Day 3 for power point

Today Adrian and I were still working on our power point for Syria. We got some newer information. We found that if you want to get rid of the Syria leader you have to either assassinate him or take over the country by a swat team. The swat team part was Adrian's idea. Also i did one slide all myself on the early life background for Bashar al-Assad. Bashar al-Assad was born in Damascus on 11 September 1965, the son of Aniseh and Hafez al-Assad.[16] His father, born to a poor family of Alawite background, rose through the Ba'ath Party ranks to take control of the Syrian branch of the Party in the 1970 Corrective Revolution, culminating in his rise to the Syrian presidency. So for our power point today that's really all we got done. But I learn more about the country Syria everyday I work on this.

Adrian and Antony Syria Government

Today in human geo class everyone got a partner for a country government project for a power point. My partner was Adrian and he is cool to work with. Our country was Syria, and the type of government they have is an republic under an authoritarian regime. This type of government is a form of government in which state authority is imposed onto many aspects of citizens lives. The leader of Syria is Bashar al-Assad. He was born September 11, 1965. He has been in office since 21 of June in 2000. He is married to his wife Asma al-Akhras, and has 3 siblings named Hafez, Zein, and Karim. The power poin we are orking on has almost all this information. The power point is really good for understanding the type of government Syria has. The actual definition of government is the governing body of a nation, state, or community.

More facts about different Country Leaders

British politician David Cameron who took office in 2010 as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He helped form and lead the first coalition government of the United Kingdom since the Second World War and was his nation's youngest Prime Minister in almost two hundred years.BEFORE FAME-
He attended Eton College in Berkshire, England and later worked as an adviser to British Home Secretary Michael Howard. He went on to serve as First Lord of the Treasury and as Minister of the Civil Service. Francois Holland-Socialist politician who became the 24th President of France on May 6, 2012. He also served as the Mayor of Tulle from 2001 to 2008.BEFORE FAME-

He resided in the United States for a short period of time while he was a University student and worked as a Councillor in the Court of Audit. Xi Jingping- General Secretary of China's Communist Party who became the President and the de facto leader of the country in 2013. He has promoted the phrase the "Chinese Dream" as a slogan to describe the role of the individual in Chinese society.BEFORE FAME-

He rose through China's political ranks swiftly, serving for three years as a provincial governor, then as a provincial Party chief, and in 2007 appointed Hu Jinato's successor. These 3 leaders are who keep their country in good hands.

Going over the countries and facts assingment

Today in class we went over the countries and five facts about each one project. lots of people made mistakes and he told everyone that they could fix them later so they get a better grade. Se  i followed the instructions so i got a 60/60. Also in class we went over that when you look up a topic on google, google sends you to other websites related to it. Google is not an actual site. For the projects we did, we were suppose to use the CIA world fact book. Which i also did. I really enjoyed this assignment because it gave me a better grade overall and it was easy and fun to do. Also now I know some of those countries leaders and what type of government they have, which is very useful to know. Shizo Abe is the Prime Minister of Japan. His grandfather and father, were politicions. He was born in Nagato Japan.

Five things for each different country

1. Mexico

2. Federal Republic

3. President

4. Enrique Pena Nieto

5. (Picture)






1. China
2. Communist State
3. President
4. Xi Jinping
5. (Picture)

1. India
2. Federal Republic
3. President
4. Pranab Mukherjee
5. (Picture)




1. Russia
2. Federation
3. President
4. Vladimir Putin
5. (Picture)






1. Germany
2. Federal Republic
3. President
4. Joachim Gauck
5. (picture)






1. United Kingdom
2. Constitutional monarchy and commonwealth realm
3. President
4. David Cameron
5. (Picture)













1. France
2. Republic
3. President
4. Francois Hollande
5.







1. Brazil
2. Federal Republic
3. President
4. Dilma Rousseff
5.






1. Japan
2. parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy
3. President
4. Shinzo Abe
5.















1. Syria
2. Republic under an authorittarian regime
3. President
4. Bashar al-Assad
5.






1. Canada
2. Parliamentary democracy, federation, and a constitutional monarchy
3. President
4. Stephen Harper
5.

1. Israel
2. Parliamentary democracy
3. President
4. Reuven Rivlin
5.

Going over Population and migration test

Today in class we went over the answer to our test. Our estimated guess by Mr. Schick for what our average grade would be was a 72%. But we ended up as a class getting like a 79%. I would have had a beter grade if I had more time on the first 12 questions. We had 10 min going on the World factbook and it just wasn't enough time. I thought it was pretty easy test but I got a  c on the test because every question was worth 4 points each. I got 2 definitions wrong that I should have known. Total fertillity rate and net migration rate. But now I know the answers to them, since we went over it. Also at the end Mr. Schick gave us a weekend assingment. Its about getting info of countries amd facts about each country. You will put it on your blog so everyone can see it. Im happy he is giving this assingment because its easy and it will help my grade.

Absent people making up the test

Today in class we had 3 students that had to finish their tests. So they did them in class, and while they did that we got to work on any other classwork or homework for other classes. This was so awesome because now I could get my homework done now instead of doing it at home when instead i could be spending time with my family. Also when he started the timer for the students to get the first 12 questions done. When it got around to 4 minutes left he let my ring the bell and say out loud, "there are 4 minutes remaining." Also since they were making up there tests we didn't really do any work in class for today, which is kind of awesome. Also I played a game when I got my homework done called "return man 3 the season." Its fun I think, but I would totally do human geo class work than that, because that would be much funner. 

The Test

Today in Human Geo class we took our test. I thought is was gonna be hard even if you studied for it. Mr. Schick only gave us 10 minutes to complete the 12 questions for the first part. On the CIA world fact book site. I kept looking on the clock and it was going so fast. Which made me wory. And when I couldn't find the answer to a question on the site I would panic. I didn't know if I should keep looking or skip it. I ended up only getting 10 out of those questions answered. And then the rest of the test I thought got even harder. If I had to guess what grade I got on this test, I bet it was either a high c or low b. The two bonus questions that were worth 2 points each at the end were impossible I thought. And Mr. Schick said you should try to answer it even if you don't know it. Because if you don't answer it then its wrong for sure.

Notes for the Test

• life expectancy
• crude birth and death rate
• developing nations
• developed nations
• rate of natural increase
• net migration rate
• immigration
• emigration
• push and pull forces
• fertility rate

all these topics have to do with the CIA World fact book for all the countries. Infrastructure is to buy and sell things. To make connection, communication. Structure of a country that allows you to communicate. The rate of natural increase is the crude death rate subtract the crude birth rate. The difference between immigration and emigration is that your leaving your country to go to another and going into a foreign country. A push force is causing someone to leave a country, such as diseases, or political problems. A pull force is the opposite. It has what the people want and so it pulls them to that. In the CIA world fact book, there is different categories such as population, economy, government, transportation, and military.And it gives information from all these categories to help you find what you need.

Spotify

Today in class we got introduced to Spotify. Spotify is a commercial music streaming service providing digital rights management–restricted content from record labels including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group and Universal. I thought this thing was really cool, and that I can listen to a whole bunch of songs. Also you can create your own play list of songs. And I will definitely be doing that. You can listen to artists, albums and playlist to suit you. For you to get this everyone in class got a long code. It was a bunch of lower case and uppercase capital letters with numbers. I can now listen to music on this Spotify and enjoy myself with music of my choice. Spotify is free and you can download it. Spotify is so social. You can share music on facebook, twitter, your blog, anywhere.

It's All about the CIA World Factbook

Today in class everyone was checking out the CIA World fact book. We were looking at all the information about countries and looking at each of there topics. Such as Population, Economy, Geography, Energy, Communications, Military, transportation. What I found interesting was that you could compare a countries population or number of deaths by aids to another country. There was a whole bunch of topics such as a countries birth rate, sex ratio, hospital bed density, drinking water source. For the United States, they have the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world. Also whats really good for the United States is that they are ranked 3rd out of all the other countries for health expenditures. Japan is ranked 3rd for highest live expectancy, which is good. But it probably will decrease over time beacuse they are starting to eat unhealthy and with all the bad air pollution, from factories. This also goes for China too.                                            

The Greatest Country in the World

In Fridays class we talked about what is the greatest country in the world. Some people said yes they are and some said they were not. The people that said they are the greatest country in the world is because They only live in America so they can't judge other countries so they choose America. The people that said there not the greatest in the world said that they just are not the way they used to be. And this is very true. America has changed in a bad way health wise and just the american way. We also watched a video about a guy giving his opinions on if America is the greatest country, and he started out saying yes. But when then he was being changed by his perspective because of one of the audience people had a sign saying America is not the number 1 country. So then he changed his mind and said what he really thought, and that America is the the best.

Retreat

I had Retreat today.