Today in human geo class we took notes on a video explaining 200 years worth of global health in 200 countries in four minutes. Hans Rosling teaches global health. The life expectancy is on the x axis on a chart. The ages usually range between 25- 75 years. The y axis is the income per person ad ranges from $400-$40,000. In 1810 every country's life expectancy was below 40 except for the UK and the Netherlands, which were the richest countries at the time. The industrial revolution is causing the industrializing nations are increasing their life expectancy, and African and Asian colonies life expectancy did not increase because their nation did not take part in industrializing. World War I, World War II, and the Spanish influenza drastically decreased the life expectancy. 1948- end of war and countries are extremely spread out on the chart; they continue to increase their life expectancy. 1990's- Asian countries rapidly increased and in the present there are hardly any countries below 50 years for life expectancy.
Human Geography Class Today in human geography class we talked about maps. The main map almost every school uses is a Mercator map. Mr. Schick showed us a video from a tv show that used to air a couple years ago. The clip we watched was about a group of people that were having a discussion with the president on changing the maps that almost every school uses. They showed the president how inaccurate the Mercator map was. It showed Africa as a small continent, when really it is much larger, and it makes the United States much larger looking than it really is. The group proposed the idea and came up with a solution to the problem. They wanted to replace the maps with a new, more accurate map called the gall-peters map. After the video, Mr. Schick continued to le...
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