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

Sudan mini project!!

SUDAN
- Total Population: 41, 087, 825
- TFR: 4.48 children born/woman
- Birth Rate: 33.74 births/1,000 population
- Death Rate: 12.94 deaths/1,000 population
- Life expectancy: 51.42 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 82.43 deaths/1,000 live births
- Gained their independence from: From Egypt and the UK
- When: January 1, 1956
- Sudan is a developing country because the infant mortality rate is high and the popualtion is to low.

Ethiopia Mini Project!!

ETHIOPIA
- Total Population: 85, 237, 338
- TFR: 6.12 children born/woman
- Birth Rate: 43.66 births/1,000 population
- Death Rate: 11.5 deaths/1,000 population
- Life expectancy: 55.41 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 80.8 deaths/1,000 births
- Gained there independence from: ?
- When: Oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years
- Ethiopia is a developing country because the popualtion is not very high and the TFR is extremely high

NIGERIA mini project

NIGERIA
- Total Population: 149,229,090
- TFR: 4.91 children born/woman
- Birth Rate: 36.65 births/1,000 population
- Death Rate: 16.56 deaths/1,000 population
- Life expectancy: 46.94 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 94.35 deaths/1,000 live births
- Gained there independence from: The UK
- When: October 1, 1960

- Nigeria is a developing country because it’s a nation with a low level matieral

Tuesday 12.15.09

In class today we took "God grew tired of us" Test and went over it.
We talked about our research paper which is due tommrow and answered questions.

God grew tired of us

On December 8,9,10th we watched the Movie God Grew tired of us and took notes the whole class.

absent

i was absent today and yesterday so i did not know what we did in class and thats why i dont have blogs posted for those days.