25 Questions using CIA Factbook

1. What is the population of the United States?
-313,847,465.
2.What are the five largest countries in the world, by population?
-The five largest countries in the world are China, India, United States, Indonesia, and Brazil.
3. What is the population of Pakistan?
-190,291,129
4. What kind of government does the United States have?
- The United States has a constitution, based federal republic
5. What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe?
-95%
6.What is the largest country in the world, by area?
- Russia
7.  What country has the 3 third greatest number of airports?
- Mexico
8. What country has the greatest number of exports?
- China
9. What country exports more oil than any other?
-Saudi Arabia .
10. What country imports more oil than any other?
-United States.
11. What country consumes more oil than any other?
- United States
12. Can women serve combat roles in China's military?
-Yes
13. What is GDP?
- gross domestic product
14. What country has the highest GDP per capita in the world, and how much is it?
-Liechtenstein and 141,100
15. Is the US in the top 10 for GDP per capita?
-No
16. Most countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what continent?
-Africa
17. 11 of the top 12 with the highest number of deaths from HIV/AIDS can be found in what continent?
-Africa
18. What other country is in the top ten?
-India
19. What does the US rate in HIV/AIDs deaths?
-18th
20. Is the US number 1 in number of cellular phones?
-no, they are number 3.
21. What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic?
-23.9 %
22. What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic?
-76.5%
23. What is Net Migration Rate?
-the difference between the people entering and leaving a country.
24. Does the US have the highest Net migration rate in the world?
-no
25. What is the current population of the entire planet?
-7.038 billion

-The two questions that were most important to me were "What does the US rate in HIV/AIDS deaths?", and "Is the US number 1 in number of cellular phone?". I thought that the first question I said was important because I don't like to see babies died because of a disease that the mother or father had. I thought the second question was interesting because a lot of people use cell phones these days and it was interesting to see that we are not the only country that uses them.

Evaluating Websites

Today we looked at different websites to see if each on was a good source for trying to find information on a topic for a research paper. The first website I looked at I thought looked like a good source to use if I was doing a research paper. I thought it was a good site because it gave you information on the history of the world. It had information on every historic event and the people that were involved in those events. The second website I looked at was a good source too, if you need information on the short story "A Message to Garcia". I thought that the third website I looked at wasn't the best source but it was an okay one. The fourth website was for little kids. So it wasn't a good website to find information on for a research paper. The fifth website I looked at was CNN. This website isn't a good source to find information because it's all opinions. There is not many real facts on that website. The sixth website was just like the fifth one, but it was New York Times. This website is a magazine so it isn't a good website to find information on either because it is coming from reporters. The seventh website was just like the fifth and sixth ones except it was a television channel called Fox. This website isn't a good website to look information on either because it might not be all real facts. The eighth website was Wikipedia. Wikipedia is good website to find information on but you have to make sure the information is real. The ninth website wasn't good for research information either, but if you need to know what to do for homework tonight, then that's the website you should check.

Wikipedia

Today in class we talked about Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a huge encyclopedic on the internet. It's a great source to use if you are trying to find information on any topic you are looking for, but it has its pros and cons. Some pros are that it gives you a lot of information on whatever topic you are trying to find. It also gives you resources to help you find more information or to look up certain information that you are so sure if it correct or not. It also gives you subtopics so if you want look up a smaller part of the topic that you are looking for you have those topics right there on the side. Also there are highlighted words in the paragraph that you are reading. If you click on those words, they give you more information on that word or what that word has to do with the topic. The cons are that anybody can go to Wikipedia and change the information on the topic. Most things on Wikipedia are correct but some are not. You always want to make sure that it is correct or you may get something wrong on a paper or whatever you are trying to find information for. Wikipedia is a great source to find information on but I would always check to see if the information on there is correct by checking another website or different resource.

Essay #3

Over the next four yeas of my high school career, there are some things I would like to accomplish. The first thing I would like to accomplish is getting good grades. I would like to get an a or a b in each of my classes each semester of each year. The next thing I would like to accomplish is being a leader in the sports that I will play. I'm going to play soccer and lacrosse during my years in high school. I hope I can be a leader in each of those. Going along with the sport thing, I hope I will be able to play in college. Hopefully, my high school career in sports will help me get into a college that will allow me to play sports that I like. The fourth thing that I would like to accomplish, going along with the college thing, is to get into a good college that I will enjoy. Hopefully, the college that I will end up in will have the job choice that I would like to pursue. Once I figure out what that job is I will start working on getting better at it each year. The fifth thing and final thing I would like to accomplish in my high school years is to have fun. I don't want to be one of those people that look back on their times in high school and say it was boring. I want to look back and think of all the good memories I had. Hopefully, I will be able to accomplish all of these things during my years in high school!

Essay #2

If Elbert Hubbard and Socrates time traveled to the present, they would recognize a lot of different things. They would realize how lazy people are today than they were back when they were alive. Elbert Hubbard would realize how people try to procrastinate so they don't have to do the things that they are asked to do. Most people today don't do what they are asked to do without asking questions about it or somehow they will try to get out of it. But today, there are also some people that would rather just get their job done quickly instead of asking questions. Socrates would find out how some people don't stand up for what they believe. Some people just go along with whatever someone else is saying instead of standing up and saying what they believe in like Socrates did when he was alive. But Socrates would also realize how some people do stand up for what they believe in and fight for what they want. I think they would be very surprised to find out how people ask so much differently than they did back when Elbert Hubbard and Socrates were alive.  

Essay #1

My definition of arete is excellence and making good character. I think the ancient Greek demonstrated this quality because they came up with the type of government called democracy which we still use today. This government let any citizen say what they needed to and let them express how they feel about the issue or idea that they are talking about. Creating this type of government was a very big part of history. I think this demonstrates how the Greeks made good character. I also think Socrates is a demonstration of this definition too. Socrates would walk around helping the young people figure out their problems. I think this is a great example of good character. He also stood up for what he believed in even if he had to die. This is also a great example of good character. He is showing young people to stand up for what they believe in even if it means there is a consequence.

The date 508 BC

Today in class, we went over the date 508 BC and what happen on that day. In that year, Klisthenis came to power. Klisthenis made the first ever democracy. A democracy is a form of government that is ruled by the people. It enables the citizens to have a say in whatever is going on  This was a new way to do government. These meetings would take place in an agora. An agora is a small gathering place in the middle of a city-state. During these meeting, people would use the Socratic method to figure out ideas. Once it was time for a new ruler, people would vote. If you were able to vote but didn't the Greeks would call you an idiot. Their meaning of idiot is different then our meeting. Their meaning means that you are able to vote but don't. So they would call you an idiot. Our meaning means that you are not very smart. This is what we talked about during class today.