Friday, October 22, 2010

homework

  • in-migration - to move into a place
  • out-migration to move out of a place
  • forced migration - to be forced to migrate to somewhere else
  • net internal migration  to cross into a county or state and staying their for a while
  • movers from abroad - movers over seas
  • internally displaced person (IDP) - forced to flea but stayed in their countries borders
Summary

 we learned about the life in

Lost boys of Sudan

1) they left sudan because there was a civil war going on between muslims, christians, and aninists.
2) they couldnt stay at etheopia because there goverment collapsed.
3) life in the refugee camp was hard because they had little food and they sang to entertain themselves.

Monday, October 18, 2010

today

in class today we went over some peoples essays. after we did that we learned how to post post-its on google maps and learned about our family.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

part 2

my great great grandmother came over to the U.S. from russia in 1892. when they came to the U.S.they lived in philidelphia. my mom was adopted by my  when my mom was 5, they moved down to Bel Air. when my mom moved out she moved about a mile away from her previous house. on my dads side his great gradparents moved to baltimore from irland. everyone was born in baltimore from there after.

Part 1

in college i would like to get a degree for computer programing. after that i would like to get a job for designing software. i would like to live in miami or L.A. the pull factor for L.A is the buisness. The push factor is the earthquakes. In miami the pull factor are the beaches and the buisness. the push factors are the alligators running around and the hurricanes.i think living in both of those places would be fun to live in and would have a lot of good jobs and homes.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

notes in class

net migration rate - number of immigrant and emmigrants moving in and out of a country
push and pull factors -
population pyramid -

Friday, October 1, 2010

work in class

  • life expectancy: Definition - the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individualor class of persons determined statistically, affected by suchfactors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation. click here for link to life expectancy (Japan: Male - 82.12yrs  , France: 80.98yrs, Kenya: 57.86yrs, Cuba: 77.45yrs, United States: 78.11yrs, Afghanistan: 44.40yrs)  
  • crude birthrate: Definition - This entry gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear. link here for crude birth rate definition (Japan: 7.64 births/1000 pop. , Kenya: 36.64 births/1000 pop. , Ethiopia: 43.66 births/1000 pop. , United States: 13.83 births/1000 pop. ,Germany: )
  • crude death rate: Definition - This entry gives the average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population at midyear.click here for definition of crude death rate   (Afghanistan: 17.83 deaths/1,000 population , Kenya: 9.72 deaths/1000 pop. , United States: 8.38 deaths/1000 pop. , Japan: 9.54 deaths/1000 pop. , Mexico: 4.8 deaths/1000 pop.)
  • RNI (rate of natural increase) Definition - 
  • TFR (total fertility rate): Definition -  This entry gives a figure for the average number of children that would be born per woman. click here for definition of total fertility rate  (Niger: 7.68 children born/woman , Afghanistan: 5.5 children born/woman , Japan: 1.2 children, United States: 2.06 children, Germany: 1.42 children born/woman (2010 est.) )
  • net migration rate: Definition - This entry includes the figure for the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons. click here for net migration rate definition   (Mexico: -3.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population , United States: 4.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population , United Arab Emirates: 22.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population , Argentina: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population , Saudi Arabia: -7.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population , Uganda: -8.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population ) 
  • population pyramid: Definition - a pyramid-shaped diagram illustrating the age distribution of apopulation: the youngest are represented by a rectangle at thebase, the oldest by one at the apex definition link to population pyramid