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.

Mumbai and Harford County

There are many differences between Mumbai and Harford County. I am thankful that I don't have to live in those conditions. We have bathrooms to use when all they have is an outhouse. We have a house with TVs and everything to interest us when their houses are the size of a small classroom. Their cops are corrupt and our cops support and protect us. Also their are fights between Hindu and Muslims when we don't have any kind of wars like that. In school teachers are allowed to hit the students when they would get arrested for doing that here. Also most people don't jump on trains to escape here. The streets here are bigger and not as crowded. We also have washing machines to wash our clothes in rather than a dirty river. We have clean water to drink instead of drinking the river water. We can shower in a shower instead of cleaning off in a river. They don't even get to wear shoes when we get clean clothes and shoes. The kids have to give fake tours and steal shoes and purses to get money.

Slumdog Milionare

Today we started the movie Slumdog Million are, I have already seen this movie but its been awhile so I only remember a few parts. This movie really shows how the slums in India are how people have to live. I feel bad for the kids in India that are young and don't have a safe place to stay. When they have to go to the bathroom they don't have toilets they go and it goes straight down and just makes a puddle. Also the people don't have police that protect them the police are almost against them. It must be hard to live in a situation like that.

11-19

Today my computer was dead and I did not have a charger all day so I could not work on the Spotify. I did make the class productive by working on my other class work that I had to finish from another class.

11-17

When we first got to class we got our tests back. I was worried on how I did but when I went to look at my grade I was relieved when I saw an 80. I thought I did worse than an 80. Then we looked at a county map on which people call soda, pop or anything else. Then we closed out class talking about cultural geography.

japan national anthem

Country Facts

Brazil

• Federal Republic
• Dilma Rousseff  as president
• Re electing a new leader that agrees with more of her policies- way to get rid of her

Canada

• Parliamentary Democracy
• monarch head of state
• Prime Minister Stephen Harper
• 1931- became one of the Commonwealth Countries
• Stephen Harper- can be impeached, even though people protested and said he couldn't

Here are some notes I might need for the test. And also in class we talked about internet, Enrique, How you use credit Cards.

Country Facts

Russia

• Federal Republic
• Started in 1991
• Run by Vladimir Putin and Mendvedev
• Vladimir was president from 2000-2008
• Medvedev was president from 2008-2012
• Prime Minister of Russia
• Government submits the federal budget to the State Dumas
• They manage federal property

Syria

• Republic under Bashar Al Assad
• 7 year long terms
• Expected to remain the leader for a long time

Country Facts

Germany

• Federal republic
• state that does not have a sovereign head of state
• Leader of Germany is Angela Merkel, Chancellor
• First female chancellor of Germany

Today in class we started our presentations, We did not have to present today, so all I did was take notes on other peoples presentations. On France, Germany, and United States. I took some notes on Germany up top.

11-3

Today we found out that the project had to be a PowerPoint so in class all we had to do was transfer everything onto a PowerPoint and get a few more notes:

How long They are expected to be the leaders-  

Prime Minister- No estimated time expected

Emperor-  As long as the people want him in power

10-30

Today at the beginning of class we got our pop quizzes back and went over them then worked on our project. Here are more notes we added:

Facts about the prime minister-

1. He was Japan's first prime minister born after WWII.
2. Abe is also the President of the Liberal Democratic Party and chairman of the Oyagaku propulsion parliamentary group.

 

How long they have been the leaders-  In 2006 Shinzo Abe was elected prime minister he served for a year from 2006-2007. He resigned on September 12, 2007 for health reasons. Then in 2012  he was re elected the position in December. Akihito became emperor on  January 7, 1989 after the death of his father . he was formally enthroned on November 12, 1990.

10-29

Today in class we came in and did our project we were supposed to do. Here are some notes we got:

Japan:

Type of government- Japan is a  parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy

Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Who is the current leader- Akihito is the reigning Emperor of Japan, the 125th emperor of his line according to Japan's traditional order of succession. He acceded to the throne in 1989.

Ways to overthrow the government.

Facts about the emperor-

1. Born: December 23, 1933 (age 80), Tokyo, Japan

2. He is the world's only monarch with the title Emperor.
3. He is the first Japanese crown prince to marry a commoner.

 
 

Overrunning government

In todays class we got partners for an assignment we have to do, which is. We have to find ways we would be able to get the leader of a country not to be the leader anymore. My partner is tucker and we chose japans prime minister Shinzo Abe. We just got out partner and country at the end of class so we were not able to get any notes down.

Facts about leaders

Enrique Peña Nieto

• The President of Mexico travels long distances in a Boeing 757 under the Mexican Air Force call sign TP01 or Transporte Presidencial #1
• He is the fifth member of his extended family to serve as the governor of the State of Mexico.

Joachim Gauck

• During the Peaceful Revolution of 1989, he became a member of the New Forum, a democratic opposition movement, and was elected as its spokesman.
• In early December 2013 his office announced that he will be boycotting the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in order to make a statement against human rights violations in Russia.

Nicolas Majuro Moros

• Worked as a bus driver for Caracas Metro and belonged to the transit union.
• Bodyguard for presidential hopeful Jose Vicente Rangel.

XI Jinping

• First national leader to hold a Ph.D.
• In an effort to learn more about farming, Xi Jinping visited Iowa in 1985 where he stayed with different families in Muscatine County.

David Cameron

• Is the 12th prime minister to take office during Queen Elizabeth II's reign.
• .The youngest prime minister since 1812.

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud

• Is one of 37 sons.
• Breeds pure Arabian horses and founded the equestrian club in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Pranab Mukherjee

• The number 13 is a lucky number for President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee although it is considered inauspicious by the rest of the world .
• President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee's height is 5 feet 1 inch

Francois Hollande

• Taught economics at the elite Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, or Sciences Po.
• Promises made during the campaign include renegotiating the austerity agreement, troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, lower retirement age and higher taxes for the very wealthy

Ali Hosseini Khamenei

• Khamenei belongs to the Twelver Shi'a sect which is the largest branch of Shi'a Islam.
• He attended religious studies classes at the basic and advanced levels in the seminary of Mashhad and then went to study in the small town of Najaf in 1957.

Hamid Karzai

• Karzai was educated in India and is fluent in several languages, including English, Pashto, Dari, and Urdu.
• A member of the Popalzai clan, part of the larger Pashtun tribe

Dilma Rousseff

• Joined the resistance movement against the military dictatorship and was jailed and allegedly tortured in the early 1970s.
• She democratized Brazil's electricity sector through the "Luz Para Todos" (Light for All) program, which made electricity widely available, even in rural areas.

Binyamin Netanyahu

• Leader of the right-wing Likud Party.
• Netanyahu's brother, Yonatan, was killed in action in 1976 while leading a mission to rescue Israeli passengers on a hijacked Air France plane.