Human Geo Blog

Today in human geo we watched Jeopardy. Also today was the last day of Semester 1, which means today was my last day in human geo. Next semester I take Western Civilization with Mr. Fendryk. I learned a lot this semester in human geo with Mr. Schick. The most interesting thing I learned in human geo was definitely the Population Pyramid and the Demographic Transition. I think that it is very interesting to learn about the people and economy part about our world. I also enjoyed learning about other countries and their life style and history.

Today in human geo, we took our test on the guns, germs, and steel video. I felt like I did okay on the test today. I definitely should have studied more. The test for the most part was pretty easy. I think I messed up on some of the questions that had to deal with certain material that I forgot to study. But the whole test was pretty much in my notes. This is the  last test in in human geo. I took human geo for the first semester. Now for the second semester, I am taking Western Civilization, with Mr. Fedryk.  Mr. Schick told us that in Western Civilization we are going to learn about Egypt and Europe.

Today in human geo we finished the video on guns, germs, and steel. Same latitude lines usually have the have climate. There are about 100 million cows in the United States. Papua New Guinea did not become a more advanced civilization because they had more raw crops and tool/ sources. Papua New Guinea is still trying to overcome and catch up to the rest of the advanced civilizations. After we finished the video, we looked up some facts about Papua New Guinea. It has a population of about 7 million people. Papua New Guinea has a zero net migration rate. Their population is growing. Their birth rate is high and their death rate is low. about 20% of Papua New Guinean people live in the city. The life expectancy for someone in Papua NE Guinea is about 68.

Today in human geo we watched the video and took notes on it. Inequality was born from planting and growing crops. Animal domestication is when you control the feeding, movement, and, breading of animals in a contained environment. In ancient times, animals were used for milk and clothes. Goats and sheep were the first domesticated animals in ancient times. Animals were considered to be one o the most powerful machine before the industrial revolution.  There were 14 different species of domestic animals; goats, sheep, pigs, calves/cows, horse, donkey, bacterial camels, ariatbain camels, water buffalo, llamas, reindeer, yaks, mittens, and belay cattle. No animals came from Papua New Guinea. Every animal expect llamas originated in Asia. The use of animals and better crops helps their civilization grow. The Fertile Crescent is an area built around rivers to improve crops. The rivers in the Fertile Crescent are the Tigris River and Euphrates River.

Today in human geo we continued to watch the video with Jared Diamond and take notes on it. Prehistory is before people started to write stuff down. In the Middle East instead of sago, wheat and barley were growing wild. Draa is an ancient land of hunters and gatherers. Granary is a place to store wheat and barley, also still used in todays farming otherwise known as a silos. Plant domestication is also a farming systems they used. Some countries that used plant domestication are China, the Americas, and Africa. China stored rice. The Americas stores corn, squash, and beans. Africa stored sorghum, millet, and yams. Papua New Guinea has one of the oldest farming systems. People around the world are more productive when they have more access to better framing. Jared Diamond's main theory is that it all came down to GEOGRAPHIC LUCK.

Today in human geo we continued to watch the video. In the video, it helped explained Jared Diamond's idea that many should not believe that power is determined by race. It also mentions the three necessary things that a civilization needs to have. The three things are advanced technology, large population, and a well organized work force. Papua New Guinea people are still hunters and gatherers, some consider them still in stage one of the demographic transtion. Sago is taken from a palm like tree and turned into dough for the Papua New Guinea people to eat. From a single tree it can produce up to 70 pounds worth of food.

Today in human geo I got back my grade for the midterm exam. I got an 88 as my final grade, I did good but I definitely could have done better. After, he went over our exams we started to learn about something new. We researched some background information about Gun, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. Jared Diamond was a professor at the University of Las Angeles California. He enjoyed bird watching as well. Jared Diamond produced this book, Guns, Germs, and Steel, in March of 1997. Jared Diamonds main purpose of writing this book was to defend the point that just because you are one race doesn't mean you have power over another race.