Caitlin's Human Geo Blog: 2010

12/16 Class

Today we just continued our discussion from yesterday. In our discussion we talked about causes of why people are blind in India, so many girls in India are skinny, bad economy - like how their rupees are way less than the amountof our dollar, and some other topics.

12/14 Class

Today we just got into our groups that we already had and continued to work on the assignment. I am with Kate and Elena and we are doing a poewrpoint about Mumbai, the Bombay Riots, nd Slumdog Millionaire. This assignment is due tomorrow.

12/10 Class

Today we watcheda couple of videos. One video was about a building crashing because the landlord instructs the builders to build more floors even though that is violating a building code. As a result the building are weak and one o the buildings crashed which killed and injured a lot of people. It was also about the Mall of India that is being built which is going to be bigger than the Mall of America! The Mall of India is oing to be the biggest makk in th world.

12/9 Class

Today we finally finished the movie which I really liked. I liked how we can base a whole subject off of just one movie. Also, how we got to watch it in class I think that makes class a lot more fun. Even though we had to write two papers I still liked it.

12/8 Class

Today we finished watching Slumdog Millionaire. Thankfully, we dont have any written assignments tonight and I am so happy.

Indian Essay

India is the second largest country in the world. The population is 1,173,108,018 as of July 2010. The only country above India is China. India has a billion more that the United States which is one below India. It has been increasing ever since.

Human trafficking is a major issue in India. Trafficking means the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area. In India it is very populated by men, women, and children and therefore is much trafficked. For the fifth consecutive year India is on the Tier 2 Watch List. The Tier 2 Watch List is a list of all the countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA’s minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards. The Tier 2 Watch List has sub categories where countries are separated into instead of being generalized. Also, “the absolute number of victims of severe forms of trafficking is very significant or is significantly increasing; or there is a failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons from the previous year; or the determination that a country is making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with minimum standards was based on commitments by the country to take additional future steps over the next year”. However, India is on the Tier 2 Watch List because of its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking in 2007.

In the movie Slumdog Millionaire, India was not portrayed accurately. This movie only showed the slums and shantytowns of India. Amitabh complained that Mumbai was portrayed as a third world country. Obviously, Slumdog Millionaire only showed the slum parts of India and not the major cities. They did it that way because the point of the movie was to show a kid from the slums knowing all the answers on a game show, called “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”. The idea was not to show the best parts of Mumbai, it was to show the shantytowns and the bad parts of Mumbai.

It is incorrect when people say that Bollywood is the whole India cinema which is only part of the total Indian film industry. Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest centers of film production in the world. The name Bollywood originated from the combination of the two words Hollywood and Mumbai.

India has the largest number of child workers in the world. Many of the children work in hazardous industries. A Madras School of Social Work study found that among children employed as mechanics, factory and construction workers and weavers, 31 percent worked 10 to 11 hours daily and 22 percent worked 12 to 13 hours. In the unorganized sectors, children were paid piece rates, resulting in even longer hours for very low pay. In India’s commercial capital, Mumbai (Bombay), there are thousands of small units known as “zari factories”. Boys aged 6-14 work 20 hours a day, seven days a week, kneeling at low tables sewing beads and colored threads on to vast lengths of fabric.

Human Trafficking In India

Trafficking means the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area. In India it is very populated by men, women, and children and therefore is much trafficked. For the fifth consecutive year India is on the Tier 2 Watch List. The Tier 2 Watch List is a list of all the countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA’s minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards. Also, “the absolute number of victims of severe forms of trafficking is very significant or is significantly increasing; or there is a failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons from the previous year; or the determination that a country is making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with minimum standards was based on commitments by the country to take additional future steps over the next year”. However, India is on the Tier 2 Watch List because of its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking in 2007.

Sources:

Research Questions

Bollywood alone produces more than 800 to 1000 movies which is one-third of the entire Indian film industry. .......................................
The three main characters in Slumdog Millionaire are Jamal Malik, Latika, and Salim.
A "chai wallah" is a sweet spiced milk tea.
Five things you must know about the Taj Mahal:

it is the pride of India
one of the Seven Wonders of the World
built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, after the death of his dearest wife Mumtaz Mahal, as a memorial
in the city of Agra in Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of river Yamuna
literally means ‘Crown Palace’

SOURCES:

Bombay Riots

The result was 3.6 billion dollar in damages
between the Muslims and the Hindus
seven day riot
Hindus became convinced that a group of Pathans-Moham-medans of Afghan extraction-had kidnapped two or three Hindu babes and were going to sacrifice them to Allah
about religious tension
150 million people gathered around a place of worship and burned it down

12/1 Class

Today we continued to watch Slumdog Millionaire. It is about this young man who goes on the show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and gets farther along in the game then most lawyer and doctors. That is so mind boggling because this man grew up in the slums of India and he had very little education. The producers of the show think that he is cheating because they think that just because a man who grew up in the slums cannot know all the answers. Therefore, they report him to the police who punish him to confess that he was cheating, which he was not. As the movie goes on it shows how he knows the answer to all of the questions.

Mumbai: 5 essential indian facts, Dharavi, and Bollywood

1.) Kaun Banega Crorepati is a game show that is like 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' and is really popular in India but has not been seen all over the world on television yet.

2.) Mumbai- 5 Essential Indian Facts:

formally known as Bombay
the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra
virtually never sleeps
biggest metropolis of India
addresses over 15 million Mumbaikars, including the well-heeled industrialists, ravishing celebrities and eminent artists

3.) Dharavi:

Asia's biggest slum in the world
home to more than 1 million people
one unending stretch of narrow dirty lanes, open sewers and cramped huts
18,000 per acre
house rents are among the highest in the world

4.) A shantytown is a slum settlement of impoverished people who live in improvised dwellings made from scrap materials. As of 2005, one billion people live in shanty towns.

5.) Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film star in the early 1970's. Bachchan trashed the movie Slumdog Millionaire by writing on his webite: "projects India as [a] Third World dirty underbelly developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots,"

6.) Bollywood:

Hindi language film industry based in Mumbai
incorrectly used towards the whole Indian cinema
largest film producers in India

7.) In American dollars, 250,000 rupees is 45.909 dollars.

Sites Used:

10 Questions About India

India's population is 1.21 billion. ----- CIA Factbook
The total fertility rate in India is 2.65 children born/woman. -----CIA Factbook
The percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line is 25%. ----CIA Factbook
Two terrorist attacks on India: a) Mumbai terrorists attacks from Pakistan to India b) Ten Pakistan-based terrorists attacked a busy train station, two five-star hotels, Nariman House and other places in Mumbai on Nov. 26, 2008 ------ New York Times
India's rank in the world by poverty is 119th out of 169 countries. -----New York Times
Monsoon's in India: The Ukai Dam has a water permit level of 350 and once it gets past that the engineers open the gates to let the water flood upstream to the city and in August it killed at least 120 people and more than 4000 animals ----- New York Times
Some of the problems India has getting clean water to people are lacking basic sewage and water disposal. ----New York Times
The literacy rate is 61%. ------CIA Factbook
Major religions in India are Hindu (80.5%), Muslim (13.4%), Christian (2.3%), Sikh (1.9%), unspecified(0.1%). -----CIA Factbook
India achieved their independence on August 15, 1947 from the UK. -------CIA Factbook

11/23 Class: China and India

China has 1.35 billion people
India has 1.21 billion
40% (every two in five people) live in these two contries
Each of their population is bigger than Africa, Europe, and the entire western hemisphere!
China's life expectancy is 73 years
India's life expectancy is 64 years
China has more people moving into urban areas
India is staying rural
They are getting illegal immigrants and dont want them

11/19 Class

We presented our coffee presentation to the small groups. We will finish presenting to the other groups in the next class.

Part 1 Coffee work link is here.

Part 2 Coffee Presentation link is here

11/18 Class

No class today. Freshman Retreat.

11/17 Class

School closed today for funeral services.

Thoughts and prayers.

11/16 Class

We worked on the coffee project

11/12 Class

We worked in groups on our projects.

11/11 Class

New group project on coffee assigned to groups.

Relationship Coffee Fair Trade Case Study - 11/9 and 11/10

SOME NOTES

coffee is the most heavily traded crop in the world
making coffee is a very intensive job and takes a long time
people have to worry about the crop because it helps support and supply for the family
agricultural equal of a sweatshop
earns barley enough to survive and stay alive

TERMS

Fair trade coffee- coffee that is purchased directly from the growers for a higher price than standard coffee
Certified organic coffee-grown by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality
Sustainable- able to be sustained; able to be sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable
Commodity- a good for which there is demand for
Roasters- at high temperature roast the green coffee beans to dark color and make more flavor

QUESTIONS

Who is the biggest coffee importing country? The United States
How does coffee get from the field to the breakfast table? Coffee beans are hand picked from trees and are actually seeds inside berries. The outside cover is removed by processing, and beans are dried in sun. Beans are sorted, and packed. Coffee is sold and shipped.
Where does the United States grow their coffee? Hawaii
Who is the biggest coffee exporter? Brazil
Who is the biggest consumers of coffee? Norway

WEBSITES USED

11/5 Class

Today was our last day to work on the newspaper. By the end of the class we had to send it by e-mail. A lot of people had trouble saving it from publisher to a PDF file then attaching it to an email. It had to be sent even if it was not completed.

Sudan Fights for Independence

· Northern Sudan was taken by Egypt in 1821

· Southern Sudan by the British in 1877

· Mahdists were defeated in 1898 from the revolt started by the Muslim leader

· Has experienced little relief from civil war between the Arab, Islamic north and African south.

http://africanhistory.about.com/b/2008/01/01/1-january-1956-sudan-gains-independence-from-britishegyptian-rule.htm

· Sudan achieved independence on January 1, 1956

· separatist Southerners began an initially low-intensity civil war aimed at establishing an independent South

· the war lasted from 1955 to 1972

· southern region experienced civil strife

· origins of the civil war in the south date back to the 1950s

· late 1960s, the war had resulted in the deaths of about 500,000 people

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/sudan-civil-war1.htm

· January 9, Sudanese are to vote on the future of the country's unity

· Southern= widely expected to vote for separation from the mainly Arab and Muslim north.

· most say they feel discriminated against and marginalized by their Muslim-Arab compatriots

· "They never, never give any rights for non-Muslims and they never, never value any non-Muslim to be a human being like them. They call you names, they put you in [a] very difficult categories and you get yourself, you are very, very different from them. So it is hard to stay with such a people."

· "The south never benefitted from the unity,"

· results of the referendum might lead to renewed violence between north and south

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/South-Sudanese-Want-Independence-From-North-104785179.html

10/28 Class

We started talking about the newspaper that we are going to do in class. It is due not this Friday but next Friday. My group that I am with have the Sudan independence.

10/26 Class

Today we had continued to watch the movies in class. We found out that John Bul recieved a letter from his family saying that his mother and sibilings are sick. So he decided that he would wire them money. All of the boys in America are going through with their promise that they would give their money that they make to their friends back at the camp.

Lost Boys of Sudan (Continued)

PART ONE: TERMS

In-migration: to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory
Out-migration: to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or territory
Forced Migration: refers to the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region
Net Internal Migration: any change of residence across the borders of the United States
Movers from Abroad: people that come and move from abroad
Internally Displaced Person(IDP): people forced to flee their homes but who, unlike refugees, remain within their country's boarders

PART TWO: BRIEF CIVIL WAR SUMMARY

          In February 1953, the UK and Egypt made an agreement providing for Sudanese self-government and self-determination. With the consent of the British and Egyptian Governments, Sudan achieved independence on January 1, 1956.
          The British failure to ensure equity for both the north and the south would have lasting effects. The Arab-led Khartoum government went back on their promises to southerners and created a federal system, which led to a rebellion by Southern troops in the Equatoria Province. Feeling cheated, these separatist Southerners began an initially low-intensity civil war aimed at establishing an independent South. This war would last seventeen years, from 1955 to 1972.
          For 17 years, the southern region experienced civil strife. This constant state of rebellion within a group against the central government was suspended in 1972 after the signing of the Addis Ababa Accords granting southern Sudan wide regional self-governing community on internal matters. This led to a period of ten years of hiatus in the civil war.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/sudan-civil-war1.htm

PART THREE: WHAT WE WATCHED IN CLASS

          In class we continued to watch the movie "God Grew Tired Of Us". America had allowed for some of the Lost Boys to come to America. The government arranged for them to come to America by flight and live in an apartment. In the three months of grace period they had to go to their job and make money and live on their own. After the three months the boys had to pay back the government for the plane ride to America which is pretty expensive.

Lost Boys of Sudan

The Lost Boys had to run away from their home because a civil war broke out in their villages. Then they walked to Ethiopia because the government had their own problems and it wasn't safe for those boys. In the refugee camp the Lost Boys were supplied with a safe place, a ration of food, and donated clothes.

10/20 Class

Today we went over our test that we had taken last week. I know now that I need to study the population pyramids more because I had trouble on that part of the test.

10/19 Class

Today we read some blogs about peoples' past and how they ended up here in Maryland. Then Mr. Schick showed us how we plot where we came from on a goole map that he started with his history.

Blo About My Past

          My dad's grandparents were born in Pennsylvania and lived there their whole life. Only until my dad's parents did they live in New Jersey and then ended back up in Pennsylvania. My dad was born in Pennsylvania and then moved to Maryland.
          My mom's great grandmother, nicknamed Bertie, was born in Switzerland and then came to the United States in Salisbury when she was in her 20's. Her last husband, Jimmy, was married to in her 70's and he was shangai when he was a young boy. He had no idea where he was born. Eventually he ended up in Philadelphia. My mom's grandmother was born in Salisbury. Her last husband was from Philadelphia, where they met, they together ended up in Salisbury. My mother's mom born in Salisbury to Harve de Grace where she met my grandfather. He was born in Havre de Grace and stayed there. This is all my mom's mom side of the family. Then my mom was born in Havre de Grace and met my father in Aberdeen at the proving ground.

          My mom's great grandfather came from Ireland and had 18 kids. One of the 18 kids had gone ice skating on a river and fell through the ice and died. Her grandmother and grandfather were born in Havre de Grace. Mom's grandfather was a fisherman then sold what they caught to restaurants in New York. He also owned a tavern. My moms father was a Thoroughbred race horse official and was born in Havre de Grace. Mom's mom, called Abu, born in Salisbury then came to Havre de Grace. She worked as a teleograher which is how she was sent to Havre de Grace. This is all my mom's dad side of the family.

          My dad was born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. My mom was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. I was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Blog on My Future

          In about eight years I will have graduated high school and college and be able to make important decisions on my own. Such as living where I want to live. There are so many different places that I would want to live when I am older. I would either want to live in Puerto Rico or in Orlando, Florida.

         Some of the pull factors that would attract me to Puerto Rico are the weather, the language, and/or the cultures and traditions. The weather is a pull factor to me because I love being in a warm climate. Their language that people generally speak in Puerto Rico is Spanish.  I have been taking Spanish since kindergarten and have been around it my whole life. I have been around the language of Spanish my whole life because my uncle and his children and grand children main language is Spanish. Those people are a major part in my life and family. Another factor that could be a pull is the specific and unique culture/traditions of the Puerto Ricans. Holiday traditions are common in a typicall Puerto Rican household.

          The push forces are the opposite of pull forces. For Puerto Rico a push force for me would be that it consists mostly of mountains. However Puerto Rico does have sandy beaches on the coast and that is a plus for me. Other than that which is not a necessarily a big problem for me there are no push forces that would make me not wantto live there.

          Some of the pull factors that would draw me towards Orlando, Florida are the weather, living close to part of my family, and of course Disney World and amusement parks. It is also very warm in Orlando which as I have said before that I like, a lot. Some of my family lives in Orlando and I think that it would be a bonus to live near some family members. Of course who wouldn't want to live in the same city as Disney World and major amusement parks.

          A push force for me would be that the entire state is mostly covered by water and it is easy to get a hurricane come up the coast. Other than a huricane I can not think of anything that would make me want to not consider living in Orlando.

10/8/10 Class

More people than ever!

over 6.8 billion people on the planet right now
increaasing by over 80 million per year
14,000 births per year
we are going to get 7 billion sometime in 2011

Life Expextancy

the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year
High: Japan
#38: US
Low: Swaziland

Why do women live longer than man?
- men have more dangerous jobs (eg. lumberjack)
- women go to the doctor more than men

Measuring Population

crude birth rate: number of births per 1000 of the population
crude death rate: number of deaths per 1,000 of the population
net migration rate: the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year
an excess of persons entering the country is net immigration
-> written as a positive number
an excess of persons entering the country is net emigration
-> written as a negative number

Why do people migrate?
push forces

civil war
enviromental degradation
unemployment
religious or ethnic persecution

pull forces

better economic oppurtunity
better health services
religious freedom
political freedom

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

average number of children born per woman
for a population to remain the same, the TFR must be 2.1
higher than 2.1: population rises
lower than 2.1: population fails
World TFR: 2.54
US TFR: 2.05
Europe's TFR: 1.45
Africa's TFR: 5.14

10/7/10 Class

Today we talked about the remaining terms that we did not finish discussing yesterday. We also talked about pyramid population for a while. While looking at the United States population pyramid we noticed that it didn't really make a pyramid shape. That was because of the "baby boomers" right after World War II and the Korean War. "Baby boomers" were around the late 40's and 50's.

10/6/10 Class

Lately we have been going over our test and the answers. From looking at my test, I see that I need to study a little bit harder. Since I could do better with my grade. Today we went over the terms that we had to define for homework on Friday.

10/5/10

We went over our test today in class.

Population Studies: Defining Our Terms

1. Life Expectancy- is the expected (in the statistical sense) number of years of life remaining at a given age
2. Crude Birthrate- is the nativity or childbirths per 1,000 people per year (in estimation review points)
3. Crude Death Rate- the total number of deaths per year per 1000 people
4. Rate of Natural Increase is the crude birthrate minus the crude deathrate of a population
5. Total Fertality Rate- of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime
6. Net Migration Rate- is the difference of immigrants and emigrants of an area in a period of time
7. Population Pyramid is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a human population

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

LIFE EXPECTANCY:
Japan- 82.12 years; 3
France- 80.98 years; 8
Kenya- 57.86 years; 189
Cuba- 77.45 years; 55
United States- 78.11 years; 49
Afganistan- 44.4 years; 219

CRUDE BIRTHRATE:
Japan- 7.64 births/1,000 population; 222
Kenya- 36.64 births/1,000 population; 29
Ethiopia- 43.66 births/1,000 population; 7
United States- 13.83 births/1,000 population; 154
Germany- 8.18 births/1,000 population; 220

CRUDE DEATH RATE:
Afghanistan- 17.83 deaths/1,000 population; 7
Kenya- 9.72 deaths/1,000 population; 67
United States- 8.38 deaths/1,000 population; 99
Japan- 9.54 deaths/1,000 population; 69
Mexico- 4.8 deaths/1,000 population; 192

TOTAL FERTILITY RATE:
Niger- 7.68 children born/woman; 1
Afghanistan- 5.5 children born/woman; 13
Japan- 1.2 children born/woman; 218
United States- 2.06 children born/woman; 126
Germany- 1.42 children born/woman; 196

NET MIGRATION RATE:
Mexico- (-)3.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 153
United States- 4.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 25
United Arab Emirates- 22.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 1
Argentina- 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 73
Saudi Arabia- (-)7.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 171
Uganda- (-)8.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population; 173

10/1/10 Class

Today we did an assignment where we looked up terms such as life expectancy, crude birthrate, crude death rate, RNI, TFR, net migration rate, and population pyramid. Then we had to find the rates of those terms for certain countries. Some were Japan, Kenya, and United States.

9/11 Link to Paper

https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1TKm6zXUNEofY_cyc-eA6TUttrvKA6EtOLUcmW4RoIqM&hl=en#

9/29/10 Class

Today we had a test and I thought that it was pretty easy since we got to use our blog to help us and since i posted my notes on my blog last night I had no difficulties.

Today's Class

In class we just reviewed for our test tomorrow. Tommorrow our test will be on 9/11, the Middle East, and the religions. The three religions that we have talked about are Christianity, Judaism, and Muslim.

9/11 Attack: their leader was Osama Bin Ladin

The Middle East:

EGYPT

Arab republic of Egypt
Produce cotton, rice, corn, beans
2.97% arable
9.4% Unemployment rate

Over 76 million people= population

Arranged marriages
Covered head to toe
90%=90% Muslims
Official religion= Arabic
1% Christian

SAUDI ARABIA

28,686 636
Oil exporting= #2 in the word

#1 in oil exports.

We buy a lot of oil from them
8.728 is their oil conception
Muslim 100%
Monarchy government
Capital- Rhiyah
Arabic language
In continent is Asia

Terrain is all sandy dessert

Independence Sept

ISREAL

Palmary democracy
Population= 7 million+
Capital= Jerusalem
May 14 1948=1948 Independence Day
Have to serve in the military when you turn a certain age
7.3%=GDP spent on the military
75% Jewish
16% Muslims
Suffrage= 18years old
Official language=

IRAN

Theocratic= religion based government

98%=Muslims

77%=can read or write (15+)

Certain age=armed forces

Has been named as a state sponsor of terrorism

The Religions:

Christianity:

Holy book is the bible
Believe in the afterlife

Muslim:

Religion of Islam
Means who admits to God

Judaism:

Been around for almost
Abraham is their figure
Prayers 5 times a day

Today In Class

Today we continued work on our prezies on the religions of the world.

Today's Class

Today I learned a cool name for presetation, its prezi (according to Mr. Schick). :)

Today In Class

We had to find which of the 24 countries were in which continent. Then after that we did freerice.com which is one of my favorites.

Indentifiying Countries

1. United States- North America
2. France- Europe
3. Iraq- Europe
4. China- Asia
5. Saudi Arabia- Europe
6. Haiti- North America
7. India- Asia
8. Japan- Asia
9. Venezuela- South America
10. Iran- Europe
11. Russia- Asia
12. The United Kingdom- Europe
13. Israel- Europe
14. Germany- Europe
15. Tibet- Europe
16. Afghanistan- Asia
17. Brazil- South America
18. North Korea- Asia
19. Egypt- Africa
20. Kenya- Africa
21. Pakistan- Asia
22. Vietnam- Asia
23. Mexico- North America
24. Cuba- North America
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Class Today

We explored the CIA Factbook today. It ispretty easy to navigate around (I think).

Class Today

We talked about the 9-11 attack and how we have to do a report on it of 700-1000 words. Thats a lot of words!

Today's Class

I could not get wireless in class today and could not do anything. No one could!

The End of Week One!

Terms:
geography- the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earths surface, as shown in the character, arrangement and interrelations over the world
globalization- to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide
population- the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district area
immigration- to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence
industrialization- to use industry into (an area) on a large scale
culture- the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
religion- the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices
                (all from dictionary.com)

World population: 6,768,181,146   (CIA Factbook)

5 Largest Countries in the World:
1. China
2. India
3. United States
4. Indonesia
5. Brazil
       (all from CIA Factbook)

Did You Know 3.0 Assignment

1) China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world.

2) 1 in 4 workers has been with their employer for less than a year.

3) 1 out of 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online.

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