going over the quiz

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/29/13

Human geography

            Today in human geo we went over the quiz, I still did not get a ding but I will by the end of the semester. The only thing that really stumped me was the nato and all that. They were hard because they are so much alike. After we went over the test Grace shared her slide show, it took the rest of the class and she still did not finish. The rest of us will probably share tomorrow. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.

slide show making

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

Human geography

10/28/13

            Today in human geo we got into groups and started working on a slide show that we will be presenting to the class. We used the google documents and that was very helpful, my group got a lot done considering we were carrying on the whole time. We got to have a five minute brake. I went to get fries to bring back to class. Everyone acted like starved animals when they saw the fries. Than we got back to work and my group almost finished the slide show. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.  

the unknown quiz

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/25/13

Human geography

            Today in human geo we took a quiz that I had no idea about. Lucky for me I knew most of the stuff on it. It turned out to be not that hard, some of the questions were process of elimination. I think I did pretty well so hopefully it will not hurt my grade any. after I was done we all played games, so that was good. That’s all that we did today so that’s all for today, thank you for reading.

Nationalism

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/23/13

Human geography

            Today in human geo we talked about Nationalism. We watched a video on part of a TV show, it was mainly about which country is the best. Personally I think that no single country is the “best”, I think that the USA is one of the most powerful countries in the world but not the best. There are many other countries that are free and have the same types of government programs. America has been known as “the big brother”, this is because we help people around the world, I think that that makes us great. I also think that this is a bad thing because all of us as Americans are paying for this. I think that America was the best county on the planet, we are still great but other countries have caught up to us and this makes us not standout as much. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.  

Constant Fighting

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/22/13

Human geography

            Today in human geography we took more notes on religion. I learned that the Jews believe that they are direct dependents from Abraham and so do Christians. This is called an Abrahamic religion. If you are a Muslim you are probably a Shiite or a Sunni. Religion can also be a dividing force around the world. Hindus and Muslims fight in India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslims). There are conflicts between Catholics and Protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland. Jews, Christianity, and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as there religions holy site. They are constantly fighting over the land. Spatial dividend are how we divide the livable space found on the earth establishing social, economic and political regions. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.             

Cultural Geography

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/21/13

Human geography

            Today in human geography we started with Mr. Schick’s story about his exciting weekend. Then we took notes on cultural geography, I learned some examples of cultural geography. One is Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish. It speaks Portuguese so some people might ask the question: Is Brazil Hispanic or Latino? Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are its official languages. Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the groups. English is now concentered the world language and is used for most business transactions around the world. The major religions in the world today are Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We also learned about ethnic heritage. An example of this is in Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country which are the Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, and the Albanians. When strong leadership died out the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries.  We talked about a lot today in class I tried to fit it all in to the blog. That’s all for today, thank you for reading.

Cultural Charcteristics

Dominic Huskins

Mr. Schick

10/15/13

Human geography

            Today in human geo we got our tests back, no ding again but I will have a ding by the end of the semester. After that we started taking notes on cultural characteristics. I learned that parts of a group’s everyday life and the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members are cultural characteristics. These same characteristics can also link or divide a region. Some examples of cultural characteristics are: language, religion and ethnic heritage. That’s all for today, I will pick up on Friday, thank you for reading.