Good luck to all of you on all your exams!
The Human Geography exam is at 10:00 on Thursday. One of your classmates, the immortal Grace, put together this awesome set of review questions that we used in class today, and allowed me to share it with the rest of you. Very impressive, Grace, and I was glad to see Section 1 answer so many of these correctly!
No need to blog again until we come back in January. Spend your time studying, and good things will happen.
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QUESTIONS
1.
List the names of the three main characters in
“God Grew Tired of Us”.
2.
Name the tribe one of the boys was from (hint:
the only tribe we talked about)
3.
Who was the war in Sudan fought between?
4.
Name the boys' route through the African
continent (the countries they went to)
5.
Why was the Sudanese war fought in the first
place?
6.
Explain why these “Lost Boys” ran away from
home.
7.
Name some of the problems the Lost Boys faced
while on the road to the refugee camps.
8.
Name some of the different jobs the boys had
while in America.
9.
What was some of the boys' major
accomplishments?
10.
Define
a.
Crude Death rate
b.
Total Fertility rate
c.
Rate of Natural Increase
d.
Net Migration Rate
e.
Crude Birth Rate
f.
Life Expectancy
11.
What does TFR stand for?
12.
What does RNI stand for?
13.
Whose net migration rate is higher- Mexico, the
US, or Canada?
14.
What is the replacement rate?
15.
Pakistan’s TFR is 3.43. Is that higher or lower
than the world’s average?
16.
If Japans TFR is 1.2, is their population
increasing or decreasing?
17.
Name 3 push forces
18.
Name 3 pull forces
19.
Name 2 basic examples of the characteristics of
culture.
20.
What is the official language of Brazil?
21.
Name a country with more than one Official Language and then give
those languages
22.
What is the language of business, finance, and commerce?
23.
Name one country that has merged ethnic groups
peacefully, and one that has not.
24.
The Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, and Albanians
coexisted in what country?
25.
Over 80% of India belongs to what religion?
26.
What main religion has the most members?
27.
Name the commonwealth realm based on the use of
the euro
28.
Name the economic alliance between the US,
Mexico, and Canada
29.
What is the name of the alliance formed between
the US, England, France, Spain, Italy, and 23 other countries?
30.
Name the alliance that coordinates the policies
of oil-producing countries.
31.
What is the name of the alliance with almost
every nation on earth
32.
NAME THAT RELIGION
a.
Has the smallest number of members
b.
The predominant religion in India
c.
Was founded by a sage called Siddhartha Gautama
d.
Has the largest
number of members
e.
Over 87% of Indonesians practice this religion
f.
Along with Christianity and Islam, its an
Abrahamic religion
g.
Its denominations include Sunnis and Shi’ites.
h.
Its holy book is the Qur’an.
i.
Its members try to follow the eight-fold path
j.
The oldest living religion
k.
Two denominations of this religion battled in
Ireland.
l.
Its holy scriptures are the Vedas
m.
Was founded in the 7th century
n.
Primarily located in the Americas, Southern
Africa, and Europe
o.
Holy
books are the Talmud and the Torah
p.
Believe that “attachment to desire is the origin
of all suffering”
q.
This religion has no real founder, and does not
have a strict set of beliefs.
r.
The story of its central figure can be found in
the New Testament
s.
They believe in observing the 5 pillars
t.
Believe in being reincarnated until you reach
nirvana
ANSWERS (Good to go!)
1.
John Bul, Panther, and Dan
2.
John was form the Dinka Tribe.
3.
The Muslims in the north VS. the Christians and Animists in the south
4.
Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya
5.
There was oil found in Sudan and the Muslims
didn’t want to share it with the Christians
6.
The Muslims were attempting "ethnic cleansing."
7.
The boys faced lions, starvation, dehydration,
and bombing attacks from the Sudanese government
8.
Sorting gaskets at a factory, developing checks
at a bank, waiting tables at a hotel, working at McDonalds, working in a grocery store, security guard.
9.
Starting a school, and starting a medical clinic
10.
Definitions:
a.
The amounts of deaths per 1000 of a population
b.
The average number of children born to one woman
c.
The annual growth rate of a country without
immigration (measured by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate)
d. immigration rate minus emigration rate (if the number is positive, population increases; if it's negative, population decreases)
e. number of births per 1000 population
f.
The average amount of years expected to be lived
by a group of people born in a given area in the same year.
11.
Total Fertility Rate
12.
Rate of Natural Increase
13.
Canada’s
14.
2.1
15.
Yes, the world’s average is 2.27
16.
Their population is decreasing
17.
Push forces
a.
Civil war
b. Oppressive or persecuting government
c.
Bad environment
d.
High unemployment rate
e.
Religious persecution
18.
Pull forces
a.
Good government
b.
Religious freedom
c.
High employment rate
d.
Better health resources
19.
Characteristics of Culture
a.
Religion
b.
Ethnicity
c. Language
20.
Portuguese
21.
Countries with more than one official language
a.
Canada
i.
French
ii.
English
b.
Switzerland
i.
German
ii.
French
iii.
Italian
iv.
Romansh
22.
English
23.
Countries that have merged peacefully- US,
Switzerland. Countries that haven’t- Sudan, Yugoslavia, Germany
24. (the country formerly known as) Yugoslavia
25.
Hinduism
26.
Christianity
27.
The European Union
28.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
29.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
30.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
31.
United Nations (UN)
32.
NAME THAT RELIGION
a.
Judaism
b.
Hinduism
c.
Buddhism
d.
Christianity
e.
Islam
f.
Judaism
g.
Islam
h.
Islam
i.
Buddhism
j.
Hinduism
k.
Christianity
l.
Hinduism
m.
Islam
n.
Christianity
o.
Judaism
p.
Judaism
q.
Buddhism
r.
Hinduism
s.
Islam
t.
Buddhism
Sections 1 and 7 reviewed their World Leaders tests today in class; Section 3 will do the same tomorrow. We will move on to Economic Geography, which will be a project-based unit, based around the study of microloans to people living in developing countries. If you want a sneak peek at what we will be doing in class tomorrow, take a look at the first three links I have listed in my Links sidebar (Microfinance, About Microfinance, and Peace Corps Challenge). See you tomorrow.
As promised, I have posted my epic PowerPoint on World Leaders. It is one of my finest works, and well worth a look. Use it to make sure the information you have on your blog is accurate and complete.
Two of my sections met today.
It sounds like you guys have been enjoying God Grew Tired of Us. I also hope you have been taking good notes, and copying them into your blogs. All sections will take a 60-point quiz on the movie this Tuesday (October 8). Keep in mind that if you missed some of the movie, or if you just want to review parts of it, the link to the entire film is right here in my Links sidebar. 
As for Section 7: nice try, but it looks like you just missed the 4000th Like.
As we discussed in class, there will be ten multiple-choice questions and three essay questions. The test itself will cover A Message to Garcia, the ancient Greeks (especially Socrates) and their concept of excellence, Did You Know/Shift Happens, infrastructure, and globalization.
