India

India is the seventh largest country, the second most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. It is a country in southern Asia on the Indian Ocean. Its population as of July 2009 is 1,166,079,217 people. 31.1 percent of the people are 14 and under, 63.6 percent are 15-64, and 5.3 percent are 65 and over. The average age of males is 24.9 years and the female is 25.8 years old. The total average age of people in India is 25.3 years old. It has a 7517 kilometers of coastline. It is bordered by Pakistan to the west, China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north, and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism originated in India. Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism arrived in the first millenium and shaped India's diverse culture. India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by widespread non violent resistance. India is a republic of 28 states and and 7 union territories and a parlimentary system of democracy. It has the 12th largest economy at market exchange rates and the 4th largest in purchasing power. It has transformed into one of the fastest growing economies. India's national sport is field hockey, but cricket is the most popular sport. Tennis and soccer are also popular sports in India.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

India Free Write

when i think of india i think of desert and people with towels covering their faces. i think the main religon is islam and i dont know if covering their faces is part of their religon but they do it a lot and i dont know why. i think there might be oil there too im not sure i just know that there is a lot of sand and desert. thats about it i dont really know anything else about india because im not really familiar with it we havent learned about it in any of our classes but we might of i might of not been paying attention very well when they were talking about it.

Middle East Freewrite

When i think of the middle east i think of a lot of terrorists and a lot of oil being drilled there. jjklasdjfslafj.zcxnmfjsdaijiruewaoij i remember last year that mrs lopiccolo told us in world geography that they drill the most oil in the world. i know there are a lot of terrorists there cause there is a lot of war and we have soldiers over there.

Misconceptions about Islam

I thought that pretty much all Muslims are Arabs, but it turns out that only 18% are Arab. This surprised me because i thought the Arabs invented Islam. I found out that the two leading Muslim countries are Indonesia and Bangladesh and neither of those countries are Arab countries.

I thought it was kind of weird that Islam does not reject Jesus because they believe in a totally different religon than Christianity. They say that Jesus is a messenger of Allah, so they are pretty much saying that everybody is a messenger to Allah.

Middle East Background Blog

The middle east

is a region in southwest Asia, southeast Europe, and northeast Africa. The middle east is the origin of the three major religons-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Many countries around the Persian Gulf have large quantities of crude oil. It has an arid and hot climate, with several major rivers to support agriculture in some areas.

Throughout its history it has been a major center of world affairs, it is a politically and economically sensitive area. The modern middle east began after World War I, when the Ottoman Empire was broken up into different countries. Israel was established in 1948. There are over 20 official languages spoken in the middle east.

http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East

A past experience that changed my life

Last summer,
I was spraying weeds on a four wheeler. It was really hot that day and I was sunburned and sweaty. I got on a side hill and I felt the four wheeler start to lean. It made me really nervous so I tried to get off of the hill so I drove forward and the two uphill wheels lifted up of the ground. I leaned with all of my weight on the uphill side and I managed to get off the hill without rolling it over. It really scared me so I did not go on very steep hills for awhile after that. It could have been really bad because it could have rolled over the top of me and i could have been seriously hurt or killed, or I could have not been hurt but could have totalled the four wheeler and I would have been in a lot of trouble. I learned that I need to be more careful on a four wheeler or on any vehicle that I drive because anything can happen.

Achebe Final Writing

"The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats shows many examples of things that happen in "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. I chose to use "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold" as an image that Achebe uses throughout the story to understand what happens to Okonkwo and the Ibo tribe.
The book shows the culture and ways of the Ibo people of Nigeria, but through the book, things start to fall apart. In the beginning, it shows the ways, culture, and religon of the Ibo people. It talks about how Okonkwo's father was lazy and liked music. Okonkwo is very different, as he is a hard worker and tries to be the leader of things. It shows Okonkwo wishes different of his children. He wants Nyowe to be not as lazy as he is and he wishes Ezinma was a boy because he thought she would make a hard worker and she understands all of his emotions.
Then one day, during a feast, Okonkwo's gun accidentally goes off and kills a boy. He is then banished for 7 years. During these 7 years, British missionaries come in and try to spread Christianity to the Ibo people. Many people join the British ways and the Ibo tribe starts to fall apart. When Okonkwo returns after 7 years, he is informed of all of this and instead of fighting back, he kills himself in the end.
I think Achebe used this image in many ways, including when he kills the boy and is banished, and when the British come in and start influencing people to join them. I think Achebe uses this image the most when Okonkwo kills himself at the end because he knows things are falling apart and he probably won't get things back together again.

Africa

Africa is the 2nd largest continent in the world, after Asia. Its surface area is 11.7 million square miles. The population of Africa in 2005 was 1,000,010,000 people. Its population density is about 80 people per square mile. There are 53 countries not counting Western Sahara. Central eastern Africa is beleived to be the origin of humans.

The climate ranges from tropical to subarctic in the mountains. The northern area is desert and arid. Its central and southern areas contain savannah plains and dense jungle and rainforest regions.

Islam is the largest religon in Africa followed by Christianity. 45 percent of the population are Muslim, 40 percent are Christian, and less than 15 percent are non religious or follow African religons. Africa is also the continent with the most aids deaths in the world.

Sub saharan Africa is more heavily infected by HIV and AIDS than any other regions in the world. An estimated 22 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2007 and 1.9 million people were infected with HIV that year. In the past year AIDS has killed an estimated 1.5 million people.

Questions:
Why is there so much aids in Africa but not as much anywhere else?
How did the Islam religon get into Africa?