Missed Blog

I forgot to blog yesterday but we were assigned a project on the Dinka tribe of Africa. We also have a quiz. Notes:
in-migration: people moving into one place from another place within a nation
out-migration: people moving out of one place to another place within a nation
net internal migration: the numerical difference between in-migration and out-migration
movers from abroad: people coming into a nation from another country or part of the world
net migration: the difference between net internal migration and movers from abroad
internally displaced person (IDP):  someone who is forced to flee their home but who, unlike a refugee, remains within their country's borders.
John Bul, Daniel, and Panther
travele 1,000 miles
Left Sudan because they were being persecuted by muslims. Muslims in the north and Christains in the South.
Ethiopia then to Kenya
Kakuma Kenya refugee camp
Kakuma means no where
John Bul separated from family for 17 years
Sudan was peaceful before the war
Lost Boys went to Syracuse: John
Pittsburg: Panther, Daniel
John went to africa and created a medical clinic
Panther went back to africa and got married and he made plans to create a school

Homework monday

In class we watched more of the movie. The boys did well adjusting to life in the U.S. They tried to find their families. The boys kept donating to Africa.

Lost Boys of Sudan Friday Homework

In-migration- migration to a country that some one is not native to that they are going to settle in.
Out-Migration- Migration that is getting away from someone's native country.
Forced migration- When someone is forced to move out of the country for a reason.
Net Internal Migration- total number of people migrated in a country
Movers from abroad- Someone that has moved from one country to another
Internally displaced person (IDP) - when some one is in a country that are being forced to leave.

The Sudan Civil War- The British gave Sudan Independence and Muslim and Christain in one country. These gruops do not get along. Sudan had a civil war in 1983. In that year,  President Nimeiri announced that Sudan would Punish people that were not Islam. They used old Islamic methods of punishment thsat were  very harsh.

Most of the southern part of Sudan was not Islamic so a fight broke out between the two north and south. People in the South started to flee the country of Sudan because of the punishments.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5424.htm

In class we watched more of the movie. In it, the teens came to the U.S. and they had to transition to their new life like how to use electricity. They  missed their friends that they had to leave behind.

Lost Boys of Sudan

The boys left Sudan because there was a Civil war in Sudan.
They couldn't stay in Ethiopia because Ethiopia's government fell.
Life was hard because there wasn't much food or clothing.

Original Picture from:
http://www.geographyiq.com/images/su/Sudan_map.gif

They traveled about 1,000 miles

Thursday Class

In class we watched a movie about Life of boys fleeing Sudan.
Leaned how to say your welcome and hold the door ( Mr. Schick style)

Human Geography over the weekend paper part 2

From what I have found out about my family, they have been here a long time. My mom’s mother’s side of the family came in about the 1700’s. My mom’s grandfather’s side of the family came about the late 1800’s. My mom was born in Baltimore in the late 1960’s. My dad was born in the late 1960’s in Baltimore. My dad’s mom was born in the country of Chile. My dad’s dad was born in Baltimore. My mom’s mom was born in Baltimore. My mom’s dad was born in Baltimore.  My mom’s grandparents on her dad’s side of the family were born in Baltimore. My mom’s grandparents on her mom’s side of the family were born in Baltimore. From what I have found most of my family was from Baltimore the furthest back I can go on my dad’s side is my great grandmother. She was my grandfather’s mother. She was born on February 2, 1908 and she died September 16, 2010. The furthest I can go back on my mom’s mother’s side is one of my relatives who were born in Germany. He was born in 1743 in Germany and his children were the first to be born in the United States in my family.  The furthest I can go back on my mom’s dad’s side of the family is one of my relatives who were born in Massachusetts. He was born in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1848. My dad’s mom’s parents were originally from Britain. Her father moved around a lot because of his job so, that is how she was born in Chile. She was born in Santiago, Chile.  She was from a British family and she tried coming into this country as a British person but the United States had already let in the limit of people from Britain, so she ended up coming into this country as a Chilean. I don’t have much information on my dad’s side because his family hasn’t kept as good of records as my mom’s side of the family.       

Human Geography over the weekend paper part 1

When I am older and have graduated college I will have to choose where I want to live. If I had two choices my first choice would probably end up being Spain. A reason for wanting to live in Spain is because Spain has a good economy. Spain’s economy is the 12^th largest in the world. Right now Spain’s economy is on the recovery from the global recession so; by the time I move there the economy will be rising. If the economy is starting to recover the house market is probably still down so, after I buy the house the house market will recover. If I decide to move, the house that I bought will be worth more than I bought it for because then the house market will have recovered so, I might make a profit on the house. If I did move to Spain my job would be a construction worker because that is a job that pays well and one that is high in demand in Spain. A reason I might not want to move there is that it is so far away from my family. Also, I might not want to move there if the economy doesn’t recover. 

My second choice would be Germany. I would want to live there because it is in the middle of Europe which makes it a great place to live. It has a great countryside and you can easily travel anywhere in Europe from Germany.  Germany has the fifth largest economy in the world and Germany has the largest economy in Europe. Germany specializes in vehicles and household equipment.  If I lived in Germany I would probably get a job in the car industry because it is doing so well right now. A reason why I wouldn’t want to live in Germany is that it gets very cold in the winter.