Tuesday, Spetember 20

[4Savanna]

We started off by reviewing for our current events test._________________________________________________Population Powerpoint (reveiw):Need to Know-Rate of natural increase is just under 80 million a year.Pay attention to slides with questions.Know five of each of the population slides.Population growth in the US.Developed and developing countries and the difference,Fertility rate questions.Highest fertility rate- africa averaging 6-7, US is 2, lowest is under 1.Why fertility is lowering- education.Life expectancy questions.Population density- most european and far east aasian countries, africa is not that densly populated, areas of the US that are most populated is the northeast.Land area, five of the largest in land size.Overall population question.(watch podcast to help study)_______________________________________________Need to know news:No know no tell policy, military cannot ask and no military man can state that they are gay. The new policy now you can be openly gay and serve in the US military.Obamas new plan, in order to pay for the American jobs plan we are going to tax the wealthy more from 35-50%. For the people under $200,000 a year pay, their taxes will not be raised.Graduated Income TaxObamas approval rating at an all time low.US embassy was attacked in Afghanistan.Obamas America Jobs Act- tax cuts for small businesses, find jobs for the unemployed, tax relief for unwealthy people.August Jobs report.Partisan vs. Bipartisan politics.Economic Indicators.Republican Cantidates.Ghadafi, whats going on in Lybia.Steve Jobs.Debt Ceiling._________________________________________________Then we started talking about our new population project.Julie and I's topic is Combat HIV/AIDS and the UN's millenium goals.