Asylum

Today we found out the answer we questioned yesterday; What is the percentage of international immigrants in the world? Today we finally found the answer to that question. 3% of the worlds population are international migrants. We made sure that this percentage was correct by checking multiple websites by well known organizations and government organizations. We then started talking about modern day politics and its relation to seeking asylum. We talked about how President Trump is trying to stop all immigrants from entering the United States and we voted if we thought he was on the right path to success during his presidency. We finally listened to a podcast explaining asylum more in depth. We learned that America declined Jewish asylum seekers during the Holocaust and they were forced back into Europe. That is where we stopped at the end of class, but hopefully we are able to learn more tomorrow!

More Migration

Today we read an article that dug deeper into some of the definitions of words we learned in class yesterday, which are listed below:

Migration
Where are migrants distributed?
Where do people migrate within a countries?
Why do people migrate?
Why do migrants face obstacles?

Mobility
-the most generalized term that refers to all type of movement
-short term and repetitive acts of mobility are referred to as circulation

Migration
-a permanent move to a new location

Ravenstiens "laws" for the distance that migrants typically move
-most migrants relocate within a short distance staying in your own countries
-long distant migrants head for major centers of economic activity

Migration in 2 categories
International immigration
-permanent move from one country to another
>>voluntary
>>forced

Internal migration
-permanent move within the same country
>>interregional
>>intraregional

Facts 
-approximately 9% of the worlds population is international migrants
-global patterns reflects migrations tendencies from developing countries to developed countries
-net out migration
>>asia, latin america, africa
-net in migration
>>north america, europe, oceania
-U.S. has more forgien born residents than any other countries
>>In 2010 there were 43 million and growing by one million annually

Eras of Migration
Eras of Migration in U.S.
-colonial settlements in the 17th and 18th centuries
-mass european immigration in late 19th and 20th centuries
-aisan and latin american integration in the late 20th and 21 centuries

In the packet we read, we saw descriptions to certain words that we learned yesterday.
We saw more information on voluntary and forces migration, migration, mobility, and many more.
Though we saw these words yesterday, this packet gave us a better understanding of the topic.
We finally saw a piece of information that was different than yesterday, we saw yesterday that 9% of the worlds population were international migrants, but in the packet, we saw that only 3% of the worlds population was like that. Hopefully tomorrow we find out the truth behind this statistic and find out why the two are different in percentage.

Migration

Migration
Where are migrants distributed?
Where do people migrate within a countries?
Why do people migrate?
Why do migrants face obstacles?

Mobility
-the most generalized term that refers to all type of movement
-short term and repetitive acts of mobility are referred to as circulation

Migration
-a permanent move to a new location

Ravenstiens "laws" for the distance that migrants typically move
-most migrants relocate within a short distance staying in your own countries
-long distant migrants head for major centers of economic activity

Migration in 2 categories
International immigration
-permanent move from one country to another
>>voluntary
>>forced

Internal migration
-permanent move within the same country
>>interregional
>>intraregional

Facts 
-approximately 9% of the worlds population is international migrants
-global patterns reflects migrations tendencies from developing countries to developed countries
-net out migration
>>asia, latin america, africa
-net in migration
>>north america, europe, oceania
-U.S. has more forgien born residents than any other countries
>>In 2010 there were 43 million and growing by one million annually

Eras of Migration
Eras of Migration in U.S.
-colonial settlements in the 17th and 18th centuries
-mass european immigration in late 19th and 20th centuries
-aisan and latin american integration in the late 20th and 21 centuries

Hans Rosling Quiz

Today we took a quiz on the video we watched yesterday in class. The video was on Hans Roslings theory to how the world is trending, in wealth and life expectancy. Through the four minute video, he touched base on over 200 countries throughout the world, and their growth and development throughout 200 years. In the end of the video, he ultimately said that the worlds wealth and life expectancy is on a trend upwards toward the rich and healthy end of the scale. I watched this video multiple times yesterday, in hopes that it would prepare me for the quiz today, but the quiz was the comprehension worksheet we did along with the video yesterday. Here were the questions and answers on the worksheet yesterday;

1. What is the name of Hans Roslings course; Global Health
2. What does the X-axis measure; Income per person
3. What does the Y-axis represent; Life Expectancy
4. What is Hans' description for the lower left corner; Poor and Sick
5. What does he call the upper right corner; Rich and Healthy
6. What is the stage in which a country would be experiencing a high birth rate and a rapidly falling death rate; Stage 2
7. When was the United States is Stage One; Before the Industrial Revolution
8. Name a country currently in Stage 5; Japan, Russia, Italy
9. What stage includes a stable or slow RNI due to a high birth and death rate; Stage 1
10. The Industrial Revolution began in the late 1700s in this country; Great Britain/England

I think since I knew the material and studied the worksheet last night and earlier today, I got a good grade on this quiz and hopefully it kept my grade to an A average to continue my success here at The John Carroll School so far in my high school career!

Hans Rosling

Today we watched a video by Hans Rosling. He is a professor in Sweden, who teaches a Global Health course. The questions and answers to this video include:
1. What is the name of Hans Roslings course; Global Health
2. What does the X-axis measure; Income per person
3. What does the Y-axis represent; Life Expectancy
4. What is Hans' description for the lower left corner; Poor and Sick
5. What does he call the upper right corner; Rich and Healthy
6. What is the stage in which a country would be experiencing a high birth rate and a rapidly falling death rate; Stage 2
7. When was the United States is Stage One; Before the Industrial Revolution
8. Name a country currently in Stage 5; Japan, Russia, Italy
9. What stage includes a stable or slow RNI due to a high birth and death rate; Stage 1
10. The Industrial Revolution began in the late 1700s in this country; Great Britain/England

The Industrial Revolution, wherever in the world it took place helped that country move up in wealth and health, as well as life expectancy

In 1948, there was a significant gap in countries due to varying affects of World War 2

Demographic Transition

Today we spent most of our class talking about demographic transition. Demographic Transition is a model of how natural increase rises and falls throughout time. There are 4 stages of demographic transition and historically, no country has ever reverted back to a previous stage.

Stage 1 
-Low growth
-Marked by high birth rate and high death rates
-No long term natural increase
-no country is currently in this stage

Stage 2
-Rapid growth
-Marked by rapidly declining death rates and very high birth rates
-High natural increase
-Europe and North American entered stage 2 as a result of the industrial revolution (~1750)
-Africa, Asia, and Latin America entered stage 2 around 1950, as a result of the medical revolution-improved medical care

Stage 3
-Moderate growth
-Marked by a rapid decline in birth rate and a steady decline in death rates, natural increase is moderate
>>gap between CBR and CDR is narrower in stage 3 than countries in stage 4
-Population grows because CBR is still greater than CDR
-Most European and North American countries entered stage 3 in the mid twentieth century

Stage 4
-Low growth
-No long term natural increase and possible decrease
-Country reaches stage 4 when population gained by CBR is diminished by losses in CDR
-Condition known as zero population growth (ZPG)
>>demographers more precisely define ZPG as the TFR that produces population change
-Population change results from immigration


Declining Birth Rates
2 successful strategies for lowering birth rates

-Improving Education and Healthcare
>>Emphasizes improving local economic conditions so that increased wealth is allocated to education and health programs seeking to lower birth rates

-Contraception
>>More immediate results reaped than previous approach
>>Met with greater resistance, because it goes against some people beliefs or customs

Population Growth

Natural increase- about 82 million people are added to the population annually

More than 95% of the natural increase is clustered in developing nations

Why is Global Population increasing? 

Total Fertility Rate- amount of children a woman will have in their child bearing years. 

2.42 is the worlds Total Fertility Rate

TFR exceeds 5 in some African countries, while its only about 2 in European countries. 

Infant Mortality Rate- deaths of infants under one year of age

expressed as per 1,000 births instead of a percentage

IMR usually about 50 in sub-Saharan countries and about 5 in developed countries

Developed countries have lower rates of natural increase, crude birth rate, total fertility rate, and infant mortality compared to developing countries

Fertility and mortality vary not only between countries but within a country

Population pyramids explain a countries population structure

Dependency Ratio- Number of people too young or too old to work compared to the population eligible to be a part of the work force 

Test Review

Today we went over our test we took last week. I ended up getting a 97% on the test, but with the extra credit points, I got a 100%. Overall I am proud of myself, and my study strategies continue to function and give me success in all of my classes with various types of test. We also talked about wars in the past century, including the Vietnam War, the Korean War, WWII, and WWI. We discussed that WWI was in the teens of the 20th century, WWII was in the 40s, the Korean war was in the 50s, and the Vietnam War was fought in the 60s. We also said the Great Depression was a time of economical failure in the U.S. in which 25% of Americans we unemployed, it was in the 30s and caused by the stock market crash in 1929. We also discussed that some countries have upwards of 60% of their country unemployed, which means they must have a poor economy. I'm eager to continue the semester and learn about the world and its people!

New Unit Start!

As we finished the previous unit, we headed into the next unit of this semester, which is going to dig deeper into a previous unit we looked at in quarter one. Here are some of the notes we took today:

Key Questions:
Where is the worlds population distributed?
Why is global population increasing?
We does population growth vary among regions?
Why do some regions face health threats?

Population Concentrations
2/3 of the worlds population are clustered in 4 regions
East Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Europe

Site and Situation of population clusters
-Low lying areas with fertile soil and temperate climate
-Near ocean or river that is near to ocean
-Sparsely populated regions
-Humans avoid clustering in certain physical environments:
>>dry lands
>>wet lands
>>cold lands
>>high lands

Places considered too harsh for occupancy have diminished over time
places of permanent human settlement are termed the ecumene

Population Density
Density can be compute in up to three ways for a place
Arithmetic density
Total number of objects in area/ land area

Physiological density
number of people supported by a unit area of arable land
population/ arable land area

Agricultural Density
Ratio of number of farmers to amount of arable land
population of farmers/ arable land area

Components of population growth
Crude birth rate
Crude death rate
Rate of natural increase

Test Day

Today we took our test on population and society. I overall thought it went really well. I studied for it a lot last night and knew my information. I liked the first part where we were able to use our lap tops, I think it was a good part of the test. Overall, the test was pretty easy and I look forward to see how I did on it. One of the bonus questions confused me. It asked what the net migration was fro the world. It confused me because I thought that since no one really left or came into the world, it would be 0 right? When I looked at the website, it looks like I got it right. I hope my grade reflects on the amount of studying for the test. The cartoon drawing at the end was a good addition to the test. It took the pressure off of turning it in. It gave me a chance to check over my work and make sure that I will get a good grade. I hope that my past grades for the quarter will reflect my future grades in my high school career. I cant wait to see what the rest of this class, and the rest of the year has in store for me.  

Review for Test Tomorrow

Today we reviewed for our test. We got some information about our test tomorrow. Mr. Schick gave us some information about the structure of the test and how it would work. We learned that we would be able to use our laptops to get to www.cia.gov for questions about facts concerning the world. After that, we learned that Mr. Schick was a part of some very important movies, and has talked to very important people. We learned that he worked on home Alone, and with big actors like Jim Candy, Morgan Freeman. Meryl Streep and other big names throughout the film industry. He also said that big jobs like that, though they do pay a lot of money, they require you to be away from your family and home often, for shooting purposes. It was a very interesting experience, and it was really cool that our teacher was an important part of the film industry. Finally we ended off with continuing our reviewing for the test tomorrow. Overall I feel pretty good about the test tomorrow, I may need to study a bit tonight, but overall I feel good about my possible performance tomorrow on this unit test. Hopefully I can start the second quarter right!

More population pyramids with TEDed

Today we took a final look at population pyramids, as well as a TEDed on population pyramids. We learned different ways to identify the three different age groups in population pyramids. We saw that these groups were called pre-reproductive, the reproductive and post-reproductive. In the TEDed we saw population pyramids for various countries including China, Russia, Japan, The United States, and a few other countries. We were able to predict their future in population from the knowledge we have gained from the pas few days. We also took a look at a TEDtalk about a female super model who shared her experiences as a super model as well as comparisons of her privileges and those around her. We learned that the job of a super model is not as rewarding as outsiders may think. It is not a real career path and super models are some of the most insecure women in the world since they have to consider their looks every day, as its a part of their job. We also started watching a 3 hour long video of a waterfall as someone in the class needed to go to the bathroom. I had fun today!!!

Population pyramids 2!!!!!

Today we finished taking a look at population pyramids. We looked at a few cities, including a retirement community, a prison, and an all girls college. While we only saw the different numbers in population, we were able to infer the place in which it was representing. We took a look at the population pyramid for the world. We found out that it was in the shape of a Christmas tree. This means that as a whole, the Earth is developing. We found out that a reason for this could be the fact that 1/6 of the worlds population is malnourished or poor, without enough food, living on the streets.
We talked about Whitey Bulgar, who was an infamous criminal who was recently killed in a prison. We learned that along with Osama Bin Laden, he was one of FBI's most wanted. He hid away in California and eventually got caught. He was transferred through many prisons, and the one got most recently got transferred to was one in West Virginia. In that prison he got beaten to death, and killed. Finally, we took a look a the population possibilities in the years to come. We saw that by 2100 the population of the world could be about 11,000,000,000 people in about 80 years!