classwork of 11/24/10

1. What is the current population of India? 1,173,108,018
2. What is the total fertility rate in India? 2.65 children born/women
3. What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line? 25%
4. Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India. On February 13, India was attacked by Islamic terrorists.  The bombed a resturaunt in the northern city of Pune, killing 17 people.  ON the same day, New Delhi was attacked.  Terrorists bombed a small bakery, 9 people were killed and 57 were wounded.
5. The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the counties of the world by poverty.  Where does India rank on this list? 119
6. Briefly describe the effects of the monsoons on India. In India, monsoons have flooded villages, cities, and farmlands, causing many deaths among people and animals. Fallen buildings and lost homes are also the negative results caused by these monsoon
7. What are some of the problems India has getting clean water to its people? India lacks basic water systems and sewage disposals, which is the reason why pollution and Methane Gas are contaminating rivers that used to provide clean water.
8. What is the literacy rate in India? Age 15 and over can read and write
9. total population: 61% male: 73.4% female: 47.8%
10. What are the major religions in India? Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3% and Sikh 1.9%. 
11. When did India achieve independence, and from what country?

classwork of 11/23/10

China has 1.35 billion
India has 1.21 billion

• their population is doing two different things.
• forty percent of people in the world live in these two countries.
• both have more males than females. 
• their populations are larger than Africa, Europe, or the entire Western Hemisphere. 
• life expectancy in China is 10 years higher than India's.
• China's population is also much older than India's with median ages of 34 and 25.
• China will soon become predominantly urban. 
• India is stay rural at least until mid-century.
• China and India have illegal immigrants. 

Classwork of 11/11/10

In class we got into our groups and started our new project. I am in a group with Catherine, Jordan, and Cole.

Beginning the Research homework.

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/
website for fair trade coffee

http://www.coffeeresearch.org/politics/organic.htm
website for organic coffee

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-agricultural-commodities.htm
website for agriculture commodity.

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/
website for fair trade coffee question.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/foo_cof_con-food-coffee-consumption
website for who are the largest per capita consumers of coffee question.

classwork/notes of 11/9/10

Latin America
Notes

• coffee is the heavily traded crop in the world. 
• specialty coffee is the lattes.
• African places grow coffee too

Terms

• Fair Trade Coffee-  is coffee which is purchased directly from the growers for a higher price than standard coffee
• Organic Coffee- is coffee that has been grown according to organic farming standards and techniques, without the use of artificial fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides
• Agricultural Commodity- There are many different types of agricultural commodities, including foods, milk, and grains, and various applications for each.
• Trade- is the voluntary, often asymmetric, exchange of goods, services, or money

Questions

• What is Fair trade coffee? Fair trade coffee is consumers that the coffee we drink was purchased under fair conditions. To become Fair Trade certified, an importer must meet stringent international criteria; paying a minimum price per pound of $1.26, providing much needed credit to farmers.
• What country imports the most coffee? The United States imports the most coffee. 
• Do we grow any coffee in the U.S. at all? Yes, we do grow coffee, the U.S. grows it in Hawaii.
• Why doesn't the U.S. just grow coffee? The U.S. doesn't grow coffee because we do not have the climate to do so. 
• Who are the largest per capita consumers of coffee? Norway is the largest per capita consumers of coffee.

Classwork of 11/5/10

Today we finished our magazine project and emailed it.

Classwork of 11/3 and 11/4

These two days we worked on our project and finished.

November 2, 2010 Classwork

We learned about our deadline today for our magazine project, I am working with Catherine.

10-28-10 classwork

Today we learned about our magazine project. We worked on our magazine project.