Today in human geo class we went over different population pyramids. Mr. Schick showed us many population pyramids of each type of population period. The three types of population pyramids are box, cup, and christmas tree. He also showed us many population pyramids of different countries and he had us guess what type of population pyramid the country would be. For example, Kenya and China were christmas trees, whereas the United States was a box. It was an interesting human geo class and I enjoyed it.
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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