12-10

Today in class we took a test and it was hard to me because I did not study enough or prepare enough for it. I was the only one who didn't see what I got because I have a feeling I did not do well. It would have been easy if I studied more because I had all the notes needed.

12-8

Today we went over what would be on he test Wednesday. I took some notes

Christianity

number of adherents: around 2.2 billion (largest in the world)

call them: Christians

geographic location: Europe, the Americas, southern Africa

denominations: Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestants (Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, many more)

 

founder: Jesus Christ (it’s Abrahamic in origin)

holy book: The Bible, especially the New Testament

beliefs: Jesus is both human and divine - the Son of God; he  led a virtuous life; he was crucified, died, buried, and resurrected; he ascended into heaven where he reigns with God the Father

clergy: the Pope is head of the church, priests are local authorities

 

Islam

number of adherents: 1.5 billion (second largest)

call them: Muslims

geographic location: Indonesia, Middle East, north Africa

denominations: Sunnis (75 - 90%), Shiites (10 - 20%)

 

founder: Muhammad  (570 - 632)

holy book: Qur’an

beliefs: monotheistic, Abrahamic

Five Pillars (testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, pilgrimage)

Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah (God), and observing Islamic law

 

Hinduism

 

number of adherents: 1.1 billion (third largest)

call them: Hindus

geographic location: India, Nepal

holy book: the Vedas - eternal truths revealed to ancient sages; composed in verse form (meant to be sung and easily memorized)

founder: no distinct founder - it is a series of intellectual or phil0sophical points of view, rather than a rigid, strict set of beliefs - probably the oldest religion, although Hinduism is less a religion than a way of life, or a faith

 

Buddhism

number of adherents: 500 million to 1.5 billion (estimates                           vary quite a bit)

call them: Buddhists

geographic location: southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan

(there are 1.2 million Buddhists in the United States)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12-5

In todays class we finished up on cultural geography and started on religions and which religions were where in the world. We also were told it was important to have our notes in our notebook. We have a test on Wednesday. Here are some notes I took

 

• There are conflicts between Catholics and protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland
• Spatial Divisions
• Countries
• Economic alliances
• European Union
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
• Political alliances
• North Atlantic treaty Organization (NATO)

 

12-4

We missed the beginning of class today due to a fire drill. Then we cam in and listen to Mr Schicks song on the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" then we continued our lesson on cultural geography for the last 15 minutes. Here are the note I took.

• Religion can be both a unifying force
• Five major religions in the world today - Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
• The have millions of followers all believing the same thing
• Religion can also be a dividing force around the world.
• Hindus and Muslims fight in India and Pakistan
• There are conflicts between Catholics and protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland

 

12-3

Today we started our next unit on Cultural Geography here are some notes I took.

• Language
• Arabic unites the Arab world
• Spanish unites the Hispanic world
• Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish it speaks Portuguese
• Canada is a bilingual nation. Speak French and English, Quebec is the French speaking part
• Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the groups
• English is now considered the world language and is used for most business transactions around the world
• Ethnic heritage
• In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country
• When strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries
• The United States and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries
• Korea and japan have primarily one ethnic group

12-1

Today we continued to watch the movie. It has been a while since we last watched it with the short break. What happened this time was salim kidnapped Latika and took her back to his boss where she was to be a dancer for him. While all this is happening Jamal is on his last question for all the money. The last question was about the Three Musketeers and Jamal flashed back to where he read the book and was slapped on the head with it in school. He also flashed back to where Jamal and salim just found Latika standing out in the rain and they said "That could be the third Musketeer." Then it ended, and Jamal did not know the answer. Salem then noticed that what he did to Latika was wrong so he let her go and sacrificed himself for his brother. Salim then gave Latika the keys to the car and his phone because he knew that was the only number Jamal remembered. Then Salim locked himself in the bathroom and threw all his money in the bathtub then layer on it all with his gun in his hand he then shot the boss, but there were three more guys that shot and killed him. Jamal did not know his brother was killed. Latina drove somewhere where she could watch Jamal. Jamal did not know the answer to the question so he phoned a friend. He called Salims phone because that's the only number he knew. It rung then Latika realized she left salims phone in the car. She ran back to get it then on the last ring she picked it up an said " Jamal it Latika" he was very surprised to hear her. But she did not know the answer, so he had to guess. He guessed A, and got it right. The last part I got to see was Jamal was sitting at the train station he looked over and saw Latika, and they walked toward each other. Then I had to leave for my game. I am going to finish this movie on my own time.

11-24

Today we continued to watch the movie "Slum Dog Millionaire." This movie keeps getting more and more interesting but it is still a very good movie. As the kids are older now Samal is getting involved with drugs and drinking and it is starting to control him. As the brothers found Latika Jamal gets kicked out of the apartment room they are staying in as salim puts a gun to Jamals head and keeps Latika to get money. Salem got hired by a new boss when he saw that salim pulled a gun out on people. Jamal then goes and gets a job at a place where he can find people so he looks up his brothers name and he calls him. His brother answered and said to come to him. Jamal went to find him and when he found him he punched him in the face and knocked him to the ground. Jamal then asked where Latika was and Salem said she was gone then Jamal went and followed Salem and he arrived at a gate where he made eye contact with Latika the guard asked why he was there and he said he was the dishwasher and they let him in where he talked to Latika in the kitchen then a guy came in and Latika quickly gave Jamal an apron. The guy then said to make him a sandwich so they made him a sandwich and he took a bite then spit it out. He kicked Jamal out and he said to Latika to meet him at the train station at 5. Then Jamal was waiting and waiting then he finally saw her she looked up at him and they were running for each other, Jamal looked behind Latika and saw three guys chasing after her as she tried to escape. They caught her and took her into a car Jamal was at the window and the guys pulled out a knife and cut her as Jamal watched, then they drove off.