Today i came in late to human geo class. I was not feeling well this morning. I came in late and continued with the peace corps game. I lead my village to victory again by saving our crops and fixing our medical center. We will continue with this on Monday.

Today in Human Geo class we went on Bob Dylan's website. Then after that we all took pictures with the emmy that Mr.Schick "stole" from the superstar. Phil and I got a glorious picture with it on my phone. Then after that we played the Peace Corps game. I lead my village to victory and i was proud of my self. We will continue with the game next time we have class.

Today in human geo class we got out leader test back. I did not to so good. Most of my answers that i got wrong were mental mistakes and not reading the question right. I was not happy with my grade. I will be striving to pull up my grade and pass all my quizzes and my test and also my classwork.

Today in Human Geo class we learned a new unit about Microfiance. Mircofinace is a general term to describe financial services to low-income indivudals or to those who do not have access to typical banking services. We are also going to look at how may families are in poverty. We also learned about Peace Corps. Mr. Schick showed us Kiva a website where you donate money to anyone who you want too and they will pay you back. Mr. Schick is a member and has donated to some people already. We will continue with Microfiance tomorrow.

Today in Human Geo class we finished the wrold leaders powerpoint. We will have a quiz on them tomorrow. I will study and be prepared for this quiz. I believe that i will do very well on this quiz tomorrow.

Today in Human Geo class we looked at the leaders powerpoint that Mr.Schick made for us. With these notes we updated our blog that we did last week. We will have a test on the leaders Thursday. I will study and be prepared for this test.

Today in class we looked at the answers for our quiz. I got 3 more points because the scantron marked it wrong. Then we went over a powerpoint in the president's. Also, we updated our blogs from last night.

President Enrique PENA NIETO (mexico)
is a federal republic, he was the eldest of four siblings

married to a soap oprea singer 
President XI Jinping
 As General Secretary, he is also the ex officio chairman of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee, China's de facto top decision-making body.
 daughter goes to Harvard, 

President Pranab MUKHERJEE
He born 11 December 1935) is the 13th and current President of India
Mukherjee was also Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha from 1980 to 1985
Hamid KARZAI 
 Born 24 December 1957) is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan
 After the 2004 presidential election, Karzai was declared winner and became President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
 He won a second five-year term in the 2009 presidential election
President Joachim GAUCK
He was nominated as the candidate of the SPD and the Greens for President of Germany in the 2010 election, but narrowly lost to Christian Wulff, the candidate of the government coalition
Born 24 January 1940 in Rostock
the chanchler makes most of the economic decisions. had a degree in physics and physical chemistry;earmed a Phd in quantum chemistry from the german academy of sciencies in berlin in 1986  
President Nicolas MADURO Moros
A former bus driver
Born 23 November 1962, politician who is the current President of Venezuela.
Prime Minister David CAMERON
He was defeated in his first candidacy for Parliament at Stafford in 1997, but was elected in 2001 as the Member of Parliament for the Oxfordshire constituency of Witney
 He represents Witney as its Member of Parliament  

President Francois HOLLANDE
 Born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who is the current President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra.  
François Hollande was born in Rouen to an upper-middle-class family
President Dilma ROUSSEFF
 is a Brazilian politician who has been the President of Brazil since 1 January 2011. She is the first woman to hold the office
King and Prime Minister ABDALLAH bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud
Abdullah, like Fahd, was one of the many sons of Ibn Saud, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia.
 He ascended to the throne on 1 August 2005 upon the death of his half-brother, King Fahd.

 
President Shimon PERES
Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and, except for a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006, served continuously until 2007, when he became President.
He held several diplomatic and military positions during and directly after Israel's War of Independence.

 Peña Nieto was declared president-elect after the 2012 general election was declared valid by the Federal Electoral Tribunal,

Wikipedia, 2013, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Peres, 

Jevan Leyh

Assignment #1

Mexico

Federal Republic

President Enrique PENA NIETO

China

Communist state President XI Jinping India Federal Republic President Pranab MUKHERJEE Afghanistan Islamic Republic President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid KARZAI Germany Federal Republic President Joachim GAUCK  Venezuela Federal Republic President Nicolas MADURO Moros

United Kingdom

constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth realm

Prime Minister David CAMERON

France

 Republic

President Francois HOLLANDE

Brazil

Federal Republic

President Dilma ROUSSEFF

Saudi Arabia

Monarchy

King and Prime Minister ABDALLAH bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud

Iran

Theocratic Republic

Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI

Israel

Parliamentary Democracy

President Shimon PERES 

Today in Human Geo class we took a quiz. I didint do so good on it. Then we took notes.

Country- an un identifiable land area

Nation- a population (group of people) with a common culture

State- A population under a single government, Synonymous with "country"

Nation state- a single culture under a single government, a nation which has the same borders as a state

Nation

A nation is a group of people with a shared identity, think of it as a culture group

Nations are culturally homogeneous groups of people, larger than a single tribe or community which

An independent state

Has space or territory which has internationally recognized boundaries

Have a organized economy

Power of social engineering such as education

Has a transportation system

Has a government which provides public services

Has sovereignty

Has external recognition

Country

Lines on a map

A geographical expression.

On Friday in Human Geo class we took our quiz. It was very hard and i did not do so good on it. Luckily Mr.Schick is giving us another shot at it. I'm going to be prepared and ready to do alot better on the quiz. I will be sure to look at the power point more so I can pass. I will be ready for Monday.