jueves, 10 de noviembre de 2011

Homework

1. Define the three stages of economic activity. Give examples from your own country

1. Slaughter of enemies.
2. Slavery and serfdom, along with free labor, regulated by custom, operating through contract.
3. Labor regulated by individual contract, with increasing use of group contract, and legal protection of labor. Slavery disappearing.

2. What is meant by a subsistence enonomy ? Are there still people in the word using this 
system ?
A subsistence economy is an economy which refers simply to the gathering or amassment of objects of value; the increase in wealth; or the creation of wealth.Yes people still using these system but is very few.

3. How was money created ?
how money is crated
4. Define Barter and Trade
Brade The exchange of products and/or services without the use of money. also called exchange.
Trade The exchange of products and/or services without the use of money. also called barter.
5. What is an economic system ?
An economic system is the combination of the various agencies, entities (or even sectors as described by some authors) that provide the economic structure that defines the social community.
6. What is capitalism ? Check out the cartoon and the pyramid. Do you agree with it ? What is your opinion ? Capitalism is an economic system that became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism.No im not agree with the capitalism, My opinion about capitalism is that capitalism makes people become consumers,that capital is the primary need of man, which makes their ignorance as well asincreased emphasis on uninteresting things



8. When were metal coins invented ?
Coins are usually metal or a metallic material and sometimes made of synthetic materials, usually in the shape of a disc, and most often issued by a government. Coins are used as a form of money in transactions of various kinds, from the everyday circulation coins to the storage of large numbers of bullion coins. In the present day, coins and banknotes make up currency, the cash forms of all modern money systems.
more about coins

9. When and where was paper money first used ?
In China in between 600 and 1455

11. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a credit card nowadays ?
The advantages is that you can buy thing and you can pay it latter but the disadvantages are that you have a lot of debts

jueves, 13 de octubre de 2011

Why do people migrate 1#

What is migration ?
Migration is a cyclic behavior that involves the regular, seasonal or annual journey of an animal from one place to another and back again.

Types of migration. 
As for duration:there are temporary migrations
As for cause:there are free or forced migrations
As for distance: external or internacionals migrations
Why do people migrate ?
they migth be natural causes or social causes
4. What problems do people who arrive in a country have to cope with?

social and cultural patterns and processes, economies, and physical environments.  As people move, their cultural traits and ideas diffuse along with them, creating and modifying cultural landscapes.
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of migrating ? 
disadvantages of migration has triggered a decline in even the basic services such as water, electricity and the advantages such as your education, age, culture and religious obligations would heavily count on your state of happiness. You could be earning enormouns amount of money, enjoying multi-racial environments or enjoying using high tech.



jueves, 6 de octubre de 2011

Questionary of geography


Geography Questions
What percentage of the land surface is covered?
It covers the 29% of continent and land
The water is divided in two types which are them and give an example?
·         Salt water: ocean and seas
·         Fresh water: river glaciers
Mach each area for each climate
Equatorial                                                                           cold climate                         

Oceanic                                                 
Polar                                                                 
Mediterranean                                                                    warm climate
Tropical
Desert
Continental                                                                      Mild Climate
High Mountain


 How praries are formed? They are formed by grass and few trees they grow in mild areas with little rain
What is a desert? Vegetation is scarce, except in oases
What are the two types of rural settlement?
Dispersed settlement, concentred settlement
What the earth relief changes
Because the effect of the internal forces
What are the characteristic we see to live in a country? The climate, the altitude the history
What is the main feature of the world today? Concentration of population

miércoles, 5 de octubre de 2011

presentation #2

How did cities develop and why are they growing
Cities become development because all the fabrics the  exportations  they have like a country the cities grow because evey day because the birth rate
Why is population growth dangerous?
Overpopulation is most definitely a problem in the world that we know and live in today. We are short of natural resources and the constant presence of the ever-reproducing human being has tarnished this planet beyond repair.

What are the worlds most populated cities and how do they function
The most populated cities in the world are Tokyo, Mexico City and New York City.




presentation #1

Distribution of water on earth?
Forms of relief on earth?
The earth relief is very diverse : mountains, plateux, plains, depessions,Continental shelves ,deep-sea trenches,Oceanic ridges etc
Which are the hottest and coldest place on earth
•Hottest:Bangkok, Thailand ,MeccaSaudi Arabia
  • •Coldest:Yakutsk, Russia,Oymyakon, Russia 
Map of the water climate

Map of the world vegetation
Population time line