What to know:
- population pyramids
- three basic shapes:
- the christmas tree:
- growth rates are slow
- high birth rate
- short life expectancy
- Africa, Namibia, Bangladesh
- the box:
- low infant mortality
- high birth rate
- short life expectancy
- Sweden, USA
- the cup:
- low birth rate
- shrinking population
- long life expectancy
- Italy, Japan, Germany
- crude death rate- number of deaths per 1000 of the population
- crude birth rate- how many babies are born per year per 1000
- rate of natural increase- subtracting the death rate from the birth rate then
divide by 10
- net migration rate- difference between the number of emigrants
and immigrants
- immigrant-
someone coming into a country
- emigrant-
someone leaving a country
- total fertility rate- average number of children born per women
- if 2.1 the population will stay the same (replacement
rate)
- over 7 billion people on earth
- 90% of the population growth takes place in
developing countries: Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America
- The world is expanding faster than we know it
- cultural geography
- world leaders
- examples:
language, religion, ethnic heritage
- political geography
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look for people who have
a strong economic background
- language:
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Brazil is the only South
American nation which does not speak Spanish. It speaks Portuguese
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Canada is a bilingual nation: English and French
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Switzerland has multiple
languages
o
English is the language
for business around the world
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If you speak multiple languages
you can be culturally aware
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Ethnic Heritage:
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Yugoslavia has many
ethnic groups: Serbs, Croats, Boshains
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US and Switzerland have merged
multiple ethnic groups in their country
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Korea and Japan primarily have one
ethnic group
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Religion
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Can be both unifying and
disunifying
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Five major religions
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Hinduism
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Buddhism
§
Judaism
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Christianity
§
Islam
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Jews are known as
decedents of Abraham
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EU- European union
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OPEC
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NAFTO
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NATO
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Nationalism- the belief that your nation is superior to all
others
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Economic differences:
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Fertile land
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Access to fresh water
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Access to the coast
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Fishing rights
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Natural resources
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Different economic
philosophies
- essay:
- write about what was learned about in these 5
sections
- what did you learn
- what does it mean
Socrates
- agora-
a place where people met
- arete-
excellence, taking pride
- polis-
name for Green city state
- year 508 BC-
when the Greeks over threw their government
- Socrates-
philosopher, ugly
- the socratic method- questioned everything, asked why a lot
- the death of Socrates- his tyrant was put to exile of was to drink
poison, he was a threat
- he was charged for- corrupting the youth of Athens disrespecting the
Gods
- his famous saying: the un-examined life is not worth living
Globalization:
- an interconnection of different parts of the world it
results in the expansion of international cultural economic and political
activities
- infrastructure-
our country has more money and more advantages and other countries want
what we have and if they has what we have they could participate in the
world economy but they can't
- pull force- something that makes you want to come to a country
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religious freedom
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job opportunities
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good health services
o
political freedom
·
push forces- something that makes you want to leave a country
o
civil war
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environmental
degradation
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unemployment or
underemployment
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religious/ ethnic
persecution
Letter to Garcia:
- written by President McKinley
- asked Roan to go find Garcia
- letter was written by Albert Gubberd
General Garcia
- general in Cuba
- during Sanish-american war
- hid in jungle
Nike:
- Jim Keady-
got fired from his job because he refused to wear Nike symbols/
apparel
- strong willed man
- co-director and founder of Educating for Justice
- Leslie Kretzu-
co-founder of Educating for Justice
- went with Jim to the village where people who worked
for Nike live
- went to Indonesia
- workers were paid $1.25 a day
- Nike headquarters- Jakarta Indonesia
Microfinance- general term to describe financial services to low- income
individuals or those who do not have access to typical banking services
