Exams next week

Yesterday in Human Geo we received two of our test, Cultural geography test, Feat. Five major religions and Political geography- the test. On the political geography test I got a 91 and the cultural geography test I got an 85. We reviewed over the two test and Mr. Schick said most of the exam questions would be from the tests that we had from in class. People who received a grade lower than 70 had a chance to retake the tests on Monday to get a better grade in the class. Monday in class we will be reviewing for the exam

Test tomorrow

Today was Mr. Schick's birthday and he gave everyone cookies. He was only in class for a little bit because he had an academic team tournament, So we had Mr. Kimble for a sub. Since tomorrow is our test we were allowed to either do homework or study for tomorrows test. I finished up some of my homework and studied during the class period.

Five religions

Buddism
-Four noble truths
*There is suffering
*Attachment to desire is the origin of suffering
*There is cessation of suffering
*the eight fold path will lead to the cessation of suffering
-The Eightfold path
Right view
Right intention
Right speech
Right action
Right livelihood
Right effort
Right mindfulness
Right dedication

Judaism 14-18 million(ninth)
called Jews
Location Israel
founded by Abraham
Holy book Talmud Torah
Monotheistic
Ten commandments
13 principles of faith

Cultural characteristics

Examples of spatial divisions
-political alliances
* North Atlantic Treaty organization (NATO)
* Commonwealth of Nations
*Organization of American States(OAS)
Five Religions

Christianity is the biggest in the world
Called Christians
2.2 billion
Multiple denominations for Christians
Location: Europe, The Americas, southern Africa
Founder: Jesus Christ
Abrahamic
Clergy : Pope is the head of the church, Priest local authorities

Islam
1.5 billion
Muslims
Location Indonesia, Middle East, north Africa
Denominations: Sunnis Shiites
Founder  Muhammad
Abrahamic

Hinduism
1.1 billion
Called Hindus
Location India, Nepal
No founder
More like a way of life instead of a religion

Buddhism
500 million-1.5 billion
Called buddhist
South east Asia, China, Nepal, Japan( 1.2 million Buddhist in United states
Founder Siddhartha Gautama
Denominations: Tibetan Zen Theravada Amidist

Cultural characteristics

One example of cultural characteristics is Religion
- there are five major religions in the world today-- Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
-they have millions of followers all believing the same thing
-Religion can united people but can also be a dividing force around the world
Hindus and Muslims fight in India and Pakistan
Most of the major wars in the world are over religion
there are conflicts between Catholics and Protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland
-Jews, Christians and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as their religions holy site. They are constantly fighting over the land
-Spatial divisions are how we divide the livable space found on the earth by establishing social, economic, and political control
You can be a member of more than one spatial group
spatial divisions can also cause conflicts or cooperation
Examples of Spatial divisions
-Counties
-Economic alliances
European union EU
organization of petroleum exporting countries (OPEC)

Cultural geography powerpoint

Today we continued on with our cultural geography unit.
-cultural characteristics
-Examples of cultural characteristics would be language, religion, and ethnic heritage
-Ethnic heritage fades off after two generations
Language
-Arabic unites the Arab world
-Spanish unites the Hispanic world
-Brazil is the only south american nation which dos not speak Spanish, it speaks Portuguese
-Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are their official languages
Examples
- 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
Ethnic heritage
- In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country ( 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 the countries of Rwanda and Burundi in Africa, Two ethnic groups are dominate the Hutus and Tutsis, different places in Africa are ruled by the other and the groups persecute each other group in the land that they are dominate in
- the United States and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries
- Korea, China, and Japan have one ethnic group
- on the island of Cyprus, the Greeks and the Turks try to gain control

Ending... again

 Today in Human Geo since most of the students did not see the ending of the movie, we went and finished watching it. Jamal went back on the show for a chance to win 20 million rubies. At the same time, Latika was given car keys and got away from the gangsters house. Jamal called his brother and Latika picked up the phone because he needed help on the last question. she did not know the answer so Jamal chose a at random and won the 20 million rubies. After winning he went to the train station and waited for Latika. Then they kissed and the movie ended. But not without a big dance scene for the credits.