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09/20~I can explain how culture moves across the planet, and identify key characteristics that define a culture.

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09/20~I can explain how culture moves across the planet, and identify key characteristics that define a culture.

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Culture started from cultural hearths. It has moved from generation to generation, and from place to place. When people share the same symbols, language, values, beliefs, and norms, then they most likely share the same culture.  Most cultures share the same religion. Some are a 'Universalizing Religion', meaning that it is practiced across the world. These cultures do move around the world, unlike 'Ethnic Religions', which only stay in a specific place of the world.

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09/19~ I can give examples of how the world is interconnected.

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09/19~ I can give examples of how the world is interconnected.

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Our world is interconnected because some of the items we can access in our community could also be accessed in various parts of the world. For example, there are many existing 'McDonald's around the world, letting most people get access to them. Other items that could be accessed throughout the world are 'Nike' and 'Coca-Cola'. These companies have grown and become more and more popular over time.

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09/16~ I can explain why society changes over time.

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09/16~ I can explain why society changes over time.

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A society can change over time by the choices people make. If they are happy, they won't want to change anything and will stay in that community. More people would move to that community if they hear good things about it. But, if they think something isn't correct, then they would want to change it. If people don't agree on something, violence could occur. A society could also change by the new technology/ products people make.

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09/15~ I can identify characteristics of a democracy and dictatorship.

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09/15~ I can identify characteristics of a democracy and dictatorship.

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A democracy system is a system in which people can choose what they want to happen. People in this system can express their opinion and read/write freely. Different from a Democracy system, a Dictatorship system has totalitarian states, in which only one person is the leader who says what everybody else has to do. If the population disobeys, consequences would be applied. In these systems, people can't express their opinions or thoughts. If they want to write something, they would have to be careful of what they right, so that it isn't against the rules.

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09/14~ I can explain the difference between a developing and developed country.

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09/14~ I can explain the difference between a developing and developed country.

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A developing country has a low literacy rate, showing the low education, and the low percentage of people that have access to water, which also needs to improve. A developed country would have a higher literacy rate, showing that most of the population has the education needed, and all of the population has access to water, showing how that country has found a way to make that happen. A developing has many problems to still solve, while a developed country has some problems, with most of them already solved.

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09/14~ I can identify key economic indicators.

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09/14~ I can identify key economic indicators.

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7 economic indicators include; GDP, GDP per Capita, Life Expectancy, Infant Mortality Rate, Literacy Rate, Population Growth Rate, and the percentage of the population that has access to water.

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09/12~ I can identify different economic systems.

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09/12~ I can identify different economic systems.

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Some places, like Hong Kong, live freely 100%. This might benefit them a little, but not at the fullest because sometimes they might not know what's right and what's wrong. Some countries, such as the United States, live with freedom, but also get some type of instruction to base off of and benefit from. Other countries, like North Korea, don't have any freedom at all and live by full instruction. If something isn't right, they still have to do it, even if it isn't very beneficial.

Hong Kong has a Free market economy, the US has a mixed market, and North Korea has a command economy.
Can you identify the TYPE of systems these country's have? -- Mr. D

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09/09~I can explain and give examples of why population changes.

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09/09~I can explain and give examples of why population changes.

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Population of a certain country can decrease, increase, or do neither, because of MIGRATION. If someone leaves a country, that country's population decreases, and the country's population that that person moves to increases. But, the world's population would stay the same because that person only moved to a different location, and not out of the world.

What cause migration? Can you give examples? -- Mr. D

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09/08~ I can explain the stages of population and the Demographic Transition Model

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09/08~ I can explain the stages of population and the Demographic Transition Model

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There aren't any named countries still in stage 1. The ones that do exist don't have a growing population because they have high birth and death rates, and haven't started developing. Stage 2 countries, such as Afghanistan, have started to develop and grow rapidly because humans have many children to be able to support their family and survive. Stage 3 countries, such as India and South Africa, continue to grow steadily because they have a low birth and death rate. Stage 4 countries, such as USA and Canada, have a stable population/ aren't growing anymore   because they have a falling birth rate and  a low death rate. This is caused by the development of health care and they have more reliable food supply. Stage 5 countries, such as Italy and Germany, are declining in their population because their birth rates are lower than their death rates. Countries in stages 2-5 have developed enough to have some population, as stage 1 doesn't have any.

Strong use of evidence and examples to show understanding! -- Mr. D

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09/07~ I can interpret population pyramids

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09/07~ I can interpret population pyramids

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Population pyramids have 2 sides; a male side and a female side. It shows us how much population there is per age group. They are separated by 5-year intervals. The ages start at the bottom and increase vertically. The population count starts on the inside and increases horizontally, left for males, and right for females.

Concise description of pop pyramids.  Can you tell me what they measure?  -- Mr. D

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People and the environment impact each other because people can modify the environment by doing construction to avoid unwanted natural things. The environment impact the people because they could have unwanted climates, that people have to adjust to. They may also provide limited resources, that the people need to learn to sustain to be able to survive.

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09/06~ I can define sustainability and explain it's relationship to population.

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09/06~ I can define sustainability and explain it's relationship to population.

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"Sustainability is 'development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs'".  Therefore, the limited resources that the planet earth and it's environments allow us to use, shouldn't be used in excess, because future generations shouldn't be limited to them later on. Everyone can and should use the earth's limited/non-renewable resources, but all in a reasonable amount.

Spot on definition and explanation! - Mr. D

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09/02~I can give examples of how humans modify, depend on, and adapt to the land.

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09/02~I can give examples of how humans modify, depend on, and adapt to the land.

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People can modify to the land by constructing items they believe are needed. Agricultural people depend on the certain land to plant their necessary crops. People can adapt to the land by adjusting to the climate. For example, if it is too hot, they would need to find a way to stay cool. People can adjust to climate and the environment. But, they can depend, and if needed so, they could modify the land.

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09/01~ I can explain how humans modify and depend on the land. 

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09/01~ I can explain how humans modify and depend on the land. 

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When humans have problems with the land in which they live in, they can modify it, or change it physically. I can say this because when a flood "killed nearly 2,000 people", the people who lived in the Netherlands, constructed "several dams to close off the waterways from the North sea". People modify the land in which they live in by doing construction projects where they think they are necessary. But, with the climate, people need to adjust to it, since they can't change it in any way. They can adjust to it by learning and knowing where and when they can plant certain crops that are needed.

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09/01~ I can explain how the environment impacts where people live.

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09/01~ I can explain how the environment impacts where people live.

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I know that the environment does impact where people live because most people won't live in extreme conditions, such as; too hot, too cold, too dry or too wet. Even though very few people would live there, the majority of the population would not because the life in those conditions wouldn't provide what humans need to live.