Giovanna's Western Civ. Blog

Today we reviewed for the exam but mostly talked about the essay questions. the first one we must do but the second and third we can choose between the two. Essay One: The population pyramids below represent two countries at different stages of the demographic transition and economic development. Explain the demographic characteristics of each country below with respect to the demographic transition model. Describe potential issues both countries could face in the future if their population pyramids remain the same. Discuss possible solutions to each country’s population concerns. Essay Two: Globalization can be understood as the increasing connections of different parts and peoples around the world. Globalization results in the expansion of international cultural, economic, and political activities. As people, ideas, knowledge, and goods move more easily around the globe, the experiences of people around the world become more similar. Define Globali

Today our class was pretty short but a lot of fun. Since Mr Schicks birthday is the 9th we celebrated.  Mr Schick was gracious enough to bring in cookies and Owen brought in two cakes, one blue and one pink resembling the population pyramid which I found to be cool. While eating our cake, we played music and Mr Schick told us the story of how he was born. After, Some of us girls started dancing to Christmas music. Eventually, we had to get serious so for the last ten minutes of class Mr Schick explained the Demographic Transition Model.

Today Mr Schick was not in class so we made a quizlet for human geo. Mr Schick put all of the information onto the blog to use when creating it. I am not completely finish but I have maps, place, region, latitude, longitude, and time zones covered. https://quizlet.com/251000966/human-geo-midterm-exam-flash-cards/

Today in the class we talked about our exam coming up in a week. It scared me when Mr Schick mentioned that this time next week we would be taking our exam. test in room 114 (same room) 100 multiple choice 2 essays Wednesday 12/13 15 extra minutes review tests/quizes review blog no computers or phones pack a lunch can leave after 2nd exam 15 minutes to finish after 1:30 mark test will not be in the same classroom where you take the test (most of the time) can study once you finish We also went over the pop quiz we took on Monday. Although I am not fond of pop quizzes I only got three wrong. I would appreciate notice ahead of time so I can study and be confident/comfortable with the material.

transition from high birth + death rates to lower birth + death rates as a country or region develops from a pre-industrialized economic system textile mills started industrial revolution most developed countries have completed the demographic transition + have low birth rates most developing in process of this transition The more developed countries (core countries) are the industrialized capitalist countries on which developing countries depend core countries control + benefit from the global market

different ways of measuring people measures death rate, birth rate, and total population  reasons for changes in death rate: disease, famine, poor medical knowledge, improvements reasons for changes in birth rate: needed for farming, no family planning, improved medical care + diet