Hans Rosling : 200 years in 4 minutes

Today we watched a video about a guy named Hans Rosling. He teaches global health. He was animating data in real space. He talked about things like how poor countries transformed into wealthier countries over time. For example in 1810 most of the countries in the world were in the poor and sick section of the graph and had a life expectancy of below forty years. When the Industrial Revolution started, countries started moving up the graph because they were building better economies. World War 1 and the Spanish Flu epidemic were major factors in why the life expectancy dropped in some countries. Hans was a very optimistic guy and believes that the world will keep getting better.

Population Pyramid

Today in class we watched a video about population pyramids. Population Pyramids are like bar graphs tilted on their side. They are made from gender and age. The age is counted in 5 year increments.  0-14 are pre-reproductive, 15-44 are reproductive, and 45-100+ are post reproductive. Men are on the left and women are on the right. A pyramid with a large base is going to have an increase in population. A pyramid with a fat middle will slowly increase over time. A pyramid with a big top is going to have a decrease in population.Demographic Transition was a word that we learned it has to do with age. For example, if your watching kids shows then your going to have commercials that are aimed for that age group. Pre-industrialized (developing countries/nations) are going to have an increasing population. Industrialized (developed countries/places) are going to have a deceasing population. That’s what we learned today.

Going Over Our Test

Today we went over our tests. I got a 93%. I got three questions wrong. One of the questions I got wrong was the one where you had to use GDP per Capita twice. I didn't realize that you could use two words more than once but its ok. The other ones I got wrong were just me not thinking right. The ones that you called gimme questions were the ones I got wrong. The test brought my 96% grade down to a 95%.  still have an A so it doesn't bother me that much but I wish I had done better. That's all for today.

TEST ON POPULATION & other stuff

Today we took a the test on population and the CIA factbook and stuff similar to that. I thought I did pretty well on it. I felt good about it when I turned it in so hopefully I get a good grade. The CIA factbook part was pretty easy. The only question I had to skip and come back to was the one about how many countries have over 1000 airports. It took me a few minutes to find the answer. The fill in the blanks I thought were simple. Hopefully I didn't make a stupid mistake and mix them up by mistake. I studied countries for the pull and push force questions so I'm pretty sure that I got those right. The bonus question that asked the NET Migration Rate of the whole world was the only question hat I really didn't know. I just guessed on it and I'm pretty sure it wrong but it was just a bonus question so I didn't think about it to much. Anyways, I'm already anxious to get the test back and see what I got. That's all for today.

Reviewing For The Test

Today in class we reviewed for our test on Friday. Here are some questions that might be on the test :

• What are developing countries? - Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America.
• Where does most of the population growth take place? - developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America.
• About how many people are on the world right now? - 7.6 billion
• When was the 1st billion people on the world reached? - 1804
• What is the rate that we are gaining people? - staying the same
• How long did it take to reach 1 billion people? 10,000+ years
• Who is expected to have a longer life expectancy? - Women
• How do you find RNI? - Birth Rate - Death Rate = RNI
• How do you find Net Migration Rate? - Immigration - Emigration = Net Migration Rate
• What are Push forces? (2 & include countries) - Afghanistan ~ natural disasters & Chad ~ terrorist attacks and bombings  
• What are Pull forces? (2 & include countries) - Mexico ~ better work opportunities for other Central American countries & U.S.A. ~ religious freedom for people from Nigeria and other African counties 
• What is Total Fertility Rate? - Average number of children born per woman
• What is the significance of 2.1 for TFR? - higher than : population rising & lower than : population falling
• What is the rate of TFR? - getting lower (decreasing)
• What is GDP per capita (PPP) - Average amount of money people make
• Gross Domestic Product ÷ number of people = GDP per capita (PPP)

Talking About The CIA Factbook

Today, we talked about the questions we had to complete for homework. We talked about the CIA website. On our test, for half of the questions we will have to use the CIA Factbook to find the answers. The second half of the questions will be matching and short answers. We talked about how Luxembourg has no disputes with any other country. Japan has a low birth rate (lower than 2.1) so their population is slowly going down. Gross is the total amount of money you get from a paycheck. There are more airports in the US than Russia. We have class tomorrow, then we don't have class on Thursday, and then on Friday we have the test.

CIA World Factbook Questions

CIA World Factbook Questions :
1. The population of China is 1,384,688,986 and the population of India is 1,296,834,042.
2. The Total Fertility Rate in Japan is 1.42 children born/woman.
3. The death rate in El Salvador is 5.8 deaths/1,000 population.
4. 23-28% of the French population identify "none" as their religion. It's not verifiable because France has not officially collected data on religious affiliation since the 1872 national census.
5. 82.7% of Mexicans identify themselves as Roman Catholic. 
6. The GDP- per capita (PPP) in the United States is $59,800.
7. The GDP- per capita (PPP) in Nigeria is $5,900.
8. The GDP- per capita (PPP) in Luxembourg is $105,100.
9. 76.2% of the United State's population are internet users.
10. The number of airports in Russia is 1,218 and the number of airports in the United States is 13,513.
11. 1.201 billion people in the world do not have electricity.
12. The Infant Mortality Rate in Canada is 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births. The Infant Mortality Rate in Cuba is 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births. The Infant Mortality Rate in the United States is 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births.
13. The literacy rate in Afghanistan is total:38.2%, men:52%, and women:24.2%.
14. The three countries with the highest life expectancies are Monaco, Japan, and Singapore.
15 The countries with the lowest life expectancies are Lesotho, Zambia, and Afghanistan. 
16. The nation that has the sixteenth highest Net Migration Rate is Monaco.
17. The unemployment rate in Vietnam is 2.2%. The unemployment rate in South Korea is 3.7%. The unemployment rate in the United States is 4.4%. The unemployment rate in India is 8.5%. The unemployment rate in Kenya is 40%.
18. The Military Expenditures spent by Germany is 1.24% of GDP. The Military Expenditures spent by China is 1.87% of GDP. The Military Expenditures spent by the United States is 3.16% of GDP.
19. The three countries that produce the most crude oil are the United States (10,962,000 BBL/Day), Russia (10,759,000 BBL/Day), and Saudi Arabia (10,425,000 BBL/Day).
20. The three countries that import the most crude oil are the United States (7,969,000 BBL/Day), China (6,710,000 BBL/Day), and India (4,057,000 BBL/Day).
21. 6% of the world's population speaks Spanish. 12.3% of the world's population speaks Chinese. 5.1% of the world's population speaks English.