Immigration Podcast

Today in class we talked about immigration as well as speech and discussion. We also listened to part of a pod cast talking about immigration and asylum. We took some notes on the key facts about the pod cast. Here are some of the key things
-Central American people are trying to come to the US
-The trump administration is making it very difficult for them to apply for Asylum
-In 1935 900 jews tried to escape persecution on a boat
-They reached the US and were turned away
-They then had to return to Europe where a big majority of them were killed
-Then in 1951 they agreed to a concept called non reformat which means to not return people to situations that are dangerous and or put their lives in danger
Personally I think that some of these things are horrible and no human being should have to go through this. I believe that it is unfair that the jews were turned away and were sent back to be killed.

Migration continued

today in class we discussed interregional migration which is perceived economic betterment typically compels individuals to make interregional migrations. Historically- enticement of abundant available land on the American Frontier. Presently most jobs, especially in services, are clustered in urban areas. Westward expansion contributed to a shift in the center of population. We also got a packet that had our notes in it which was really cool and convenient!

Migration n stuff

So today in class we took notes as well as got our pop quizzes back, which I got a 100 so yay me!
So we took notes on migration and some of the key issues are....

• Where are migrants distributed?
• Where do people migrate within a country?
• Why do people migrate?
• why do migrants face obstacles

mobility is the most generalized term that refers to all types of movement

-journying each day to work or school

-weekly visits to local shops

-annual trips to visit relatives whom live in different states

short-term and repetitive acts acts of mobility are referred to as circulation

-ex. college students moving to college each fall and returning home each spring

a permanent move to a new location constitutes migration

Quiz and Demographic Transition

Today in class we took a pop quiz on Hans Rosling and his teaching stuff. We learned that he teaches Global Health and he has a cool accent. I thought that the quiz was easy and fair. Honestly I feel like I got a 10/10 so yay! But we also learned that the United States was in stage one in the 1700's. I also learned that a country in stage 1 is Japan. Hans also made a graph and the left bottom of the graph was poor and sick. The right top hand corner represented the rich and healthy. We also did a discussion in the beginning of class going over the notes, which helped me for the pop quiz. I think that Hans is very interesting in his teaching ways. I enjoyed this quiz and thought that it was a good way to strengthen my knowledge on Demographic transition and all that stuff.

test talk part 3

Today in class we took our second major test. I actually feel like I did a good job. The format was fair and it was generally simple. We had to find 12 questions on the world fact book which was easy. Then we had to fill in the blank questions which was a little difficult but kind of easy. Then we had to do a matching part on the back. We had to match the population pyramid with the explanation or question. And when we finished we drew cartoons that relate with what we have been learning. Over all it was easy and fair.

Test outline

Today in class we discussed the format on the test. First we did some example questions from our test. We had to find many things from the world fact book. Some examples are death rate and infant mortality rate. After finding some information on the fact book we went over some of the topics that will be on the test. One of the topics was net migration. Net migration is the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants throughout the year. Another topic is the total fertility rate. The total fertility rate is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime. We also discussed the rate of natural increase. The rate of natural increase is the difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths occurring in a year, divided by the mid-year population of that year, multiplied by a factor. We also discussed push and pull factors. I definitely need to study but I fell that I will do okay on the test.

Halloween Blog

Today was halloween and in class we learned about population pyramids. Population pyramids are used to analyze growth or decline of fertility, mortality, and migration in cities. Population pyramids have three basic shapes. One of the shapes is an xmas tree. They measure when growth rates are slow, high birth rate, and short life expectancy. Another shape is a box. The box is usually associated with developed nations and slow growth. They also measure low infant mortality, slow population growth, and long life expectancy. The last common shape is a cup. The cup measures low birth rate, shrinking population, and long life expectancy.

Discussion in class

Today in class today we had a discussion about some of the facts we found on the CSI website. Some of the topics were about migration and the birth rate. We also discussed the rate of children and parents with aids in Africa. It is so sad because they don't receive enough medical treatment so many children are dying and or living with aids and HIV. We also discussed life expectancy and population.   We learned about a little island that Kate had a lot of "interesting" facts about. We also learned the format of our test which will be sometime next week. For the test we have to use the CSI website to find the information, so its basically like a web quest. Overall class was fun and interesting today.

CIA World fact book assignment

    The World Fact book contains a lot of helpful information about The United States and many other places. I chose Fiji. Fiji's birth rate is 18.6. This blows me away because that is a lot of babies. I think that its so shocking because the United States is such a large place and its birth rate is only 12.5. When I think of Fiji, I think of this small place but with the birth rate that high I change my perspective. In class we are studying birth rate, so to find this out about Fiji is very cool and surprising.

   In class we also learned about life expectancy. The life expectancy in Iceland is 83.1 years. For males it is 80.9 and for females it is 85.4 years old. I think that 80-85 is a nice long life to live. I thought that the number was going to be a little bit higher considering it being in Europe. We also learned that women have a longer life expectancy than men because men are the breadwinners for the family and tend to crazy things or have crazy jobs.

    We also learned about total fertility rate. The fertility rate in Algeria is 2.7 children born to a woman. This surprises me because Africa has a lot of problems there and the fact that they are only having having close to 3 children is shocking. Usually African families have 3 or more children. So the fertility rate seems a little low to me.

    Something else we learned was called net migration rate. The net migration rate in Costa Rica is 0.8 migrants per 1,000 people. This number doesn't surprise me because most people who are migrating want to migrate to America so the migration rate in Costa Rica is very low. Costa Rica is number 60 on the list of most migration to the least. Surprisingly The British Virgin Islands are the most populated place for migrants.

   In Finland the population is 5,518,371 million people. Finland is located in Europe and is 87.9% a Finnish speaking country. Then 5.2% Swedish and 1.4% Russian and 5.5% other. The population doesn't surprise me. My dad frequently goes to Finland for business and says its a great place. Finland is mostly rural area filled with cute little towns. The capital is Helsinki.

Measuring population and migration

Today in class we took some notes on population as well as immigration and the fertility rate. The crude birth rate is the number of births per 1,000 of the population. Crude death rate is the number of deaths per 1,000 of the population. Rate of natural increase is produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate. This gives us the annual natural growth rate in percentage form- for a country or region. Net migration rate is the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year. Net immigration is the excess of persons entering the country. Net immigration is written as a positive number. Net emigration is the excess of persons leaving the country. Net emigration is written as a negative number.

Test talk and notes

Today in class we got our tests back. I got an 80 which is a B. I definitely could have studied more but I thought I did better than the score I got. W also took notes today on life expectancy. Life expectancy is the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year. The highest life expectancy is in Monaco. The total is 89.52. The age expectancy for men is 85.63. The age expectancy for women is 93.58. The U.S. total is 79.68. For men the age expectancy 77.32 men. The expectancy for women is 81.97. The lowest is in Chad. The total is 49.81. The expectancy for men is 48.64. The expectancy for women is 51.03.

Population and Settlement

Today in class we started a new topic on Population and settlement. We learned that there are over 7.5 billion people on the planet right now. Every year the population increases by 73 million. 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America. We learned that people die and people come into this world every 10 seconds. in 1804 the population was 1 billion people. In the range of 214 years the population grew to 7 billion and will keep growing. In the next 11-12 years there will be 8 billion or more people in the world!

Test talk part 2

Today was the day....... We took the test in class. Honestly it was fairly easy but there was some hard parts. One of the questions gave the definition of Globalization but globalization wasn't one of the choices. So I guessed some random answer. But over all it was fair. I think I probably got a B just because I was unsure about some of them. I liked the format and thought that it was fair.