Test Talk 5

    Today we had another test before exams but still, I thought it was easy. I only used François Hollande once and never had France for any of the answers, oh well. Im not good at geography so I might have gotten all of those questions wrong. I could have sworn I had the bonus question because I saw something on buzzfeed about Justin Trudeau welcoming Syrian refugees but I think the answer was Israel, not Canada. Oh well, I could have done better but im feeling pretty confident as of now, hopefully.

World Leaders Pt.2

Today we finished the rest of our up close and personal world leaders.

Mexico

·        Their president is Enrique Pena Nieto

·        They are a federal republic

·        He was a cheater

United Kingdom

·        Prime Minister Cameron

·        Constitutional monarchy and commonwealth realm

·        Born with a silver spoon in his mouth

·        He is the youngest prime minister in 200 years

Russia

·        President Vladimir Putin

·        Federation

·        He goes through a cycle to remain resident

·        He liked sports

·        Was part of the KGB

Syria

·        President Bashar al-Assad

·        Authoritarian regime

·        Born on 9/11

·        Went to medical school

·        His older brother, and heir to Presidency, died in a car crash

·        Succeeded his father who led for 30 years

·        Ordered mass crack-downs on those who opposed him

Iraq

·        President Fuad Masum

·        Parlimentary democracy

·        Islamic law

Canada

·        Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

·        Parliamentary democracy

·        Always interested in politics

·        Father was very famous

World Leaders Up Close and Pesonal

To continue last week’s project, today in class we learned more about these world leaders.

    Brazil’s leader President Dilma Rousseff runs a federal republic office. She was divorced twice. She also has a degree in economics. This is the reason why Brazil has the 8^th biggest economy. She also was imprisoned for going against the government when she was younger. She had chemotherapy in 2009. This means she’s had 2 near death experiences.

     The president of China, Xi Jinping leads a communist office. He is the son of revolutionaries. He is also married to a popular folk singer who was more popular then him before they were married. His daughter is enrolled in Harvard.

    President Francois Hollande, of France also runs a republican office. He had no previous government experience. He would be as you could say the “antidote” to the last flamboyant president. He is not married to the mother of his 4 children.

    In Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel leads a federal republic government. She has a degree in physics and a PhD in quantum chemistry. She has been chancellor for about 20 years and one of FORBES most powerful woman for about 8 of them.

    Next we have India. President Pranab Mukherjee was a college professor. He was also a journalist and now he is one of the best politicians in the world. He knows finance and politics.

    In Israel the Prime Minister, Netanyahu, who runs a parliamentary democracy is from Israel. He spent a lot of time in the US. He sent a message in his time of power NOT to mess with Israel.

Test Talk 4

    What did we do today in class? Well, it was another test talk day with my new favorite shadow Hannah. She answered a question while emitting 4 word she didn’t know how to pronounce, it was hilarious. You had to be there man…

    I did okay on the test but I could have done better. In in tech for a show right now and it’s really kicking my butt. Enough of my excuses, but I could have done better.

    I need to study the religions more because that’s what really dragged me down on that test except for my own stupidity.

   

p.s. MR. SCHICK THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND HAS CORGIS NOT YORKIES! 

World Leaders

    World Leaders:

Mexico

Federal Republic

President Enrique Pena Nieto 

     

China

Communist state

President Xi Jinping

India

Federal republic

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Russia

Federation

President Vladimir Putin

Germany

Federal Republic

Chancellor Angela Merkel

United Kingdom

Constitutional Monarchy and Commonwealth Realm

Prime Minister David Cameron

France

Republic

President François Hollande

Brazil

Federal Republic

President Dilma Rousseff

Syria

republic under an authoritarian regime

President Bashar al-Assad 

Canada

a parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a constitutional monarchy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Iraq

parliamentary democracy

President Fuad Masum

Israel 

parliamentary democracy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Cultural Geography

                Cultural characteristics are taught by friends and family. They can link and divined. Some of these may include language, religion, and ethnic background.

    For example language can be varied in different places. Spanish dominates most of south America but in brazil they speak Portuguese. In Switzerland they have 4 different national languages but still accept it.

    Ethnic background can cause a problem. For example the Hutus and the Tutsis. They are basically always in a war.

    Basically everything can make or break somewhere. Especially religion. Cultural geography is very important to make or break a certain place.   

Political Geography

    How is the world organized? Well, there are Countries, Nations, States, and Nation States.

    A country is an identifiable area of land. You can see the country on a map.

    A Nation is a population of people. This population, or group of people, has a common culture. These people have a shared identity.

    States are also populations. These populations that are also synonymous to a country.

    Nation-States are categorized as one culture under one government. It is also a nation with the same border as the state.