Podcast

We are learning about migration in Human Geo. Therefore Mr.Schick wants us to talk about current events in the world that have to do with migration. Since not many people know about what is currently going on in the world and certain events we decided top listen to a podcast in order to gather information. After gathering information then we will have a debate where some of the class will be asked to say they are for migration and the rest saying that we should limit it. Some of the information I gathered is that a problem similar to ours today occurred in the United States in 1951.The United Nations decided to try and get countries to sign off on a treaty. This treaty said that if you are facing Persecution then you should be granted asylum. There were a few requirements to be granted it though. The requirements were race, nationality, political views and social groups if you were facing groups in any of those categories then you could be granted asylum.

Interregional Migration

Interregional Migration is the permanent move from one country to another. Most of the time perceived economic betterment typically compels individuals to make interregional migrations. Interregional Migration has become bigger as the population has grown and developed. Historically, the enticement of abundant available land on the American frontier would cause Interregional Migration to the United States. But in the present, most jobs especially in services are clustered in urban areas. This causes many of the people migrated to the United States to move into big cities of economic activity. Also Westward expansion played a huge role in Migration. When Lewis and Clark found more land in the West of the United States there was more land so more people would move to the United States since they had lots of land.

Migration

Migration is the moving from one place to another whether its for 1 year or the rest of your life. There are two different types of migration. The first type is immigration. Immigration is when someone is moving into a place or country. The other type of migration is Emmigration. Emmigration is when a someone is leaving a place or country and moving to a new one. This could occur for many reasons. Whatever makes someone read is a push factor and whatever makes some one move to is a pull factor. We know this because of Ravenstein's law. Ravenstein's laws states that Most migrants relocate a short distance and remain within the country and Long distance migrants to other countries head for major areas of economic activity. These laws are mostly true because just think about it usually when someone you know moves far away they either live in or near a major city in that region, state or country.

Hans Rosling quiz

We took a quiz today. I definitely did not do well on that quiz. I wasn't prepared, it was on Hans Rosling. The quiz was only 10 questions and before we took the quiz we did go over a worksheet with similar questions on it. Thank gosh we did that because if not all of the questions I got would have been wrong. Some of the questions asked about the 5 stages and graphs. For example one question asked what Hans Rosling used as the x-axis and y-axis In his video. Another question asked which country in currently in stage 5 then it would list 5 countries and you would have to circle which one you thought was in that stage. Overall I feel that I did okay on the pop quiz today considering that I had no time to study or even knew it was happening. I hope that I did well and next will have time to study it.

Hans Roslings 200 years in 4 minutes.

We watched a short clip in class of a man name Han Rosling. In the video he was explaining  what has happened to the population over 200 years. Han is a college professor and teaches Global Health. He uses simple tricks in order for us to understand what he is saying more. For example he color coded a few regions. Europe was brown, Asia was red, the Middle East was green, Africa (south of the Sahara) was blue, and The Americas were yellow. With these colors he created a graph. The y-axis on the graph represented lifespan and the x-axis represented income. Based on income and lifespan the colored dots would move up or down. If you are closer to zero then your area is poor and sick but if you have a high lifespan and income then you are rich and healthy. Hans made it easier for us to understand the information he was sharing by doing this.

Tests handed back

We got our tests back today. I got a 97 out of 100. I am very happy that I got the grade I did, I studied a lot so I think I deserved it. I even got one the bonus question that asked what the net migration for the world was. I guessed zero and got it right so that added an extra two points to my grade. After reviewing the test with the class I realized that a lot of people did really well on it. Lots of people got high A's and even over one hundred with the extra credit. If I remember correctly our class average was a 86.2 percent. Although that was the lowest class average out of all of the classes I still think that we did really good on the test.

Cultural Landscape

In Human Geo on Friday we talked about CDR and CBR. CDR stands for crude death rate. Crude death rate is the total number of deaths per year per 1,000 people.  You can calculate the Crude death rate by taking an area and the total number of deaths in that area and divide that by the total population in that area. CBR stands for crude birth rate. Crude birth rate is the number of live births given among population. You can calculate the Crude birth rate by dividing the amount of live births and the total mid year population. The country that has the lowest birth rate is Japan and the country with the highest birth rate is Niger. The country with the lowest Crude death rate is Qatar and the highest crude death rate is Egypt.

Human Geo Unit 3 test

Today we had our test. I studied a lot for it and I think it actually paid off. The only question that I had a little bit of confusion on was one of the bonus questions. It was the question that asked about the net migration of the world. If I remember correctly I put zero and I have no clue if its right or not but I really hope it is. Quite honestly I think I did good on the test but then again every time I say that I do bad. Therefore I really hope I got the bonus question right so that I can get an extra 2 points.

Test Review Population

In Human Geo today Mr Schick  asked us questions about what would be on the test that we are taking Thursday. I definitely do have some terms that I need to study like Maternal Mortality rate, Natural rate of increase and the types of each Pyramids and how to identify them. I am worried about having to identify each population Pyramid with Box, Cup and Christmas tree. In conclusion I will probably be spending the rest of my night studying all of the notes I have taken.

Population Pyramids part 2

In Human Geo today we looked at different places in the United States and looked at their population pyramids. We looked at what shape their pyramid was and why the pyramid looked like that. The different Pyramid that it could look like are a box, cup or Christmas tree.  We looked at different cities and towns and had to figure out why their Pyramid looked like it did. For example if one Pyramid had more males and it is near the ocean then it may be home to a coast guard or military port.