Do Believe the Hype

After reading this article I have learned that India didn't have technology back then. This article is also saying how it will be easier for Indians to get cell phones for them to talk to their families. I think it will help Indians economy a lot. 

Containment Lite

This article is about how China is trying to make alliances with the United States. This is to prevent China from spreading and making alliances with other countries around them. I believe china is "trying to join with us for military help. The words Containment Lite mean "pre-containment. The author meaning for the title is that he think it is okay for china to make alliances because then when they go in war they will be able to win.

Companies that moved to South Asia !

Outsourcing: The transfer of a business function to an external service provider

Some countries that outsourced to South Asia:

Agro Tech, American Express, Caterpillar, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Federal Express, Ford, Intel, Kimberly Clark, Kodak, McDonald's, Microsoft, New York Life, Pepsico, Pizza Hut.

World In Balance

                                                World In Balance

Density: India, China and Indonesia are the three largely populated countries.

How many millions of people per square mile does Japan have? Explain how you know that.

Growth: The world is supposed to reach 9 billion people in the world by 2050. Most of that growth will be in developing factories, and resources.

Estimated in how many years will the United States double?

Cities: Cities around the world are becoming more urbanized. Meaning that more people are living in cities instead of farms.

Why are people moving into the cities and out of farms?

Water: More than half of the earth is covered in water. But only two and half of that water is freshwater. After the population growth the water will second. Meaning it becomes fresher.

Countries with less than 5,000 freshwater per capita don’t have what? Explain how they can change that.

Air: The United States, China, Japan and Europe are the four top polluters. There is a lot of carbon dioxide in the air. It has grown tremendously in the last 200 years.

Why in the next 50 years will the carbon dioxide decrease?

Climate: In 2003 most places were warmer than normal. Climatologists blame the carbon dioxide for global warming and building up gases. 

Why are some areas cooler than others? And why are some areas warmer than others?

Forests: Scientists say that more than half of the forests that were covering the earth have disappeared. Forty percent of the world’s forests are endangered

When and why have half of the forests disappeared?

Land: Humans have taken over less than half of the land for our own uses.

Why is the United States almost fully transferred in the map?

Habitats: Reefs will be gone by the 2030s. If the is so then animals who are protected will eventually disappear.

What is the water temperature of Florida? And how did you find that out?

The Battle of the Billionaires

      The Battle of the Billionaires: China Vs. India                 

1. We should care about the population in India because India's population is growing more than twice as fast as China's. Both China and India have significantly more males than females, in contrast to other nations. China and India will have older structures in the coming years. China's population is supposed to increase around the year 2032 and then slowly decrease.

2. When the government forces families in India and China to be smaller I think that is okay only because some of the families can't afford to feed a big family. The government is right and wrong for doing this. It is right because the countries don’t have enough food to give each family big amount. So if the family is smaller the family will each get more food then you did before with a big family. If your family is bigger you won’t get a larger portion of food, supplies to build a house, and also things to keep you warm. Sometimes families are larger than 3 to 4 a family. But that also makes it harder for them to survive.

Palestine vs. Israel

The Palestinian leadership continues to reject acknowledging Israel's distinctive character, though to do so would not only recognize reality, but also give a big boost to the stalled peace talks. Islam is the official religion, though many, such as Malaysia, have significant non-Muslim minorities. To be fair, Muslim countries aren't alone in establishing state religions and seeking to associate faith and nationality. Some countries have Buddhism as their main religion. But Israel doesn’t have a real religion. The government can’t send it both ways. If they decide to demand Palestinian a state, then they have to reject Israel as a Jewish state. The battle to destroy Israel as we know it will continue. Israel has taken a giant leap into recognizing that Palestine’s religion. In the article I found Israel wants to make a difference but, the government seems to be on a difference side then where Israel is. This article is pro- Palestine because they don’t want to recognize Palestine’s religion and they don’t want to help out the Israel’s, which will cause war between Palestine and Israel.  The article is trying to help the world find Palestine’s religion. Help discover Jewish people in our world. So it’s up to the leaders to talk as Palestine’s voice.

Harris, David. "David Harris: Palestinian Leaders: Denying Reality, Delaying Peace." Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post. 12 Oct. 2010. Web. 12 Oct. 2010. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-harris/palestinian-leaders-denyi_b_760067.html>.

Blog Post #3 (:

I say it is both important and unimportant to know the difference between a Sunni and a Shiite. It is important to know the difference between because you wouldn’t know their background. If war breaks out people wouldn’t know that they are working together. It is important to know what they want from each other so that if they are in war other people can help them win the war. It is also good to know the difference between Sunni and Shiite because sometimes people argue about where the countries are located and it takes Iraq into war. If people know things about these countries it will be easier to solve the problems between countries. I think it is also important because if Sunni’s and Shiite’s decide to create their own countries or states everyone would be able to know who lives in each area. If states or the F.B.I doesn’t know the difference between the two it will be harder to solve serious problems or situations. War could break out and people wouldn’t know what they are aiming to do or what their plan is. I also think it’s unimportant because if people don’t know anything about these countries they can’t argue or cause wars. The two countries aren’t showing action in anything so they aren’t being known to the world so nobody knows about them.  If the F.B.I doesn’t know about them then no other country will know about them so there is peace in the world. That’s why it is important and unimportant to know the difference.  

Essay on 9-11

Items that are not allowed in plans now-a-days have not really changed. You may take golf clubs in the air with you but they must me in a hard shell case at all times. Some items that you must have with you at all times are your I.D, redress number, date of birth, and your gender. Air travel today is more controlled then it was back then. You always have to take your shoes off and take your computers out of your backpack if you are taking one. When traveling by air you must never wear metal, or take bombs or any kind of chemical on the plan or to security with you. Before 9-11 you weren’t allowed to take box cutter, scissors, or any kind of sharp object. Today those rules still apply.  Some things are very obvious that you can’t take on. Some of those objects are gunpowder, any type of gun, or firearms. Things like these are common knowledge. Today some of us know better, to take this stuff on air lines.

Facts on Mozambique

Emily Stasuk

9/15/10

         

1.    Globalization is mentioned in this story in one way.  Mozambique Mozambique collects about a third of wheat they need to make bread rolls. They have their roots in another country about 5,000 miles away.

2.    They are impacted by globalization because Russia cancelled their imports.

Population: 17,479,266

Life expectancy: total population: 31.3 years
male: 30.98 years
female: 31.63 years

Religion: indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 47.8%
male: 63.5%
female: 32.7%

Independence Day:  June 25

Labor force by occupation: agriculture 81%, industry 6%, services 13%

Population below poverty line: 70 %

% of land is arable: 0.2

Human Geo Scavanger Hunt

brothers tennis shoe- China
population- 1,324,655,000
labor occupation- agriculture
unemployment- 4.6
% below poverty level- 15.9

remote control- Indonesia
population- 227,345,082
labor occupation-agriculture
unemployment-4.7
% below poverty level- 21.4


longanberger basket- USA
population-307,006,550
labor of occupation- professional
umemployment-9.6

%below poverty level-12.0

clock- Japan

population- 127,704,000

labor of occupation- services

umemployment-5.2

% below poverty level- N.A

computer mouse- Malaysia

population-27,104,337

labor of occupation- services

umemployment-3.02

% below poverty level