Marisa Ziegler

    Today I was not in class again due to being sick.

    Today I was not in class because I went home early due to being sick.

   Today in class we took our second test. It was not difficult, but not super easy. There were a couple questions I didn't know, for example, what does GPS stand for? I answered Geographic Placement System, but the correct answer was Global Positioning System. I'm actually kind of mad at myself for not getting that, because the GPS system is based off of the satellites in space that find your position on Earth. Also, last night I forgot to complete my blog because I was studying and it just completely slipped my mind. I've missed 3 blogs now, which is not good. The second one I missed was because I missed class and thought I did not have to write one, but I was wrong. I'm excited to see what the new units on and hopefully I'll do a little bit better on that test. This class is different from my previous social studies classes because we do a lot of note-taking and listening and not a lot of worksheets. This is what it is like in college so I feel like this class is

    Today in class we discussed some possible test questions and were asked to write three of our own. My three are below. Who presented the idea of time zones, and when did they first come into play?      -Sir Sanford Flemming proposed time zones in 1879 and by 1900, almost the entire world was organized into time zones.  How is every place on Earth different from others?          -Every place on Earth has a unique place and geographers can classify these places by using site and situation. Also, the general area of these places can be grouped in a region. What does the saying "think global, act local" mean and how can it potentially affect the world?      -"Think global, act local" means that by doing things locally, you can affect the world little by little through your community. For instance, if you limit carbon dioxide emissions in your local area, and many other local communities do this, there will be a lot less emissions. You can take the is

    Some geographers and people who are worried about the environment use the quote, "Think global, act local." This pertains to us because it means that problems that are at a global scale, can be fixed or improved on a local scale. Contemporary geographers altered this quite to "Think and act both global and local." All scales are important to geography; the scales depend on the subject. Global scales can involve things like population, location of  certain religions, and and the locations of factories.     Globalization Scale is an important measure of globalization, which is a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide. Globalization is responsible for keeping people from being able to interact with other people, objects, and ideas around the world. The world has become so glued to their own lifestyles, and are sheltered away from other communities. As time goes by, people are sticking to their own areas and econom

     In class today, we talked about the quote, "think globally but act locally". We interpreted this quote as doing something in your community that will affect the globe little by little. Examples of this could be limiting the emitting of gas into our atmosphere. You can do this by carpooling, biking, or driving an electric car. The harmful gases are causing global warming, something that is affecting the whole world. If many small communities (local) limit their emitting of the gases, it can help the entire world (global). At the global scale, geographers see broad patterns while encompassing the entire world. At a local scale, unique features appear to the geographers. Also, we talked about voting and the states that remained republican in their voting patterns throughout the past three elections. We talked about states like Illinois where the majority of the state outside of Chicago voted one way, and the people in Chicago voted the other. Since the population in Chicago

    Today in class we looked more in depth at the a cia.gov website. Mr. Schick asked us to look up some interesting facts about any country we wanted to. I searched around for awhile and I found an interesting fact about Zambia. In Zambia, their estimated life expectancy is 52.5 years on average for their entire population. This is close to 30 years less than the United States life expectancy of 79.8 years. I was looking around and found another interesting fact in Madagascar. According to the website, young girls are forced into arranged marriages. In these marriages, the girls are forced to marry older men in exchange for oxen or money. This is a traditional lifestyle and if the marriage is unsuccessful, the girl can be placed in another marriage. It is very interesting to see how the countries around the world differ from our country in the many different categories on the website. We also got our quizzes back, and I got one wrong. This surprised me a lot because I thought I did no

    Today in class Mr. Schick gave us a pop quiz. It was on a lot of the things we have learned already like longitude and latitude, times zones, etc. It was a little tricky, and I wasn't very prepared. I checked Veracross this afternoon and saw I got a 90%. I was not very happy about my performance, but I am glad I got an A. After we finished the quiz, we did an activity with maps and used the website cia.org. This website has information on all the countries, and included information about their populations. We took the top 25 biggest countries based on population and wrote them down in order. After writing them down, we found them and labeled them on the map. I enjoyed this activity because I like geography and learning where new countries are. I could find some of them easily like China. U.S., Russia, Brazil, etc, but I had trouble finding countries like Congo, Burma, Bangladesh, Thailand, Philippines, etc. I feel like I learned the location of many new countries, and hopefully

    Today in class we discussed how culture affect regions. Culture is beliefs, material traits, or social forms. The word culture comes from cultos, which means to care for. We talked about the "to care about" part. "To care about" means to adore or worship something, similar to the modern word cult. We talked about how Christianity was a cult, and the difference between a religion and cult. A cult is a small group of people who worship a specific person or thing and have yet to grow their principles. Christianity was first a cult because there were few people following it and it was directed toward Jesus (a specific person). We also discussed "to take care of" which means to nurse or look after something, as in the modern word cultivate. Geographers study how the customary, ideas, beliefs, and values of people produce a distinctive culture in a particular place. It is derived from a group's language, religion, and ethnicity, which is a good way to id

    Today in class we discussed the idea of time. We talked about how time influences our lives and our bodies. It influences our bodies by creating the Circadian Cycle which is a biological and physical clock for every individual. This means that when we get up at our certain time very morning, and go to bed at our certain time, our Circadian cycle is allowing this. Also, the entire world operates on different time zones. The difference from here to Indiana is that Indiana is 1 hour behind us. These hours vary around the world. In 1879, a man named Fleming proposed the idea that the world should operate on one clock. Everyone would have the same time at any time of the day. This would change the time we wake up, depending on when the sun comes up. In some places, they could be waking up at 6 o'clock at night. The clock would not be linked to any surface Meridian. Time is measured by the past, present, and future. The present is very short and turns into the past very quickly. We d

    Today in class we continued to work on our US regions with our groups. We looked at the map of the different regions in America and corresponded it to the states that either voted Democratic or Republican in the last three elections disregarding the 2016 election. For example, throughout the three elections, states like Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Connecticut have voted Democratic. According to the region map, this are of the US is called the New England region. We can conclude from the past three years that the New England region is mostly Democratic. We also looked at the electoral and popular votes from the 2016 election. We saw the different areas and who they favored. Each state gets a certain number of electoral votes based on their population. For instance, Texas had 38 electoral votes favoring the Republican candidate, Trump. We also looked at the popular votes and saw how Clinton won the popular vote for the country, but Trump w

    Today in class we talked about regions and and how they affect characteristics and cultures. Regions are an area of Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics. For example, Marylanders are known for their love for the Ravens, O's, and crabs. Our region is defined by these characteristics. We distinguish ourselves through our characteristics. The Maryland flag is very different from any other state flag. Because of our region, our flag beholds some characteristics of our region. Cultural Landscape is the combination of both physical and human characteristics that uniquely define places and areas. For example, in the Northwest, it is cold and rainy. This regions weather could affect what the people wear, what they eat, and other characteristics. Someone once said, "The designation of a region can refer to any area larger than a point, and smaller than the entire planet." This quote means that regions can be everywhere, and vary in sizes. The Latin American

    Today in class we elaborated on and reviewed situation. We talked about examples of situation, like getting to Darlington from Bel Air. Some landmarks used were Route 1, the Harley Davidson, and the intersection that you make a right on. We discussed test questions. Some included: how do geographers classify a place? What are the characteristics of site? How can an unfamiliar place be described? Etc. We also talked about a friend of Mr. Schick's who piloted a boat bigger than a football field. This was very interesting and kind of mind- blowing. Also, in class today, the lights were out due to an electricity problem. BGE did a brown out and failed to inform us, so we had class in the dark about half of the mod. Situation is very important because it helps someone identify an unfamiliar area by giving them different familiar places to know it by.