Friday, Sept. 2nd, 2011

Today in class first off Julie took the states and capitals test, and she did very good. Then we went over it today in class. We have a test on Wed. We talked about Libya and Ghaffi has moved the capital city to his birth place Sirte. He is hoping that his people will follow him and make them think that the US is trying to take them. We attacked his compound and we are finding alot of stories and sercets about him that we never knew about before, and he took part in some terriost attacks. Iowa Cacuses starts in Januray and Iowa gets alot of media. Its when all the president canidates come and campign in Iowa. We watched a video on Michelle Bachmann. National poll Perry is leading at this point and Romeny has second.Ecnomic Endicaters:StocksPricesJobsHome salesBuilding HomesPowerpoint;Key term:Birth rate: how many people are born per thousand population.Fertility rate: the average number of babies a women will have.Death rate: how many people die per thousand population.Population growth rate: the rate of which population growsNatural incearse: the number of people brought into a world after taking deaths off.Population denisty: the population in a given area.Life Expectancy: how long the average person lives.Carrying cappiacty: how mant poeple the Earth can hold.-We adding about 80 million people to the Earth every year.Popular Cities:Class: 1 Tokyo, 2 Bejing, 3 Paris, 4 LA,5 NY, 6 Rome, 7 Hong Kong, 8 Rio, 9 London, 10 DubaiReal: 1 Tokyo, 2 Guangzhou, 3 Seoul, 4 Delhi, 5 Mumbai, 6 Mexico City, 7 New york city, 8 Sao Paulo, 9 Manila, 10 ShanghaiTop Population:Class: China,India,Japan,US,Mexico,Brazil,Russia,Chile,Kenya,IranReal: China,India, US, Indnoseia, brazil, Pakistan, Nigria, Baglajush, Russia, JapanFacts:-1800's the world hit 1 billion people- About 12 years to hit 8 billion.-We are slower down on natural increase.What is the popultion slowing down?-Because people are choosing to have less kids.- Birth control and education is becoming more common.- Population is older because they arent having as many kids.- People in thrid world country have more kids, so when they get older they can take care of them. Because not all kids will surivive.- Iowa has lost population. Shelby county too and Crawford has gained popultion.What is the differnce between a developed and developing countries? The develop is already set and has alot of things. The developing countries still are getting this and coming together.Would you assume that developing countries have a younger or older population? Why? Younger population, because people die at a younger age.Would you assume that developed countries have younger or older population? Why? Older, because we have better medicine and we live longer.
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