SS8

Largely this week we have been finishing the Exploration book assignment. It is now due.

History 12

You should have in the Vietnam video q’s and the Map is due on MOnday.

SS11.

Ex. 11-3 is due and the Environmental Challenges handout is also due. The HDI project is due on Monday also.

Monday is the Human Geog Unit Test . Here is the outline.

SS 11 Human Geography Test Outline

Covers Ch. 11, 12 & 13
Topics to know that will be on the test:
?    Population pyramids(all 4 models) & growth rates & demographic transition model
?    UN human development index (HDI)
?    Life Expectancy Rate & Literacy Rate & access to safe water
?    GDP or GNP per capita (start of Ch.14)
?    Globalization & Foreign Aid
?    Poverty cycle
?    NGO’s and CIDA
?    Environmental Concerns: Resources depletion, Global Warming (Kyoto Protocol), Ozone Depletion, & Acid Rain
Other Key Terms to understand:
Demography        Developed Country        Developing Country
Census            Crude Birth Rate        Crude Death Rate
Natural Increase    Doubling Time(rule of 70)    Life Expectancy
Population Pyramids    Population Distribution    Population Density
Per Capita GDP    Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs)
Tied Aid        Developing Economy    Developed Economies