Class

Today in class we talked about our exam. Mr schick also explained to us about all the info needed is on the blog. He also included all the essay questions that we will have to choose from and write out. This is very helpful because i took the time to write them out and prepare the correct response. And then after school i went and retook the test because i didnt do well when i first took it.

Class

Today in class we reviewed previous tests we took to help us for our upcoming exam in Human Geo. I collected the tests and wrote down the right answers so that i can use them to study. Since the exam will be what was on our tests that is why he gave us the tests in order to prepare for the exam.

Class

Today in class we took a test on the movie and religions. I think it was a fairly easy test and if you studied you would've done well.

Class

Today in class Mr Schick was not there because he had to help set up for one of his competitions.
Since he was gone we got the time to review all of our power points and notes to help us study for our test tomorrow. Also happy birthday Mr Schick!!

Class

In class we finished our last slide on the presentation
Judaism

• 14-18 million 
• call them- Jews
• Israel 
• Founder -abraham(?)
• Holy book- Talmud and Torah 
• Beliefs- ethical monotheism- God is one 

in todays class we are continuing to watch the power point 

Here are notes:

spatial divisions 

Examples;

Political alliances 

• North atlantic treaty 
• Commonwealth of nations 
• Organization of American States 

Christianity 

Number ocf adherents: around 2.2 billion

Call them christians 

Geographic location: europe, americas , southern africa 

Founder: jesus christ 

holy book: the bible, especially the New testament 

Islam

number of adherents: 1.5 million 

Call them : muslim 

geographic: indonesia, middle east, north africa 

founder: muhammad 

holy book: Qur'an

Hinduism 

number: 1.1 billion 

Call them Hindus 

Geographic: india, nepal 

Class Notes

In todays class we continued to go over this power point
here are some facts about this


Religion- can be both a unifying force

• There are five major religions in the world today-- hinduism, buddhism, judaism, christianity and islam 
• Religion can also be dividing force around the world 
• - hindus and muslims fight in india and Pakistan (hindu) (muslim) 
• Jews, christians and muslims all claim Jerusalem as their religions holy site. they are constantly fighting over the land 

Spatial Divisions 

• Spatial divisions are how we divide the livable space found on the earth by establishing social, economic and political control 
• You can be a member of more than one spatial group 
• divisions- countries

todays class

Culture characteristics

• Culture characteristics are parts of a groups everyday life. They are the ideas of themes which the group will teach to all members. These same characteristics can also link divide a region. 
• Examples of culture characteristics would be language, religion and ethnic heritage 
• Canada is a bilingual nation French and English are their official languages 

Examples of cultural characteristics 

• Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict but very little conflict between the groups 
• English is now considered the world language and is used for most business transactions around the world 
• Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country 
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