In class today we got into a big discussion about jobs between the United States and China. We wondered if the problem will ever be solved but it's going to continue to happen. The woman in the US was upset she got laid off. On the other hand she is going to Wal - Mart and buying stuff that is made in China. While the seventeen girl in China is saying she isn't getting paid enough but she has to take the factory job because she needs all the money she can get. She feels like the company's are making all the money. It seems like nobody is winning in this situation. This is a serious problem that we have to fix sooner or later.

In class today we talked about the economic relation between the United States and China.We could either make stuff in China and make the cost cheaper or we could have jobs in America but the would go up. Company's started taking their factories to China because there is no minimum wage. They could make more money and would have more quantity but it's not like people are China are going against this because everyone is competing for a job. While in the United States, people jobs are taken away  because the factories laid them off. In America they had to pay less people more but the quantity is the same. This is a huge dilemma that is going on right now.

In class today we talked about how we are going to have an assembly tomorrow about Gerry Sandusky with a "G" is coming to our school. He is the news reporter for WBAL for sports. He travels with the Baltimore Ravens to every game they play. Tomorrow he is going to talk about how the other Sandusky gave him a bad name and he didn't even do anything. People are getting confused with the Jerry Sandusky that is in prison. After we finished discussing about that we watch a documentary called "The Peoples Republic Of Capitalism" In the movie it said that the kids in China are competing for jobs from people in the United States and China. It also said that our economic future is linked with China. Another fact is that there are one and half million construction workers, men get paid 4 dollars a day and women get paid 3 dollars a day. A lot of these things take place in Chongqing, China, we will watch more of the video tomorrow.

Afghanistan

• They received Independence on August 19, 1919.
• Afghanistan was under the British Empire before they had their own independence. They had to go to three different wars in order to have independence.
• Afghanistan were subjects of Great Britain

Mexico

• Mexico became independent September 16, 1810
• For them to win their independence during the war it took Mexico eleven years. Spain tried to literally just tried to takeover Mexico and parts of the United States out west. The Battle of Monte de las Cruces was a good win for Mexico.
• Mexico were the subjects of Spain.

United Kingdom

• Declared independence April 12, 1927
• The United Kingdom was trying to get as much territory as they could. Now it just owns Great Britain and Northern Ireland. During the interwar period the United Kingdom didn't get all the territory they want in the early 1900's.
• They were in charge of themselves

Venezuela

• Declared Independence July 5, 1811
• Venezuela felt neglected by Spain and thought they weren't an important country. They want to start new and become an independent country. They went to war in 1812 and lost and went for the second republic in 1813 and finally received independence.
• Subject of Spain

Saudi Arabia

• Declared independence on September 23, 1932
• Before Independence there were two separate kingdoms and they were Hejaz and Nejd. They were trying to expand the empire into other parts in the middle east but they could only get the land they already owned.

Brazil

• Brazil declared its independence from Portugal on September 7, 1822.
• The Portuguese were the first European settlers to arrive in the area, led by adventurous Pedro Cabral, who began the colonial period in 1500.
• before Brazil came independent ,they were ruled by Portugal. 

France 

• France always had independence, but other armies from different nations would come around and take control of the whole contrie. 
•  France was part of the Celtic territory known as Gaul or Gallia.
• Germanic people who conquered the area during the 5th century, at the time of the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It became a separate country in the 9th century.

Germany 

• On January 18, 1871, Otto von Bismarck, the Minister-President of Prussia, unified independent German states into a nation-state.
• fought basicly the worlds biggest and best militaries, in WW2
• Was ruled by Hitler (1940's)

India 

•  26 January 1950, India became a Republic
• , India was part of the British Empire; but by the end of 1947, India had achieved independence.
• Gandhi Shaped India , to a peace and organized countrie  until 1947 , and India gained independence.

Iran

• Iran became a unique Islamic republic in 1979, until it changed to a  Monarchy
• Iran, was originaly Persia , but it changed in March 21, 1935.

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.  

Reviewing the Test

In class today we got our test back on the Political Leaders. I received an eighty percent, I am not surprised by the grade, this is what I expected. I had a little trouble on the back. I learned that Angela Merkel who is the president of Germany is the fourth most powerful president in the world because the economy is strong in her country. Also Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has 13 wives and at the least 35 children. We got into a discussion about Cuba and the history they have with the United States and we learned about the Cold War between The USA and Russia. After we finished reviewing the test class was over and we were going to our next class.

In class Friday, we took a test on the Political Leaders, we had the whole class to take it. The front of the test was easy, but the back was kind of challenging. Overall I think I did good on the test, I think I only got a few answers wrong. Once we finished we could catch up on our work in other classes. During the end of class there was there was only like one person ready so we just packed up our stuff and we went to our next class when the bell rang.

In class today I introduced my shadow to the class and then we went over the presidents a little more. We were trying to see if anybody had new facts we haven't heard yet. I talked about the Hu Jintao and how he has done a lot of things as a teenager before he was the president of China. Then we were talking about how China is getting a new president but they don't vote like the United States, they use a different method. then we started talking about the way we vote and you can have the popular vote but it doesn't matter if you don't get the 270 electoral votes. We were also trying to see how close it was in Florida and how many people voted. We couldn't find it but later on Mr. Schick told me the number of people who voted in Florida. This pretty much wraps up everything we did in Human Geo today.

In class today we got our quiz that we took yesterday, I received a 22/26. We reviewed who the president is for each country. After that we talked about our blogs we did yesterday. We had to give two interesting facts about each president then find the country on the globe under five seconds. I learned that Dilma Rouseff believes in abortion but only when the woman is raped. Also I learned David Cameron is the second youngest president in the United Kingdom for two centuries. Another one was Hugo Chavez was diagnosed with colon cancer. Francais Hollande wants the troops to leave Afghanistan because of the war. I learned a lot of interesting facts doing the presidents and it gives you a different insight about the presidents around the world

Leaders in the World

Dilma Rousseff:

•  She was the first woman in 2005 to become the Chief of State in Brazil
• Also, she believes in abortion but only when the mother is in danger or when a women gets raped.

Enrique pena Nieto:

• Former Governor of the state of Mexico, from 2005-2011
• Biggest contrast is the focus of lowering murder rates, kidnapping, and extortion.

Angela Merkel:

• Is the party leader of the Democratic Christian Union.
• At first she was a physical chemist but then went to politics in 1989.

David Cameron

• Is the leader of a Britain's Conservative Party
• The youngest Prime Minister for about two centuries

Francois Hollande

• Before president he was First Secretary of the French Socialist 
• supports the withdrawal of the French Troops leaving Afghanistan

Hugo Chavez

• Was diagnosed with colon cancer 
• After he got out of High School he went to the military

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud A

• Has been critized for not giving his people religious freedom
• According to Parades Magazine he is the second worse dictator.

Hamid Karzai

•  selected by prominent Afghan political figures to serve a six month term as Chairman of the Interim Administration.
• - chosen for a two year term as Interim President 

Mahmud Ahmadi

•  main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country. 
•  He launched a gas rationing plan in 2007 to reduce the country's fuel consumption

Wu Jintao(china)

•  Hu was promoted to the position of Communist Youth League Gansu Branch Secretary
• He was the chairman of Tsinghua Student Union 

Pranab Mukherjee(india)

• senior leader of the Indian National Congress
•  Union Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012,

In class Friday we reviewed the test that we had a week ago. On the test I received an eighty six percent. I just made minor mistakes when I was taking the test that day. Other than that I think I did pretty well on the test. We had to answer questions about the five religions we learned and also we had to answer some questions about discovering America. Also, we had to answer questions about the elements of a culture. All questions were multiple choice and we knew what to study since we helped make the test. After we finished reviewing the test we talked about the blog we had to do about the weekend and we revised it and we have to post the new one this weekend. After that class was over and we went to our next class.