Thursday, September 30, 2010

Notes!

Christianity: 2.2-2.3


 billion Judaism: 12-17 million


 Islam: 1 billion

No Class today

Today we did not have class because if the weather conditions!

Friday, September 24, 2010

What we did in class!

Today in class we presentated or prezi and I wrote or typed notes on all of my classmates presentations!

Notes!

Christianity- is the biggest religion in the world. Holy book is the bible. Christians believe that oncw the human body dies the soul always lives on. In other words the soul is released too Heaven or Hell

Islamic-Holy book Qur'an.- Islamic prayer Belive Alah is only God believe in angels Believe in the prophets Believe in the holy books.

Judasm- 14 million people-Creator- Abraham- Hoyl book is the Torah- Orginated in the middle east over 3500 years ago.- Beliefs are that their is one God that created the universe.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

What we did in class!

Today we reveiwed all of the Middle East and the most important thing about them such as their government and ect.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

What we did in class!

Friday in class we got assigned a country and had to find information about it !

Thursday, September 16, 2010

What I did in class!

Today in class we were given an assignment that made us take 24 countries that were given to us and we had to lable what continent it is from! I finish in 15  minutes and i was able to learn and reconize a website that I used that has a very helpful map on it!

Identifying Countries

1.  United States-North America
2.  France- Europe
3.  Iraq- Asia
4.  China- Asia
5.  Saudi Arabia- Asia
6.  Haiti- Africa
7.  India- Asia
8.  Japan- Asia
9.  Venezuela-South America
10. Iran-Asia
11. Russia- Asia
12. The United Kingdom- Europe
13. Israel- Asia
14. Germany- Europe
15. Tibet- Asia
16. Afghanistan- Asia
17. Brazil- South America
18. North Korea- Asia
19. Egypt-Africa
20. Kenya- Africa
21. Pakistan- Asia
22. Vietnam- Asia
23. Mexico- North America
24. Cuba- North America

Web Sites I used!
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

What we did in class!

Today in class we looked at http://www.cia.gov/ and answered some question that he had on the bored!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010

What we did in class! 9/9

Today in class we talked about our assignment and 100 word paper! We talked about our expectations and looked at how useful wikipedia is!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

What we did in class! 9/8

Today in class we went over our paper that is due september 14 and discussed our expectation. Also we talked a little bit about 9/11 on how the terrioist took over the planes. Tomorrow we will watch clips of Good morning America live on the moring of 9/11

What we did in class!

Today in class we talked about how internet sources are not all correct and the way you find correct online sources!

Sunday, September 5, 2010

The end of week one - Def and population

geography-the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements, or the study of science. { Dictionary.com}

globalization - To make worldwide; To extend to all parts of globe.{Dictionary.com}

population- A number of people in an area or region {common knowledge}

immigration-Moving to a different area to live for certain reasons.{common knowledge}


industrialization-is the process of social and economic change. {Wikipedia}

culture-the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits.{Dictionary.com}

religion-a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe;when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. {Dictionary.com}

The five largest countries in the world
1.China- population-1,338,612,968
2.India-population-1,156,897,766
3.United States-population-307,212,123
4.Indonesia-population-240,271,522
5.Brazil-population-198,739,269
{Factbook.. www.cia.gov}

The 5 largest regions in the world.-

1. Christianity

2. Islam
3. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist
4. Hinduism
5.Chinese traditional religion
 
Information from- http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html
 

Friday, September 3, 2010