Last Day Before Exams

Today was the last day in human geo class before exams. Today we went over what will be on the exam. Everything from Day 1 till now will be on there. So today in class we went over Did U Know 3.0, Elbert Hubert, Greek stuff like the Agora and arete. Also Population migration and Culture geography. Lots of stuff but I can remember it. Its good that we went over the Greek questions a little bit because I couldn't remember what an Agora was. But now I'm familiar with it. The best thing about class was that he let people re-take the Culture Geography test to get a better score and so I did that, and I Know I got everything right on it. Also in class Mr. Schick asked us questions that will be on our exam tomorrow and so he was basically asking us straight from the test. So now we knew some of the answers.

The Test

Today we took our test. The religion questions wernt hard but I wasnt here for one day for all the notes and so i did very poorly in that section. My grade was bad because of that. The stuff I got wrong was about OPEC, UN, EM, and I just didn't know the answers. But everything else wasn't that hard. But if i would have known the notes I would have gotten a better grade. So next test I will study more and get all the notes to get a new grade.

Study Day

Today was Mr. Schick's birthday. But he had to leave early because he had a national competition or something. SO the whole class I got to study for the test tomorrow. It was awesome because now i feel more confident for the test. Tomorrows test is gonna be on the 5 Major Religions. Christianity, Buddhism, Judasim, Hinduism, Islam are the five major religions. They are very important to know also. We also got to work on hw for other clases which was pretty awesome.

More about the 5 Religions

Buddhism: the eightfold path is a guideline. Four Noble Truths, There is suffering, Attachment to desire is the origin of suffering, there is a cessation of suffering, the eightfold path will lead to the cessation of suffering.
The Eightfold Path:

• Right view
• Right intention
• Right speech
• RIght action
• Right livelihood
• Right effort
• Right minfulness
• Right dedication

Judaism: number of adherents 14-18 million. Called Jews. Location-Israel, founder of Abraham. Holy book Talmud, they believe in monotheism, which is they believe in one god and one God only. 13 principles of faith, Ten Commandments. 

Notes from Powerpoint

Examples of Spatial Divisions- Political Alliances. north Atlantic treaty (NATO) -Commonweath of Nations -Organization of American states (OAS). 

- Five Major Religions: number of adherents around 2.2 billion (largest in the world). Called Christians. Geographic location: Europe, the Americas, Southern Africa. denominations: Catholic church, Eastern Orthodox. Founder of Christianity is Jesus Christ. Holy book: The Bible, New Testament. Beliefs:Jesus is both human and divine-son of God; he led virtuous life, he was crucified, died, buried, and Ressurected. Clergy- the Pope is head of the church, priest are local authorities. Islam: 1.5 million in the world. Called Muslims, live in Indonesia, Middle East, North America. Founder Muhammad, holy book Qur'an. Muslims believe in One God. 
Hinduism: number of adherents 1.1 bilion. Called Hindus. Book called Vedas. Geographic location- India, Nepal. 
Buddhism:number of adherents 500 million. Called Buddhists. Geographic location Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan. Founder was Siddhartha Gautama.

Absent from class today because of Basketball Game

Today I had a bball game so I was not in class

Cultural Characteristics

Cultural Characteristics are parts of a group's everyday life. They are the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members. These same characteristics can also link or divide a region. Examples of cultural characteristics would be language, religion, and ethnic heritage. Arabic unites the Arab world. Spanish unites the Hispanic world. These are examples of Cultural Characteristics. Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish. It speaks Portuguese. Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are their official languages. 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. In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country- Ethnic Heritage-Serbs-Croats-Bosnians-Albanians. WHen strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries. In countries of Rwanda and Burundi in Africa, Two ethnic groups are dominant, the Tutsis, and Hutus. The united states and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries. Korea and Japan have primarily one ethnic group.