Class Post 11-29-18

Today in class we researched what percent of the world's migrants are international. Yesterday we did a poll to say wether it was 3% or 9%. So today in class we did research all class to find which one it was. It turned out to be about 3% which I said yesterday. I liked doing this because we will need to have that skill when we get into higher years of high school and college. I like researching things because when we research things we learn stuff that we might have not known and we can back it up with proof. 3% is not that much when you think about it. There are 325 million people in the US and there are 285 million international immigrants. Overall I liked class because we did something that I have an interest in.

Class Post 11-28-18

Today in class we went over a packet that had all of the information about the powerpoint that we are going over in class. It was a good class because we just highlighted the phrases that we went over. It was an easy class kind of because all we did was sit there. I had weight training today which was terrible. And I am not looking forward to tomorrow where I will have to write all day and take notes. Anyways today was good and II like doing class like that where we just go through a packet and highlight. Overall today was good and easier than any of the other classes.

Class Notes 11-27-18

Migration

• Where are migrants distributed?
• Where do people migrate within a country?
• Why do people migrate?
• Why do migrants face obstacles?
• Mobility is the most generalized term that refers to all types of movement
• Short-Term and repetitive acts of mobility and referred as circulation
• A permanent move to a new location constitutes migration
• Difference between the number of immigrants and emigrants is net migration 
• Ravenstein's "laws" for the distance that migrants typically move
• Most migrants relocate a short distance and remain within the same country
• Long-Distance migrants to other countries head for cities
• Migration can be divided into two categories

1. International Migration- Permanent move from one country to another

• Voluntary
• Forced

     2. Internal Migration-permanent move within the same country

• Interregional
• Intraregional
• Approximately 9% of the world people are international migrants 
• Global pattern reflects migration tendencies from developing countries to developed countries
• Net-Out Migration
• Asia, Latin America nd Africa
• Net-In Migration
• North America, Oceana, and Europe
• U.S. has more foreign-born residents than any other country: approximately 43,000,00 as of 2010- growing by 1,000,000 annually
• 3 main eras of immigration in the UU.S.
• Colonial settlement in 17th and 18th countries
• Mass European immigration in the late 19th and 20th centuries
• Asian and Latin American integration in the late 20th and early 21st centuries

Feelings About Quiz 11-20-18

Today in class we took a quiz on the video that we watched on Hans Rosling. I thought that I did pretty good. I know that I got one wrong and that was where it asked about the stable RNI. I messed up and I put the wrong answer. I was thinking stage 1 but put stage 4, anyways a 90/100 is good and I feel like it is going to bring my grade up some and that is what I need right now. I have a 75 right now which is a C and I am hoping to get it up to a B before Thanksgiving Break. I hope that this quiz grade and the blog grade will bring my grade up. I liked watching that video and learning about what a college class teaches because even though college is 4 years away I am still worrying about it now. I do not want to do bad in college or my years in high school building up to college. I was recently at a lacrosse tournament and there were college coaches there and they told us that academics are the most important and that it is more important then athletics.

Population and Migration Statistical Analysis

1. Global Health- One of the videos we watched in class featured Hans Rosling, who teaches a college course. What is the name of his course?
2. Wealth- Hans Rosling constructed a chart which has two separate lines of axis. What did the X-axis measure?
3. Life Expectancy- What did the Y-axis measure?
4. Poor and Sick- What description did Hans Rosling give to the area that was in the lower, left-hand side of the chart?
5. Rich and Healthy- What description did Hand Rosling give to the area that was in the upper, right-hand side of the chart?
6. Stage 2- In the demographic transition chart, Birth Rate, Death Rate, and Total Population were given over time, in five stages. Give the stage where a country would be experiencing a high birth rate and a rapidly falling death rate.
7. 1800's- When was the United States in stage one?
8. Japan- Name a country that is currently in stage five.
9. Stage 1- In this stage, a country would be experiencing a stable or slow RNI due to a high birth rate and a high death rate.
10. Great Britan/ England- The Industrial Revolution began in the late 1700's in this nation.

Feelings About Test 11-13-18

Today in class we went over our test that we got back. Going into taking it I felt that I was going to do good. As I took it I realized that it said “Honors” at the top and I thought that it was normal and everyone had it on theirs. As I took it I did not notice a difference or anything that we did not go over in class. I did notice a difference in the CIA Factbook part, some parts were a bit hard to find in that short of a time period. And some parts I realized that we were not shown in class but I was still able to do it. The push and pull forces got me because I was thinking over the top with the questions. I could have gotten it right if I was not over thinking and just thought straight forward. For example, as a push force I put High Net Migration Rate which is a pull force not a push force. Instead of putting that as my answer I could have put Civil War which is a major push force that causes many civilians in danger. In conclusion, I feel that I could have done better on the test and if I could retake it get a higher grade because I know that I can’t overthink and get things wrong.

Class Post 11-8-18

Today in class we went over the Cultural Landscape. The main questions that we are giving and we will be reviewing over the unit are: "Where is the world population distributed?", "Why is global population increasing?", "Why does population growth vary among regions?", and "Why do some regions face health threats?". Part of Cultural Landscapes are the population concentration. One fact about population concentrations are that 2/3 of the world's inhabitants are clustered in four regions: East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Another part of Cultural Landscapes is population density which is separated into three different parts: Arithmetic Density, Physiological Density, and Agricultural Density. The arithmetic density revolves around the total number of objects in an area. The physiological density revolves around the number of people supported by a unit area of arable land. And lastly, the agricultural density revolves around the ratio of number of farmers to amount of arable land. The last thing that we went over today in class were the components of population growth. This includes the Crude Birth Rate, Crude Death Rate, and National Increase Rate. To get the NIR you have to subtract the crude birth rate and the crude death rate.

Class Absence 11-7-18

I was not in class today due to an illness.

Class Absence 11-6-18

I was not in class today due to an illness.

Class Post 11-1-18

Today in class we went over the rest of the population pyramid for the rest of the cities. I think it is cool because just by looking at a picture of how many people are in a place. For example, in Anne Arbor, Michigan you can tell taht it is a college just by looking and seeing that there are more 20-24 year olds then anyone else. Another example is Punta Gorda, Georgia which by looking at the amount of 55-79 year olds and not a lot of younger people you can tell that this is a city that has a retirement home in it and the only you g peopel are there for work. The last example is Manhattan, New York City which has a lot of middle aged people you can tell that it is a fashion and business city just by the amount of younger people there. In conclusion, you can see and tell a lot just by looking at how many people are there and how old there are.