Human Geo. Notes
A Message to Garcia
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By: Elbert Hubert
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In Cuba, Garcia was in the mountains of Cuba
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Rowan was sent to deliver a message to Garcia
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deliver a message to General Garcia who was
hiding in an unknown location in the Cuban mountain
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Rowan asked no questions and just did his duty
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Written in 1899
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In 1998- war between Spain and US, fought in
Cuba
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Theme of Article: People are lazy and won’t do
what you ask without asking questions or getting help
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“It is the survival of the fittest”
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People who can do work and are not lazy will always
have work
Ancient Greece
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Arete- a term described a maximum of ability and
potency for action; a man's effectiveness and skill in goodness.
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Polis- was the ancient Greek city-state.
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Socrates- was a classic Greek Athenian
philosopher.
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The Death of Socrates- was sentenced to death by
poison (hemlock).
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The Socratic Method- clarified the concepts of
God and Justice.
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The Date 508 BC- The Romans rose up against
their leader. Cleisthenes grants full rights to all free men in Athens.
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Agora- was the center of Athenian democracy. It
was a gathering place for the lawmakers and citizens.
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What the ancient Greeks meant if they called you
an idiot- In ancient Greece, the inventors of democracy set up a law that
required every person to vote, regardless of who they voted for. If anyone was
found not voting, then you are considered an idiot.
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Socrates: persuaded the people of Athens to
think deeply and to think for themselves, didn’t look like a very intelligent man
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Socrates was put on trial for telling the people
of Athens information that the Greeks didn’t want him to say.
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At Socrates’s trial, he stated that the people
of Athens were like a lazy horse and he was a horse fly that was trying to keep
the sluggish horse alert.
Did You Know 3.0 Video
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Over 7 billion people on planet
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Increasing by over 77 million per year
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208,800 per day
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90% of population growth in Africa, South and
East Asia, and Latin America (developing countries)
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1804-1st billion people-12 years-7
billion people
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Life Expectancy: the average number of years to
be lived by a group of pope born in the same year (women longer life expectancy
because men typically have more dangerous jobs)
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Crude Birth Rate: number of births per 1000 of
population
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Crude Death Rate: number of deaths per 100 of
population
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Rate of Natural Increase (RNI): produced by
subtracting the death rate from the birth rate (this gives us the annual
natural growth rate- in % form for a country or region
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Net Migration Rate: the difference between the
number of people entering and leaving the country during a year
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An excess of people entering the country is net
immigration= positive number
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An excess of people leaving the country is net
emigration= negative number
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Why Do People Migrate?
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Push Forces: forces that make you want to leave
the country (Ex: civil war, environmental degradation, and unemployment)
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Pull Forces: forces that make you want to live
in the country (Ex: freedom)
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Total Fertility Rate (TFR): Average number of
children born per women, for the population to stay the same the TFR has to be
2.1 (replacement rate)
-higher than 2.1=population increases
-lower than 2.1=population decreases
World TFR: 2.47=population is increasing
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Infant Mortality Rate: infants that die before
they reach the age of 1
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GDP: Gross Domestic Product: the value of all
final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year
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