class on 12/12

Today's class, it is our last class in this semester. And we just have a couple of weeks lest on next semester. Human Geography is really fun, it is the funniest class I have took in the United States so far. I will try my best in the midterm-exam next week. Fighting!

class on 12/ 11

Today's class, we went through yesterday's test questions again. And this time, I know most answers of these questions, I don't know why. But this time, I learnt that before the test, we need to put all of our effort on it, and try to figure out all the questions. Ask someone with experiences and learn from them. That is what I should do next exam.

class on 12 10

Today's class, we had a big test again, I swear that I spent a lot of time to review for the test last night. But I don't know why I cannot get a high score. Maybe I need to spend more time and try to understand it but not just try to remember. I will try my best on the Mid-term Exam.

review class on 12/9

Today's class, we reviewed some questions for the test tomorrow.
Christianity:
largest, 2.2 billion, the main location is Europe, the Americas, southern Africa.

Islam:
second largest, 1.5 billion, the main location is Indonesia, Middle East, north Africa.
denominations: Sunnis (75- 90%)     Shiites (10- 20%)
founder: Muhammad (570- 632)
Hinduism
third largest, 1.1 billion, the main location is India, Nepal
the holy book: the Vedas, in a word: reincarnation (投胎)

Buddhism
adherents 500 million- 1.5 billion, the main location is southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan
right: view, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, dedicatioin

Judaism
adherent:14- 18 million (ninth) location is Israel
founder: Abraham      holy book: Talmud, Torah

class on 12/ 5

Christianity

Numbers of adherents: around 2.2 billion (largest in the world)

 

Call them: Christians

 

Geographic location: Europe, the Americas, southern Africa

 

Denominations: Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestants (Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, many more)

 

 

Founder: Jesus Christ (it's Abrahamic in origin)

Holy book: the Bible, especially the New Testament

 

Beliefs: Jesus is both human and divine- the son of God; he led a virtuous life; he was crucified, died, buried, and resurrected; he ascended into heaven where he reigns with God the father

 

Clergy: the Pope is the head of the church, priests are local authorities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Islam

 

 

Number of adherents: 1.5 billion (second largest)

Call them: Muslims

Geographic location: Indonesia, Middle East, north Africa

 

Denominations: Sunnis (75-90%), Shiites (10-20%)

 

Founder: Muhammad (570- 632)

Holy book: Qur'an

Beliefs: monotheistic, Abrahamic

Five Pillars (testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, pilgrimage)

Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah (God), and observing Islamic law

 

 

 

 

 

Hinduism

Number of adherents: 1.1 billion (third largest)

Call them: Hindus

Geographic location: India, Nepal

Holy book: the Vedas- eternal truths revealed to ancient sages; composed in verse form (meant to be sung and easily memorized)

 

No distinct founder

In other words… reincarnation

 

 

 

 

Buddhism

Number of adherents: 500 million to 1.5 billion(estimates vary quite a bit)

Call them: Buddhists

Geographic location: southeast Asia. China, Nepal, Japan(there are 1.2 million Buddhists in the United States)

class on Dec 4

At the beginning of today's class, Mr. Schick showed us some of his products, that is amazing, we are all proud of him. And I really like the song which wrote by him "Slumdog ". This is the song which he wrote about the movie "who wants to be the millionaire". And today, we also finished the cultural characteristics. Religion is really an important factor cause different cultural.

class on Dec. 3

Today's class, we talked about religion on Cultural Geography. Religion can always be both a unifying force. There are five major religions in the world today---- Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Religion can also be a dividing force around the world. Hindus and Muslins fight in India(Hindu) and Pakistan(Muslin) There are conflict between Catholic and Protestants(two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland.  

Class on Dec 2

Today's class, we talked about Cultural Geography, cultural characteristics are parts of a group's everyday life. Ideas and themes teach all members. There are some examples of Cultural Geography those are language, religion, and ethnic heritage.
And then, we talked about some countries as the examples of language in Cultural Geography such as Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, and United States. Ethnic heritage means a country contains a lot of kind of ethnic people, for example, China, there are 56 ethnic people in total living in China.
That is what we talked about on class today.