today was our last day of human geo. next semester I am moving to mr. fendryk's class. we watched jeopardy the whole class. I will miss having mr. schick as my human geo teacher. :(
today in class we reviewed all of the questions that we answered in our last blog from the CIA fact book. some of the answers were really surprising and made me think about how good our economy is. almost 1/4 of the population doesn't have access to electricity. also there are may children that don't make it past the age of one because of drug addiction. we also have a test on Friday that will cover everything that we have learned for the past two weeks. I know that I will have to study for this because I know that there will be a lot of numbers and I have trouble remembering numbers. I can make a quizlet to help me study.
Today in class we learned about situation. Situation is the location of a place relative to other places. Situation also help people find unfamiliar places. Giving someone specific directions to a place that they are looking for is giving them the situation of that place. The situation can also be why something is important in the world. Many places are are important because they are accessible to other places. If a place is close to water, its situation will cause it to be a big place for importing goods. Singapore is an example of a place that is changed because of its situation. Singapore is near the Strait of Malacca so it has become a main place for trade and distributing goods. We also talked about why it is easier to design different objects such as computers or notebooks in the U.S. and sending the design to be developed and made in different parts of the world. This is because the people in different parts of the world have a lower wage than the people working in the United ...
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