Natural Increase Rate

how do we get the NIR, I read how in the book but it didn't make much sense. Can someone elaborate for me?

homework for 9.30

I am so confuzzled. Does anyone know where to find the information for this homework assignment? What folder and on what disk? What questions (if any)? Please give me an answer asap. Thanks!!! :-)

i would be correct in assuming there is no quiz tomarrow...right?

Chpater 2 Concept Review

Remember the Concept Review for Chapter 2 needs to get done tonight.

Lewis

DEMOTRANS ASSIGNMENT

Question regarding the homework due on Friday 9-30....Where is the information we use to answer the questions on the disk? There are 5 pages of work to do in the disk, all involving something about Sweden and Mexico..The questions refer to a graph about Sweden and Mexico.. but i dont know where that is or where to find it. help?

sry krystal. my phone ran outta battery life.. i posted it tho!

<3 roxy

Books

Please start reading the books that you chose. The reports will be due a little over a month from now. The book titles and authors are:

Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond
The 3rd Wave Samuel Huntington
Clash of Civilizations Samuel Huntington
Lexus and The Olive Tree Thomas Friedman
Why Geography Matters H.J. de Blij

Assignment Title for this Friday

You assignment title for this Friday is demotrans. You do not have to do the assignment titled demotransexc. That is for later.

CHP 2 Review

Chapter 2 Concept Review is due by tomorrow night. The concept due dates and reading schedules wil not change. Expect material from pages we have not gotten to yet to appear on next week's pop quiz. You must read those pages as shown on the homwork list or expect to fail pop quizzes. If I think people are not reading I will start doing random tests with no announcements or warnings

Blog Monster

#12 for test corrections

For number 12 on the test that says "A geographer would use a formal region to...", was the answer "B) look at broad patterns" or was it "D) distinguish areas that do not share common features"? Because I thought I remember hearing that both answers are correct or can be correct. Not sure.. =\

Test corrections

are the test corrections due on the 29th? like it says in the homework link?

Test Corrections

For number 7 didn't we agree in class that AIDS was an example of both contagious and relocation diffsuion so are both answers right or only one of them?

Great and Mighty Blog Monster

Here one can neither stand nor lie nor sit
There is not even silence in the mountains
But dry sterile thunder without rain
-The Wasteland

Welcome to my home . You will find no rest here only pop quiz after pop quiz. Take the anniversary of the Chicago Fire (a favorite event of mine) and subtract three. I bring my destruction then. You shall hear me roar out my clues once more before the quiz.

Blog Monster

Monday's Quiz

Monday's Quiz will be on the population charts and pyramids of chapter 2. In particular examine:
-The chart on page 38 and know how it works
-The chart on page 54
-The chart on page 61
-Where the phases of demographic transition are on the charts
-Definitions of terms used in the charts
-How population pyramids match up with the demographic transition chart. See pages 66-7

Japan's Women and Demographic Transition

TOKYO (Reuters) - Most single Japanese women prefer not to marry and believe they can live happily alone for the rest of their life, a poll showed Friday, casting another shadow on the future of a country plagued by a falling birthrate.About seven in ten single Japanese women surveyed by the conservative Yomiuri newspaper said they would rather stay unwed."The result reflects a recent trend among single women who no longer attach social stigma to choosing the single life," the daily said.Japan's government is struggling to stem a tumbling birthrate and keep the population from shrinking.The country's fertility rate -- the average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime -- fell to 1.29 in 2003, the lowest in the post-World War II period.In Tokyo, the figure was a startling 0.9987.Underscoring concerns that an aging population may dent future growth in the world's second-largest economy, Japan said Monday that its population grew only 0.05 percent in the year to Oct. 1, its slowest increase in 54 years. Japan's population totaled an estimated 127,687,000 as of Oct. 1, 2004.A government think tank has forecast that Japan's population will peak in 2006 and start to shrink the following year.If present trends persist, the population would fall to about 100.6 million in 2050. Among oft-cited reasons for the falling birthrate are higher education levels, changing attitudes toward marriage and individual freedom, the high financial burden of child rearing, and the hardships involved for working women given long hours on the job and a persistent dearth of daycare.The Yomiuri said 74 percent of surveyed men and women in their 20s said they believe women can be happy unmarried, while the rate dropped to 66 percent of those in their 30s and 58 percent in their 40s. "The result depicted a tendency among younger generations to remain single, leading observers to the conclusion that the number of people who marry late will further increase and will lower the birthrate," the newspaper said.Unless steps are taken, the shortage of children will create problems for Japan including damage to its economic growth prospects, higher social welfare costs for individuals, and even psychological problems from poorly socialized youth, said a government white paper released in October.

Pgs 66-67 for # 2 & #4

i dont have the book with me, so im calling out to all those in lewis' ap human geo class! is anyone willing to scan these pgs for me?? i know a few more ppl that dont have their book with them with them either, so it would be so great if anyone could do it! please help out a helpless classmate.. send it over on to

roxytherockstar@gmail.com

Look Below

Fresh posts below for the homework. They got posted as the wrong time so they are below the blog that had questions on the homework.

Beware of the pop quiz monster. He will be visiting next week. But he will always visits the blog first.

Lewis

Powerpoint Presentations

Where's the powerpoint presentation that had all the info on Malthus and his theory. I also want to read the Mayan one, but it says access denied.

Oh, well. I guess I can't do the assignment then... *kicks dust on ground with hands in pockets*

Same Day Permits

It is unacceptable for you to hand me a permit on the same day of an event. In future, all such permits will be rejected. I understand that many of you have lives and activities that exist outside of the classroom but you must not let that interfere with the class. I DO NOT WANT TONS OF PERMITS FROM STUDENTS. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS THIS CLASS OFTEN. If you do miss class for a permit, your homework is still due on the same day. If you fail to turn it in, you get a zero. Miss class for any reason that does not have my permission and you will get a permanent zero and any assignment due. It is important that you do well in this class so you can pass the exam and please realize that the class is only going to get tougher.

Lewis

Malthus and Rwanda Assignment

First, if you are looking for the Rwanda handouts you can find them in the population folder of your discs. They are titled Rwanda. Second, the charts and tables you can use to answer questions 2 and 4 can be found on pages 66 to 67 of your text. Granted, the charts and tables are not exactly wht you need for Rwanda but once you understand the basic idea you can create ones that you feel accurately reflect what happened there. Take this assignment seriously. I really want to know that you understand the terms and graphs that go along with this population unit.

Post questions you think everyone should hear and I will answer up until around 8:10

Lewis

rwanda questions

what articles do we have to read to answer the rwanda questions questions? there's like rwanda0929328329, rwanda283719, you get the idea. someone help please and where do i find the lesson about the ancient mayan mumbo jumbo.

additional materials q's

for the last question on that worksheet mr. lewis gave us, I can't make out the shades, is it spread out or more concentrated?

Collapse Book???

i'm trying to get a head start on the rwanda assignment but it says the section is from the "collapse book"... what's that? i'm [confuuuused]. =(

Must get as organized as my website

That is it. I have to check my homework listings more often. No quiz tomorrow but I will have one later. We have enough to do with the test corrections for now. Once I go over population pyramids again and demographic transitions we will have a quiz. Sorry. I am sure you are all heavily disappointed. Do not cry. We will have the quiz later.

From here on out I will stick to the schedule or make changes well in advance of the due dates.

Lewis

mrlewishistoricalsociety

..we don't have a quiz tomarrow do we??

where ARE the additional questions?

Where can the notes on additional material question set #1 be found?

Test Review

For those that missed the review, here is a small idea of what is going to be on the test. if you were in class, you got more information. It would be a good idea for those who missed to talk to those students they know who were there. Feel free to post blogs asking for more info from other students. Take a look at the examples used for the diffusion models. Know which examples match up with which and why. Know the definitions of density and concentration. I made copies of someone's homework who did an excellent jo of defining all the terms. Understand the concepts of globalization, and cultural ecology. Look over longitude and latitude and the terms and numbers that apply to those concepts. The test is 40 MC questions. That is all I will post. Feel free to ask me any questions or to post a question for the class.

Lewis

Density

Does anbody know the difference between Density and Arithmetic Density?
(Will it even be on the test?)

Review

Please note that the reviews are due on Friday. Given that people need time to do this and that not everyone has the net, I think this is for the best. I believe that is what I said in class and that was what I wanted it to be but the date on the homework list was one off. They are due by the end of the day Friday but it is strongly recommended that you have it in by Friday during the day so I can say who has turned it in during class. I am ulikely to believe you if you say there was an error and that the email should have reached me.

Lewis

reviews

how do we do reviews?

Best State

Remember for this assignment. You need only do page 5 and page 10 of the best state assignment found in the political folder of your discs. For page five you need only find data relevant to one individual state of your choice and for page ten only one country of your choice. Be sure to answer the question about map scales as well. There, I want you to incorporate the phrases mentioned into a paragraph explanation of the terms large scale and small scale map. Do not just copy stuff from the blog. Understand it and write it down in your own words. For the last question on maps, the idea is to mention five things you want to know about your state and then choose which type of map would do the best job of showing you this item correctly. Explain why you think that type of map would work well but realize that you do not need to actually find such a map or any data for it. And you definitely do not need to make the map.

Emperor Lewis has spoken

Map Scale Definition - One Interpretation from about.com

Map Scale

A map represents a portion of the earth's surface. Since an accurate map represents the land, each map has a "scale" which indicates the relationship between a certain distance on the map and the distance on the ground. The scale is usually located in the legend box of a map, which explains the symbols and provides other important information about the map. A scale can be printed in a variety of ways.

A ratio or representative fraction (RF) indicates how many units on the earth's surface is equal to one unit on the map. It can be expressed as 1/100,000 or 1:100,000. In this example, one centimeter on the map equals 100,000 centimeters (1 kilometer) on the earth. It also means that one inch on the map is equal to 100,000 inches on the land (8,333 feet, 4 inches or about 1.6 miles). Or even 1 paperclip on the map is equal to 100,000 paperclips on the ground. Other common RFs include 1:63,360 (1 inch to 1 mile) and 1:1,000,000 (1 cm to 10 km).

A word statement gives a written description of scale, such as "One centemeter equals one kilometer" or "One centimeter equals ten kilometers." Obviously, the first map would show much more detail than the second because one centemeter on the first map covers a much smaller area then on the second map.

The first two methods of indicating scale would be ineffective if the map is reproduced by a method such as photocopying and the size of the map is modified. If this occurs, and one attempts to measure an inch on the modified map, it's not the same as an inch on the original map.

A graphic scale does solve this problem because it is simply a line marked with distance on the ground which the map user can use along with a ruler to determine scale on the map. In the U.S., a graphic scale often includes both metric and U.S. common units. As long as the size of the graphic scale is changed along with the map, it will be accurate.

Maps are often known as large scale or small scale. A large scale map refers to one which shows greater detail because the representative fraction (i.e. 1/25,000) is a larger fraction than a small scale map which would have an RF of 1/250,000 to 1/7,500,000. Large scale maps will have a RF of 1:50,000 or greater (i.e. 1:10,000). Those between 1:50,000 to 1:250,000 are maps with an intermediate scale. Maps of the world which fit on two 8 1/2 by 11 inch pages are very small scale, about 1 to 100 million.

AP Human Geography Blog / Begin the Begin

This is the blog for AP Human Geography. I expect students to use this to post questions and comments that the whole class should hear. The goal is to create an online learning community. I will be looking at the blogs and posting comments myself as well as removing any materials that do not really belong. I will from time to time add in e-mailed questions to the blog as they might be questions with answers that the whole class will want to see. Feel free to add any insights of your own onto the blog, to ask questions about the homework and to help yourself and others when studying for tests. Good luck this year!

Lewis