Websites for research paper.

http://www.history.com/content/soccer/soccer-timeline

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2007-02-22-latin-america-violence_x.htm

http://www.soccer-fans-info.com/history-of-soccer-in-brazil.html

All websites are really good. Now we have to put it into a essay.

Today we took a test.

Today we took a simple test that everyone feels they passed.

It was very easy and as long as you payed some attention in class it was easy and you may have passed.

so i am happy i guess

Bad news! Good news!

Bad news: Test is not open book, it is open brain. So we need to actually study now ugh!!!!
Good news: Review day...and that is about it.

Today we looked at Mr.Schick's power point that has something to study from.

Environmental Geography- North Americans have transformed the land.

US the third largest consumer of water. China #1 India #2. US city dwellers consume 175 gallons daily. Water quality scarcity is becoming a problem.

Air modification is pollution like from automobiles. when this pollution goes in the air it causes acid rain. Acid rain can cause a lot of damage.

Population and Settlement- 3.2 mil in US, + 1.2 mil in Canada. 95% of Indians died after Europeans arrived (warfare & disease, especially smallpox)

There were 3 stages. Stage One (1600–1750 ). Stage Two (1750-1850). Stage Three (1850-1910). look at Power Point to get more details.

One of the largest and most rapid human transformations of the landscape in history.

megalopolis- one known one is stretching from Boston to NYC to Philly to Baltimore to Washington, DC.

Migration like the western movement. there is high tech jobs and things pulling you in. but when this happens you need more homes, subdivisions, malls, retirement complexes, schools. This is known as a sprawl

Black Exodous from south. Slaves mainly stayed with owners but got payed and did what they want and some moved more north.

Rural-to-urban- country people moved to city. 2oo years ago 5% lived in urban in 2008 82% do.

Growth of the Sun Belt South. After 1970, southern states grew quickly. Job opportunities, retirement possibilities

Counterurbanization-More affordable-Less crime-Better schools-Easier retirement

Cultural coherence & diversity- Immigrants have been arriving for 400 years.

US is the fifth largest Spanish-speaking nation.
#1 Mexico, #2 Spain, #3 Colombia, #4 Argentina, #5 US

1880-1930: huge wave of immigrants, mostly from Europe
In 1910, 14% of the US was foreign-born

Geopolitical Framework- US and Canada have a unique relationship
We share a 5,525 mile long border.

-(((The US was formed by breaking violently from Great Britain)))
-(((Canada peacefully separated from G. Britain)))

1 of Americas biggest problem.1.2 million per year are apprehended at the American-Mexican border.

1 of Canadians biggest problems. There are tensions between Canada and the US over salmon fisheries in the North Pacific, and over timber operations in British Columbia.
BUT hese are mere disagreements, not hostilities

Economic and social development- This region has the world’s most powerful economy and the most affluent population.

LIKE:::::
Agriculture: corn, soybeans, wheat, livestock, poultry, commercial forestry, grapes, fruits.

Metals: copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, nickel

We still need to import a lot of oil, from Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Africa

2007: poverty rate in US is 13%, Canada is 18%

!!!!!!!!These are some notes that could be on the TEST. Other and more facts are on Mr.Schick's blog as a power point!!!!!!!!.

Notes from adam

Today in class we finished up presenting the essays of the five themes of geography. we alos went over a powerpoint on what we are learning right now. The five themes of human geography are Environmetal Geography, Population and Settlement, Culural Coherence and Diversity, Geopolitical Framework, and Economic and Social developement. All five of these themes relate to how North America was shaped and formed. Environmental Geography has to do with the global climate change in North America. Population and Settlement relates to North America by it shows hows cities expand and how the population becomes larger. Cultural Coherence and Diversity relates to North America by it talks about how we are a diverse region, and it also talks about immigration. Geoploitical Framework relates to North America by it talks about how it shapes the poiltical geography's with in the region. Economic and Social Developement has to do with North America by it plays a big role in economic globilization. That is what we did in class today.

North America is Culurally diverse, rich in natural resources, Ultra -globalized.

We are the last remaining global superpower.

From the blog of adam due to my absence

Notes

Environmental Geography- big effect in jobs and set up. How people work is what their environment connects to. Different forms in different region EX. Sub tropic. Climates different and landforms precipitation. Has affected our environment and 3 animals that were introduced here were cattle, horses and wheat. Manipulating all of America since we got here. Find places were to build.

Population and Settlement- divers population. 335 million people in north America. Agriculture played big part settlement. Came from Europe early on. Majority of America used agriculture. Some moves west and north. Changed drastically. Metropolitan clusters uneven patterns across NA. Megalopolis is the word for it and includes (look at blog).

Cultural coherence and diversity- North Americas immigration history. Phase 1 Europeans with African Americans before 1820 Africans over run Europeans but were slaves. Phase 2 1820 to 1870 was from Germans to Irish. Third phases 1870 to is immigrants went to over 1 million. 4th phase in 1920-1970 is close countries immigrating. 1970 to present day is Asians and total immigrants went up.

Geopolitical Framework- mainly about how country interacts with other countries. Continental neighbors like Canada and Us is trade treaty.

Economic and Social Development-

Population and Settlement

I have chosen to write about population and settlement. This is one of the 5 themes to human geography. I feel this is important to North America because many people come here for many reasons and settle here.
Today more than 335 million people live in North America. 90 percent of Canada’s population is found within 100 miles of the United States boarder. Large urban region formed as multiple cities and grow and merge within each other is known as Megalopolis. The best example for this is the string of cities in eastern North America which includes; Washington DC; Baltimore; Philadelphia; New York; and Boston. North America increased ever since the European colonization. Before 1900’s large families increased along with foreign immigration settlement, which still occurs today. Less than 300,000 Indian were settled in Canada but, in the 1760’s Europeans came to settle and the population sky rocketed to 3.2 million people a century later! After World War II birth rates rose causing the “baby boom” generation born between 1946 and 1965. North Americas’ population is getting older, but it still brings in immigrants. A prediction by United Kingdom is that by 2050 the region’s population will grow to 445 million.
First stage: series of European colonial footholds, mostly in coastal regions of eastern North America. These footholds were established between 1600 and 1700.
Second stage: Europeanization of the North American landscape took place between 1750 and 1850.
Third stage: North America’s settlement expansion accelerated after 1850 and continued till 1910.
160 years later North American landscape was domesticated when the expanding population sought new land to occupy.

Rural to urban migration. North American tend is people migrate from country to city. 2 century s ago only 5 percent of North America lived in urban areas. now more then 80 percent live in urban areas. It comes down to that all of North America is a moving region were we are constantly going and always changing.

True? False? or Opinion?

Not all statements are true. Some are completlly false and some opinion. Through all these lies and fake facts there is the truth. For example things that use most likely or have a word that is to common. False ones have mankind has no affect on our climate. Vast majority of scientist say Global warming real and because of greenhouse gasses. big increase in cloral flural carbons caused hole in ozone layer, but that's repaired now. We also talked about how science is science and most the time it is correct. Then we talked about how religion and science are different but, if you could blend them together rather then making it if you believe in one you don't in the other.

Note to study from for test tomorrow.
53-55 maybe and 61-65
Global warming. reconize true false or opinion.
5 things for climate change.

Global Warming??? yes or no?

Today we learned that Global Warming is real and not a myth. Today we had heated discussions over if it was real or not. Some groubs believed it was real some not. We learned we need to use facts to back up our beliefs and this will be the truth and fact for the rest of our lives whether it is in the work place, school, or in life in general. Today was short so i do not have much to write about so I am done.