31 January

People moved because of the insufficient water source. They moved across the same latitude line. 20 million tons of wheat is consumed by Americans. Today we finished the video, pretty cool, we're going to have a test. Modern cities in new guinea are on the coast.

28 January

There are only 14 animals over 100 pounds that are domesticated animals. sheep, goats, pigs, cows, horses, donkeys, 2 types of camels, water buffalo, llamas, rain deer, yaks, methane, and Bali cattle are the 14 different types. they all don't come from New Guinea. this place is behind because they didn't luck out with there geographical location.

Class Notes

Guns, Germs, and Steel

• Jared Dimon
• Professor at U.C.L.A.
• Biologist 
• specialist in human physiology
• Bird watcher
• lead bird expert in Papua New Guinea 
• Divided the world into haves and have nots
• he wanted to know how it got this way
• He was in Papua New Guinea
• people have been living in New Guinea for around 40,000 years
• Yali asked a question to Jared "Why do you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little. 

First Class

Today we went over the class rules to the freshies. We also then let them make/create their blogs. We got new seats and I am now not next to Mr. Shick but the opposite side of the room ( I think he was done with my comments and sarcasm). Today's class wasn't so hard because we didn't learn anything but how to blog and what to blog in certain situations. It will be a fun time being in your class again for the rest of the year.

Last Post

Today we had a chance to retake our test if we had a 70 or bellow and could get at max a 70 on it. I will miss this class a lot. Even tho I have you next semester. I had a lot of fun with the information. Also had fun always knowing the songs and things you and Kylie talked about haha. I will miss this but yet not because I still have you. 

Sincerely,
               Ham Sullivan

Human Geo

I liked Human Geo. It was a very fun and interesting class. There were some ups and downs with my grade but overall it was pretty good. the teacher was ok. Haha, I am just kidding. I liked the setup of it and the way we did test and quizzes. The information we learned was very fascinating and cool. I can't wait to have you still for next semester.

test prep

Today we discussed the test and what would be on it on Friday. Mr. Schick said if the school is canceled on Friday then we will have our test Thursday. We figured out that the essays that we wrote actually helped us study for the test. we also had a shadow today in our class. it was a fun time and glad I have you next semester.

Practice Essay

Christianity-

The Founder of the religion Christianity is Jesus and the holy book is called the Bible. This religion is made up of around 2.2 billion followers and has the largest followings of today. This religion has a clergy with the Pope at the top and the priests who are the local leaders. the followers manly come from Europe, the Americas, and Southern Africa. The followers of this religion are also known and are called Christians.

Islam-

The founder of the religion Islam is Muhammed and the holy book is called the Qur'an (Koran). This religions main ideas is the five pillars. The followers of this religion are called Muslims and consists of about 1.5 billion people. 75-90% of these followers are Sunnis and 10-20% are Shiites and are all mainly found in Indonesia, middle east, and North Africa. 

Hinduism-

There is no distinct founder of Hinduism religion and their holy book is called the Vedas. This religion is the oldest religion still around to this day and has around 1.1 billion followers known as Hindus. These followers are mainly found in India and Nepal.

Buddhism-

The founder of the Buddhism religion is Siddhartha Gautama and they do not have a main holy book. the followers of this religion are mainly found in Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, and Japan. Their religion is made up of 500 million - 1.5 billion. These followers are also known as Buddhists and abide by the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path which will lead you to the cessation of suffering.

Judaism-

the Judaism founder is Abraham and their holy book is called the Torah. The followers also know as the Jews are made of around 15-18 million people, 75.4% being in Israel and 1.7-2.6% in the U.S. The follow the 13 Principles of Faith along with the Ten Commandments.

Tuesday blog

Answer the following three questions in your blog.

There are four basic Vedic texts in use by Hindus.

Give a brief description of each, including how many hymns are in each.

• Rig-Veda “The Knowledge of the Hymns of praise”, for recitation. Hymns = 1,028
• Sama-Veda “The knowledge of the melodies”, for chanting. Verses = 1,549
• Yajur-Veda “The knowledge of the sacrificial formulas”, for liturgy. Hymns = 1,017
• Atharva-Veda “The knowledge of the magic formulas”, named after a kind of group of priests. hymns = 730

Do some independent research, and in your own words describe the practice of indulgences. 

• This was a payment to the Catholic church to forgive your sins.

Why do you think Martin Luther objected to indulgences?
Please note where your research led you.

• He objected these because he had doubted of how the Catholics church did this and that they were taking this religion in a wrong way. that also this was wrongdoing and that it was almost against the Catholic religion.
• http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his101/web/37luther.htm

The Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca is called the Hajj.
Describe the details of the Hajj, and include a photo or video of a Hajj in your blog.

• It is an annual trip to Mecca that all adult Muslims must seek out doing once in their lifetime if they are physically and mentally capable of doing.
• video of Hajj

Monday Blog

CIA Factbook:

• Christianity = 31.4%
• Islam = 23.2%
• Hinduism = 15%
• Buddhism = 7.1%
• Judaism = .2%

Adherents.com:

• Christianity = 33%
• Muslim = 21%
• Hindu = 14%
• Buddhist = 6%
• Jewish = .22%