January 7th in class

Today in class we went over the answers for the practice exam and went over what we are doing for exam day.

January 6 in class

In class today we went over the answers of the practice exam. ALso, we went over some of the questions that were going to be on the exam and went over our textbook numbers

January 5th in Class

In class today we took our practice exam and we made sure we had our right textbooks

12.16.09

Today in class we handed in our Research Papers. Also, we went over the mini project that is due Friday and started working on it for the rest of the class

United States mini project!!

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Total Population: 307, 212, 123
- TFR: 2.05 children born/woman
- Birth Rate: 13.82 births/1,000 population
- Death Rate: 8.38 deaths/1,000 population
- Life expectancy: 78.11 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births
- Gained there independence from: From Great Britain
- When: July 4, 1776
- United States is developed because the TFR and the infant mortality rate is high and the life expectancy is good.

South Africa mini project!!

SOUTH AFRICAN
- Total Population: 29, 052, 489
- TFR: 2.38 children born/woman
- Birth Rate: 19.93 births/1,000 population
- Death Rate: 16.99 deaths/1,000 population
- Life expectancy: 48.98 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 44.42 deaths/1,000 live births
- Gained there independence from: ?
- When: May 31, 1910 (Union of South Africa formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State); May 31, 1961 (republic declared) April 27, 1994 (majority rule)
- South Africa is a developing country because the country is growing rapidly

Kenya mini project!!

KENYA
- Total Population: 39, 002, 772
- TFR: 4.56 children born/woman
- Birth Rate: 36.64 births/1,000 population
- Death Rate: 9.72 deaths/1,000 population
- Life expectancy: 57.86 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 54.7 deaths/1,000 live births
- Gained there independence from?: From the UK
- When: December 12, 1963\
- Kenya is a developing country because the infant moratlity rate is low