Review For Mid Term Exam

Socrates quote "The unexamined life is not worth living."

• Means that if your not examining the gift of life than why live it and give it up.

Greek Vocabulary

• Arete- doing good of well
• Term if you did not do anything in life and didn't care- Idiot
• Polis- name for city state
• Socrates- Philosopher

Political Geography- Study lists of all the countries and leaders (about 25 questions)

 

Biggest number of questions on the test is what we just learned

Slumdog Millionaire

• characters
• plot
• questions on game show

Religion

• Study religion test we just got back
• study notes on religion

Pick 2 essay questions out of 3

Exam Questions #1- Socrates famously quote. Describe what you learned and the importance of this philosophy

Exam Question #2- Religion , language, and ethnicity. What did you observe about people with other characteristics. Describe differences and similarities

Exam Question #3- Discuss some things you learned in Human Geo this semester

2/3 of the exam will be multiple choice scantron questions

Review Day

In class on Friday we reviewed our tests that we just took. I did not get a good grade and apparently many people did not. Mr. Schick is letting people come after school to re take the test and get at least a 70%. Since I got a 48% I would like to bring my grade up a little bit so I do not have to stress even more for Human Geo exams. I studied really hard for the makeup so I can get at least a 70% and hopefully it will bring my grades up by at least a few points.

Cultural Geography Test

Today in class we took a test. I did not feel that I did not do well on this test, but I did try to study. Mr.Schick went to grade them in the same class period and I did really bad by getting a 48%. I really hope that this grade does not bring my grade down by a lot. He also introduced an extra credit assignment that will be to make up a rap. I want to do this so it can help my grades before exams next week. I am working with Kacey and Meredith and it is due January 3rd. It is a lot harder than it seems to write a rap. We have not done anything with this rap and all really need this to boost our grade a little bit this quarter.

Study Class

Today in Human Geo Mr.Schick had to leave because he had something to go to. During this class time we had Mr.Kimble as a sub and studied for tomorrows test. After we finished studying Meredith,Kacey, and I decided to complete the extra credit work on Mr.Schick's blog. The assignment was to write a rap about the world events in 2014 and to submit it before January 3rd. Writing a rap was actually harder than it seemed. We couldn't find many events or words to write it in. Since we have alot of time to do this project we will finish working on it before it is due so it can help us get a better grade in Human Geo before the quarter ends.

Largest religion in the world (make up notes)

1. Christianity

• 2.2 Billion (largest in the world)
• Call them: Christians
• Location: Europe, the Americans, southern Africa
• Denomination: Catholic Church, Easter Orthodox Church
• Founder: Jesus Christ
• Holy Book: The Bible
• Beliefs:
• Human and Divine
• Son of God
• Led a virtuous life
• Crucified
• Died
• Buried
• Resurrection
• Ascended into heaven where he reigns with God the Father
• Clergy: The Pope Is head of church, priests local authorities

    2. Islam

•  1.5 billion (Second largest)
• Call them: Muslims
• Location: Indonesia, Middle East, North Africa
• Denomination: Sunnis (75%-90%) Shiites (10%-20%)
• Founder: Muhammad (570-632)
• Holy Book: Qur'an
• Beliefs:
• Monotheistic
• Abrahamic
• Five Pillars
• Testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting
• Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting Allah(God), and observing Islamic law

   3.Hinduism

• 1.1 billion (Third largest)
• Call them: Hindus
• Location: India, Nepal
• Holy Book: The Vedas
• Eternal truth revealed to ancient wise men
• Written or composed in verse form
• Founder: No distinct founder
• Series of wisdom points of view
• Way of living your life
• Being in harmony with Earth
• "Reincarnation"

     4. Buddhism

• 500 million to 1.5 billion (Estimates vary a bit)
• Call them: Buddhists
• Location: Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan (There are 1.2 million Buddhists in the United States)
• Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
• Denominations:
• Tibetan
• Zen
• Theravada
• Amidst

Doctors Appointment

Today I was not in Human Geo. because I had a doctors appointment.

Notes on Cultural Characteristics 12/05

Examples of Spatial Divisions:

• Political alliances

• North American Treaty Organization (NATO)

• Commonwealth of nations

• Organization of American states (OAS)

Cultural Characteristics Notes 12/04/14

• Religion can be both a unifying force.

• There are five major religions in the world today-- Hinduism. Buddhism,Judaism,Christianity, and Islam

• They have millions of followers all believing the same thing.

Examples of Cultural Characteristics

• Religion can also be a dividing force around the world
• Hindus and Muslims fight in India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim)
• There are conflicts between Catholics and Protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland
• Jews, Christians and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as their religions holy site. They are constantly fighting over the land

Spatial Divisions

• Spatial divisions are how we divide the livable space found on the Earth by establishing social, economic, and political control.
• You can be a member of more than one spatial group.
• Spatial divisions can also cause conflicts or cooperation

Examples of Spatial Divisions

• Countries
• Economic Alliances
• European Union
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Out of School

Today I was not in Human Geo because I was out of school having a medical procedure.

Who Wants to be a Millionaire

This morning in Human Geo we re-watched about the last 20 minutes of Slum dog Millionaire because a lot of people did not stay to watch the ending. I really liked the ending of the movie because it was a happy ending. I do wish that we could see where Jamal and Latika ended up in life and what Jamal said when he figured out that his brother died. I liked this movie because it showed a different culture than I am used to. Slum dog Millionaire showed how the Indian live because it is so overpopulated. Yesterday I was watching a reality tv show and they were in Mumbai, India. The tv show showed the tower and the train station and the slums in India. The movie made me realize what other peoples lives could be like and it could be completely normal to them.