Reflecting on my project about the Sahel and Sahara

     Working on the my Asia/Africa project has taught me many things that I never knew. For example, one think that I learned about myself while working on this project is that whenever I am working in a group, I don't feel stressed to about how well my project is because with my group I can share my ideas and they can give me feedback on it and add upon it as well as me giving them feedback on their ideas. Another thing that I learned about myself while working on this project is that if I manage my time on what i'm going to do each day, then it will be much easier for me to do my work and I can get my work done more efficiently and won't have to worry about not finishing my work in time because I would have fixed that while making my plan. I think that the most challenging part in our group project was filming it because in out time management calendar my group and I underestimated the amount of time we would need filming so as we got closer to turning the project in it felt like we wouldn't have enough time to finish it so we had to schedule other dates to work on it outside of school or in different periods.

What Makes People Want To Live Where They Are?

I think that the most interesting thing that I have learned about the influence of climate, physical features, and natural resources on settlement is that most people like to live near mineral resources. I found this the most interesting because I thought that most people wouldn't really care if the place they lived in had precious minerals near it.

    The most part of my sketchnote that I am proud of is my drawings. I like the drawings because I think that the pictures do a well job of explaining my point and then just adding a few words every once in awhile really makes it more clear.

Globalization and Trade

 The most interesting thing I have learned about globalization is that  there is a world wide society where any country/company can trade with any other country/company without many problems and they can trade smoothly and freely. Also I find this interesting because it is cool to know that the whole world is connected in one way

     I am proud of the pictures I drew the most because at first I didn't know what pictures would be good but as I kept drawing the pictures I kept having more ideas and added more and then at the end I felt like the pictures explained everything well. Also I am proud of the pictures because I liked how I went into a bit of detail with the pictures and not just little blobs.

Infographic about Standard Of Living

I think that a country's standard of living does not show how everyone lives in a country. One reason I think that is because for example, if the GDP per capita of a country was 12000 and that country also was some very poor people and some very rich people, it doesn't mean that every single person in that country was $12000. It is just showing that most people in that country have $12000 while some people could be very poor and others may be very wealthy. This way of comparing can also be used to compare different parts of standard of living and not only wealth and GDP per capita.I think that the most interesting thing that I have learned about standard of living is that there is actually a way of determining how well off a country is instead of just saying a country is poor or very rich. Also saying a country is rich or poor doesn't really say that that country is a good country because that country could have really bad education or other factors that standard of living goes over. One other thing I find interesting about standard of living is that using standard of living you can compare different countries very accurately. One final thing that I find interesting about standard of living is that you can also rank countries based on how good their standard of living is or just the individual parts of standard of living.I think that countries with a high standard of living do not have an obligation to help out countries with a low standard of living. Although it would be nice and a good thing to help them out, I think that the they don't have to help them out because it is their choice to help them out. Also I think that the countries with a low standard of living can not force the high standard of living countries or expect them to help them.

4 Economic Systems

Economy and Me

Economy is present in my life in many different ways.

    One way economy is in my life is from consumption. Consumption is in my life because everything I used is mostly consumed.  An example of consumption are pencils, I use pencils in school or outside of school every single day. But to get pencils I have to consume them or buy them from services.

    This is why services are also part of my life. For example I have to go to stores to buy things in stores or services. Without stores I would not have anything. So that is why services are part of my life.

    Production is another part of the economy which is also part of my life. An example of production are cars. Cars are important because you use cars to travel around to places instead of walking.Cars are apart of production because they are produced in factories.

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   One more way economy is in my life is from distribution. One way distribution affects my life is from stores. If factories never distributed anything from where they produce things to stores then every time you wanted to buy something you would have to go to a factory.

   The final way economy affects my life is from goods. Goods are very important because almost everything you own or have is a good so if you didn't have any goods then you wouldn't have anything and not even food.

   Some people may not realize it but your economy is one very important factor in your life. Without an economy you wouldn't have the majority of things you have right now.                                     

Chose to be Bothered

  I think it is important to be bothered because if you are bothered by things then you will want to fix that and when you fix that or create it then that's how humans will invent things or advance in life. An example is that when i was in first grade, I was doing really bad in math and i wanted to fix that so i kept practicing and practicing so now i can do two grades above in math. Another example in regular life is medicine. If people weren't trying to fix all these sicknesses and diseases then even a few mosquito bites could be sever. But because people wanted to fix that they made medicine so now we don't have to worry about some sicknesses and diseases.