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Whoops! I forgot to blog this week! Anyways, In class today we finished looking at all the groups final project! They were really good...filled with awesome information.Then we reviewed for the final exam, which was interesting because Ben stood in front of the class and was the "teacher".  It has been really awesome to have students from Japan here this week! This was overall a great week!

Projects

Today, we met the Japanese students and they told us a little bit about themselves. Then we broke into our groups and worked on our projects a little but more. And of course we laughed and had a lot of fun but still got our work done. That is basically all we did today in class.

People's Republic of Capitalism Part 3

Today, in class we finished watching the 3rd video of the People's Republic of Capitalism. In China, 30 million cars are being made in one year. By the 2030, China is going to have more cars than the United States. The city of Cong Qing is the center of car production. China has about 25,000 new cars a day and 9 million new cars a year. In order for the United States to buy cars from China,they have to pass the test- degree of damage.

Definitions

Capitalism- an economic system and politic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.
Capitalism is a social system based on the principle of individual rights. 

Communism- is a revolutionary socialist movement to create a classless and stateless and social order structured upon common ownership of the means of production.

Free Enterprise- Freedom of private business to organize and operate for profit in a competitive system without interference by government beyond regulation

Free Market- an economic system operating by free competition between private business.

People's republic of Capitalism Part 2

Did you know that every year in China there is about 9 million more cars on the road than the previous year?! In China, there are so many accidents. They call the insurance company Liberty Mutual when they get in a car accident or even when someone scratches their car, because the insurance company with give them the money to fix their car without much investigation. Others in China will just settle it between themselves right there without going to court or call the insurance company. On the road, some people haven't even driven in there entire life. In the United States, people learn to drive as teenagers. In China, people are learning to drive in their 30s, 40s and 50s. In China, they make the highways by digging holes and doing it with a shovel. They find it easier that way. A man in China gets about 14 dollars a day for putting together dynamite through a mountain to make a tunnel for cars to go in and out. They work 11 hours a day, seven days a week. The people in China are building tunnels and roads as fast as people are making cars.

People's Republic of Capitalism

We watched more of the movie today. People in China think it is useless for girls to go to school. They believe that the women should marry into a rich family. A doctor in China works to find a cure for aids. His family lives in Maryland and pays 1/5th the amount to rent a lab in China and he gets 10x more space. The United States is dependent on China for their cheap prices and China is dependent on the United States to send them things. The women who has her child her boarding school wants to divorce him and get a job of her own rather than working at her farm.

People's Republic of Capitalism

We continued watching the film in class today. People in China get payed about 1/10th of what people in America got payed at the Briggs factory. Apple products were made and designed by people in China or America. If someone bought an Apple product in America, the Apple company would be making a profit of about eighty dollars. But the people in China make a profit of four dollars. China is known for making most of the stuff that we have here in America. Walmart makes more of a profit than the people in China in who actually make the goods. The people in China are getting paid about twenty dollars a week to make all the good that we have here. People in America are getting paid about twenty dollars an hour to do the most tedious jobs.

Economic Geography Video

In class we are starting the next unit which is economic geography. We are watching a movie called the Peoples Republic of China. China is being trained to compete in the marketing world. In China, the men make about three or four dollars a day. The women make about one or two dollars a day. A half of a million people in China work in the construction business. This one family in China makes about six hundred dollars a year and they chose to put their daughter in boarding school, which is half their pay check. In September 28, 2007, The Briggs company-where engines are made, in Missouri was shut down and built in China. So, the people in Missouri lost their job. A reason why they moved it to China so Asians could buy it and it would be inexpensive to make in China and for the United States to buy from them.

Today in Class.....

Today, Mr.Schick passed back our quizzes we recently took. We went over the answers and had to pronounce the leaders names which are really difficult. After that we spent about 10 mintues talking about our assembly tomorrow  If we stand up and ask a question he is going to give us 10 extra credit points! Gerry Sandusky is coming to John Carroll to speak about the challenges he has faced with his named being Gerry Sandusky like the man who was the Penn State coach, who was charged with being a petifile. The assembly should be really interesting and not boring! After that talk, we watched a few minutes of video based on our next unit.

Class on Friday!

In class on Friday we talked about the paper that was due on Monday. Mr.Schick explained what the format of the paper was going to have to be and what we needed to include in the paper. We than talked and watched a video about the bombing that was going on in Gaza. The fact that the bombing could have been worse an effected us just as much as 9/11 is really scary. But good thing nothing happened in the United States but it is still a little scary. Anything like that could get worse and worse and then get really really bad.

Class discussion about the Countries

Today we had the class that never ends. We reviewed all of the countries and talked about them more in depth.

Afghanistan- It is a British Empire. Afghanistan is not a really developed country. But they are the hardest country to invade, only the Native Americans know a way to get in.

Brazil- Brazil is a Portuguese empire before they were declared Independence. They have a very old government but a very stable government. They were colonized by an European nation.

France- The tribes in France were fighting over control of France for a long time. They have the strongest economy in Europe.

Germany- In 1875 they became one country. Germany was the center of the Holy Roman Empire at one point. After World War 2 the Allies controlled Germany for some time. They built a wall through the capital (Berlin) and that divided Germany into East and West Germany.

India- India got Independence from the United Kingdom. They are Part of the British Empire.  

Iran- They were know as Persia at one time. Someone in the Islamic Republic drove the Iranians out of the country during the night.

Mexico- Mexico is known as New Spain which was controlled by Spain. They declared Independence in 1824 not 1810

Saudi Arabia- Saudi Arabia was known as a Kingdom, which gave the king the right to have as many wives and kids.

United Kingdom- The United Kingdom had two treaties and the last one was in 1922. The United Kingdom is part of the British Empire. There are four countries that are part of the United Kingdom, which are Whales, Scotland, Great Britain, and Ireland.

More Countries!

Afghanistan 

They declared independence on August 19, 1919.

Not until 1747, Afghanistan was adapted from the Department of State Post Reports. The material has been added to increase coverage of minor cities. Other countries can dominate the Afghan situations but the United States can field between world powers, but they are not an appropriate target to conquer.



Brazil 

Brazil declared Independence on September 7, 1822.

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, Brazil was a colony of Portugal. They  became a constitutional monarchy when they declared Independence from Portugal. A military coup was established in 1889-republican government. Brazil had been a dictatorship and a period of military rule.








France

France doesn't have an official date that they declared independence.
They first written records for history of France appear in the Iron Age.



Germany 

Germany declared Independence on January 18, 1871.
After the German Revolution of 1918-1919 and the military surrender in World War 1, the Empire was replaced bu the Weimar Republic in 1918, and some of its territory partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. 

More Countries!

United States

Declared independence on July 4, 1776

From the 1500s through the 1700s, they were settled and colonized by the Spanish, British, French, Dutch, Portuguese, and other European nations.  The original thirteen colonies were held by Great Britain until the Revolutionary War, after which they became the first thirteen states.  There are now 50 states in the United States.  The United States is considered the last true superpower, with the world's largest military and the world's largest economy.

 

Israel

Israel became an independent state on May 14, 1948

Following World War Two, the newly-formed United Nations drafted a treaty dividing up some of Palestine's land.  They established an independent Arab state and an independent Jewish state.  Many Jews emigrated to the new nation of Israel post WWII.  Creation of this new Jewish state was not universally accepted by Arabs, even though Israel was officially admitted to the UN on May 11, 1949.  There is still controversy surrounding Israel's very existence in the Middle East.

China

China's official date of independence is October 1, 1949.

China is one of the world's oldest civilizations.  As long ago as 221 BC, China was unified as a nation during the Qin dynasty.  They formed a republic on January 1, 1912.  The current Communist government, officially called the People's Republic of China, was formed in 1949.  

(Thanks Mr.Schick)

Some Countries!

Iran

Declared independence on April 1, 1979

Iran was a monarchy that was ruled by shah, almost without interruption from 1501 until the 1979 Iranian revolution, when Iran officially became an Islamic Republic on April 1, 1979.

Iran is a country in Western Asia.

 

Mexico

Declared independence on September 16, 1810

 The Mexican War of Independence was a conflict between people of Mexico and Spanish colonial authorities which started on September 16, 1810. The war started as a rebellion against their colonial masters, but ended as an alliance between Mexican ex-royalists and Mexican guerrilla insurgents.

Mexico was a subject to Spanish colonial authorities.

Mexico is located in the Southern portion of North America

Saudi Arabia

Declared independence on September 23, 1932

 Saudi Arabia is located in Western Asia.

 

United Kingdom

They declared independence on April 12, 1927. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland came into being with the renaming of the Kingdom. It is a country that consists of four constituent countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Venezuela

Declared independence on July 5, 1811

Latin American fought against the Spanish empire. They gained their Independence from Spain. Their biggest rival during the War of Independence was the country of Spain. 

Fun Class!

Today, we went over the magical quiz that we took on Friday. I expected a worse grade then I got so I was happy. Mr.Schick really likes the leader Hu Jintao! He also mentioned that we are going to have to write a 500 word essay which is not bad at all, about two leaders and their leader qualities. So, basically all we did during class was go over the test, learn how to pronounce the leaders names and joke around!

Political Leaders Quiz

Today, we had a magical pop-quiz! We studied for thirty minutes and then he let us use our blog but not his! I did good on the front page and did okay on the back page. We went over the quiz and I got all the front right correct but I have no idea how I did on the back! Well that is all we did today in class today! Pretty easy :)

World Leaders

Today, we talked about the homework we did the other day about the the world leaders. We added on President Obama since he is the president of the United States again. We talked about his achievements and what makes him a person that is fit for the position. One thing I did not know about President Obama is that he taught as a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. We also talked more in depth about the other major world leaders.

President Barack Obama

President Obama graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He worked as a civil right attorney and was a college professor at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He was senator for Illinois for three terms. Now he is the president of the United States. He will be president for two terms.

*This is late because I was sick yesterday!*

World Leaders

Enrique Pena Nieto-  He was governor of the State of Mexico from 2005-2011. He is also the member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.

Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud- He was the mayor of Mecca in 1962 and has been King since 2005. He was also appointed the commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard.

Angela Merkel-She entered politics in the the wake of the Revolutions of 1989 and briefly served as a spokesperson for Lothar de Maizere's democratically elected East German government prior to the German reunification.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu- He joined Israeli defence forces during the 1967 Six-Day war and became the team leader. Neranyahu served as the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988.

Hu Jintao- He has held the titles of General Secretary of the Communist party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commissioner since 2004, succeeding Jiang Zemin as the chief of the fourth generation of leadership in the Communist Party of China.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad- He is the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran. He was also appointed provincial governor. 

Hamid Karzai- He became the dominant political figure. He was chosen for a two year term as Interim President. 

François Hollande- He was the first secretary of the French Socialist party from 1997 to 2008. He was also a Deputy of the National Assembly of France from 1988-1993. 

Pranab Mukherjee- He has been in the Political career for six decades. He also became one of Indira Gandhi's most trusted lieutenants in 1973.

Hugo Chavez- Before he was president he was the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from 1997 to 2007. He was also a career military officer. 

David Cameron- In 2001 he was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Oxfordshire constituency of Witney. He was then promoted to the Opposition front bench two years later then rose to become the head of policy co-ordination during the 2005 campaign. 

Queen Elizabeth II- On her accession on February 6, 1952 Queen Elizabeth became Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries. She has been Queen for 60 years- the second longest in the world.

Dilma Rousseff-  Both helped found the Democratic Labour Party in Rio Grande do Sul, participating in several of the party's electoral campaigns.

Political Leaders Class

Today, we had a normal class. But we talked so much to the point where Mr.Schick got really annoyed. Anyways, we went over the assignment about the Political Leaders and made corrections. He told us not to really worry about what type of government but to focus mainly on the leaders. That is basically all we did today, nothing too major!

Class

Today, Mr.Schick was not in class again, so we had a sub. She handed back our tests and we went over the answers. After we finished that, we were able to finish our assignment that we had to do on Friday. Some people already finished the assignment so they did other work. That is basically all we did during class today. Hopefully, Mr.Schick will be here tomorrow.

Political Geography

Mexico 

                                                                Federal constitutional republic
                                                    President Enrique Pena Nieto
                                                                
                                                                   China 

  Single-party state, Communist state, Socialist state

                                                             President Hu Jintao 

India            

Parliamentary system, Democracy, Republic, Constitutional republic, Federal republic

 President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee

Afghanistan

                                               Presidential system, Islamic republic

                                                         President Hamid Karzai 

Iran 

Islamic republic, Unitary state, Theocracy
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 

Israel 

Liberal democracy, Parliamentary system

President Shimon Peres
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Germany 

Democracy, Parliamentary republic, Federal republic

                                                       Chancellor Angela Merkel

United Kingdom

        Hereditary monarchy, Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary system, Unitary state
                                                     Prime Minister David Cameron 

France 

Semi-presidential system, Unitary state, Constitutional republic 

President François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande

Brazil

                                                                

Presidential system, Constitutional republic, Federal republic

     President Dilma Vana Rousseff

Venezuela 

Federal republic, Presidential system, Constitutional republic, Republic

 President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías

Saudi Arabia 

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Unitary state, Islamic State, Absolute monarchy