Today in Human geo class we continued with notes.

Two components enable the fprmation of cities
1. Anagricultural Surplus
2. Social Stratification

5 hearths of Urbanization
1. Mesopotamia (Iraq) 3,500 BCE
2. Nile river valley (egypt) 3,200 BCE
3. Indus river valley (India) 2,200 BCE
4. Huang He and Wei River valley (china) 1,500 BCE
5. Mesoamerica (central America) 200 BCE

Theocratic= Setteld around god = Mesoamerica

Diffusion Of Urbanization

The greek cities
By 500 BCE, Greeks were highly urbanized
-Network of more than 500 cities and towns
-On the mainland and on islands
-Each city had an acropolis and an agora

The roman cities
A system of cities and small towns, linked together woth hundreds of miles of roads and sea routes
-Sites of roman cities were typically for trade
-A roman city's Forum combined the acropolis and agora into one space
-Roman cities had extreme wealth and extreme poverty (between 1/3 and 2/3s of the empire's population was enslaved)     Thats all we did in class today but today was my birthday and mr schick was nice enough to let the class sing happy birthday to me.

Today in human geo class we took notes on Urban Geograpghy 

When and why did people start living in cities? 

                                                   Cities 
A city is a conglomeration of people and buildings clusterd together to serve as a center of politics, culture, and economics

Urban- The buildup of the central city and the suburban realm- the city and the surrounding environs connected to the city 

Example #1 

Shenzhen, China 

The modern process of Urbanization- A rural are can become urbanized quite quickly in the modern world 

Shenzhen changed from a fishing village to a major metropolitan area in just 25 years. 25 years ago all of this land was duck ponds and rice paddies 

                                             The first urban revolution 
Before urbanization, people often clustered together in agricultural villages 

Agricultural Villages- a relatively small, egalitarian village of where most of the population was involved in agriculture. About 10,000 years ago people began living  in agricultural villages 

That's all the notes we took today

Today in Human Geo we got our study guide. I am going to do my study guide so i can do good on my exam. I will be ready and prepared for this exam and ready to do well.

Today in calss we went over what was over the test and what we should write about on the essay. It should be atleast a 5 paragraph essay. I will study for this exam and make sure i do good on Mr.Schicks exam. I feel that im going to do very well on this exam.

Today in Human Geo class we took a test. I studied and it was really easy. I believe that i passed the test. I thought it was very easy. I was happy with my grade.

Philanthropy- is the generous donation of money to good causes, Bill and Melinda gates are the second greatest Philanthropy

Mircofianace- a form of finanacial services for entrepreneurs and small businesses lacking access to banking and related services

Mircoloan- a small loan given to individuals who might not have access to typical banking services, usually to start or expand small, self-sufficient businesses

problems with microloans

high intrest rates

Malaria

Its a mosquito-borne infectious disease

humans and animals can be infected throught the bit from a female

no vaccine exists

kills 665,000 people die each year many of them in africa

Mosquito nets can be affected

1. What is microfianace- is a general term to describe financial services to low-income individuals or to those who do not have access to typical banking services

2. Who makes the worldwide mosquitio net- Bill and Malinda gates

3.  what is a Micro entrepreneurs- person starting a business with little money

4. what is a microloan- a small amount of money given to a group of people to kickstart a busniess 

5. what is a mircolender-   A microlender is an organization that makes business loans to individuals who are not able to obtain financing from traditional lenders. Microlenders typically charge higher-than-average interest rates: their maximum loan is usually 25,000$ or less. Recipients of micro-loans are typically individuals in poverty or in development zones in the U.S., or who live in developing nations

6. what is malaria-  comes from the name mal (bad air), , every year malaria causes 655,000 deaths, every minute, a child dies from malaria

7. how does microfiance help the community- Provides people that don’t have money to start a business, pay for medical attention, pay for schools

Helps small businesses start up. Also helps the local economy pay for insurance

8. what do mircoloans do-   benefits the community instead of one person

9. What animal carries malaria- Mosquitoes 

10. what dont banks give out more loans to the poor- because they have a high risk of paying it back.