Friday

Today in class we went over the last 2 tests that we've taken. Mr. Schick said we could redo the test, but the highest grade we could get is a 70%. Which is better than one of my grades on my test.  It is not fair for the people who actually got a good grade on test the first time.

Wednesday

Today in class we had our test. Some of the questions were really hard and some were super easy. I knew almost all of the questions about types of religion. The first multiple choices I didn't really know were gonna be on the test, but luckily I knew the answer. I was really nervous to see what grade  I got. Well I didn't do as well as I wanted too. I was surprised  because I studied a lot and thought I was going to do good.

tuesday

Today Mr. Schick was not here. I studied for the test tomorrow. I made some flash card with definitions and facts about each religion. I am a little nervous about the test, but I have been studying really hard. I hope I get a good grade on this test.

Monday

Today we took notes on the last type of religion. Our test is on Wednesday on these notes.

The Eightfold Path

Right View

Right Intention

Right Speech

Right Action

Right Livelihood

Right effort

Right mindfulness

Right dedication 

Four Nobles Truth

There is suffering

Attachment to desire is the origin of suffering

There is a cessation of suffering

The Eightfold Path will lead to the cessation of suffering

Judaism 14- 18 million (ninth)

called them: Jews

geographic location: Israel

founder: Abraham

holy book: Talmud,(Torah) first 5 books of the old Testament

beliefs: ethical monotheism- God is one, and concerned with the action of humankind, Ten Commandments, Principles of Faith

FRIDAY

Examples of Spatial Division

• Political alliance

 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  Commonwealth of Nations
 Organization of American States (OAS)


Five Major Religions

Christianity

• 2.2 billion(largest in the world)
• we call them Christians
• geographic location; Europe, the Americas, southern Africa
• denominations: Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestants
• founder: Jesus Christ
• holy book: The bible especially the New Testament
• beliefs: Jesus is both human and divine- The Son of God, he led virtuous life; he was crucified, died, buried, and resurrected, he ascended into heaven where he reigns with God
• clergy: the Pope is head of the church, priests are local authorities 

Today we took notes on different kinds of religion. We still have more religions to cover, but we will finish that on Monday. 

    Islam 

• 1.5 billion (second largest)
• call them: Muslims
• location: Indonesia, middle east, north africa
• denominations: Sunnis 75-90%, Shiites 10-20%
• founder: Muhammad 
• holy book: Qur'an 
• beliefs: monotheistic, Abrahamic
• Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah(God), and observing Islamic Law
• Five Pillars (testimony, prayer, alms- giving, fasting, pilgrimage)

 Hinduism 

• 1.1 billion (third largest)
• calle them:Hindus
• location: India, Nepal
• holy book:  the vedas- eternal truths revealed to ancient ages, written in verse form(meant to be sung and easily memorized
• founder: no distant founder- it is a series of intellectual or philosophical points of view, rather than a regis, strict set of beliefs- probably the oldest religion, although Hinduism is less a religion than a way of life, or a faith

 Buddhism 

number of adherents: 500 million to 1.5 billion 

called them: buddhists

location: southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan ( 1,2 million in the U.S)

founder: Siddhartha Gautama

denominations: Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, Amidist

Wednesday

Today we took more notes on cultural characteristics. Here are the notes:

• Religion can be both a unifying force
• There are five major religions in the world today-- Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
• They have millions of followers all believing the same thing.
• Religion can also be a dividing force around the world.
• Hindus and Muslims fight in India(Hindu) and Pakistan(Muslim)
• There are conflicts between Catholics and Protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland
• Jews, Christians and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as their religions holy site. They are constantly fighting over the land

     Spatial Divisions

spatial divisions are how we divide the livable space found on the earth by establishing social, economic, and political control

• You can be a member of more than one spatial group.
• Spatial divisions can also cause conflicts or cooperation

             Examples of Spatial Divisions-

• countries
• economic alliances    
• European Union (EU)
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)                     

Tuesday

Today we took some notes about Cultural characteristic. Here are the notes:

• Cultural characteristics are parts of a  groups everyday life. They are the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members. These same characteristics can also link or divide a region.
• Examples of cultural characteristics would be language, religion, and ethnic heritage.

                           

                     Language

• Arabic unites the Arab world.
• Spanish unites the Hispanic world
• Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish. It speaks Portuguese.
• Canada is a bilingual nation. French ad English are their official languages.
• Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the groups.
•  English is now considered the world language and is used for most business transactions around the world. 

Ethnic Heritage

• In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country (Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Albanians).
•  When strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries.
• In the countries of Rwanda and Burundi in Africa, Two ethnic groups are dominant, the Tutsis and the Hutus.
• The Hutus are dominant in one and they persecute the Tutsis and the Tutsis ware dominant in the other and they persecute the Hutus and the Tutsis are dominant in the other.
• The United States and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries
• Korea and Japan have primarily one ethnic group,

Monday

Today in class we finished watching the movie. I really enjoyed this movie and wish it was longer. It showed us how different India and there culture is from the United States. Mr. Schick told us that we will probably have a quiz on this movie.