any other?
-The United States consumes more oil than any other.

Can women serve in combat roles in China’s military?
-A recent military decision allows women in combat roles; the first class of women warship commanders was in training in 2011 (2011)
What is GDP?
-GDP is the Gross Domestic Product, and this is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries

What country has the highest GDP per capita in the world, and how much is it?
-The Qatar has the highest GDP per captia in the world, and it is $179,000.
Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita?
-No, United States is the 11th.

Most of the countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what continent?
-The highest birth rate countries almost can find in Africa.

11 of the top 12 countries with the highest number of deaths from HIV/AIDS can be found in which continent?
-The Zambia and the South Africa is in the same continent.

What other country is in the top ten?
-Qatar, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bermuda, Singapore, Jersey, Norway, Brunei,
United Arab Emirates, Kuwait is in the top ten.

Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths?
-United States is in the 9th.

Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones?
-No, the United States ranked in the third. #1 is the China.

What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic?
-The US Roman Catholic is 23.9%.

What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic?
-The Mexico Roman Catholic is 76.5%.

What is Net Migration Rate?
-The Net Migration Rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change.

Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world?
-No, the US Net Migration Rate is 23th in the world.

What is the current population of the entire planet?
-The current population if the earth is 6,928,198,253.