Papua New Guinea

Today in class we learned about Papua New Guinea. They have an unemployment rate of 1.9% compared to the US which is 7.7% . They are the 12th fastest growing economy. Number one religion is Roman Catholic. There are 542 unpaved run ways and 20 paved run ways. They have an army and an Air Force. The legal age to get drafted is 16. And they have a potential 3 million soldiers if they ever went to war. 2.4 million cell phones are being used. 13% of the people live in urban areas. 3 main sports in the country are soccer, cricket, and rugby. Internet host 5,006 and Internet users are 125,000. 57.3 % are literate in Papua New Guinea and 42.7% are illiterate. Over 800 Languages are spoken . There are this any because of all the tribes there are in this country.

Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond was born in Boston Massachusetts on September 10th, 1937. He is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also an author of many books. He studies in the fields of anthropology , geography , and another one that I forget . He has a PhD in Geography and Philosophy . He has gone on numerous expeditions. One of them including Papua , New Guinea . One if his books he wrote was Guns, Germs, and Steel. That was one of his books that was made into a movie. It was written by Jared Diamond in 1997. It was rewarded the pulitzer prize , which is the highest award given to an author.

Capitalism -  is a social system based on the principle of individual rights

Communism - a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. ( classless)

Free market - an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.

Free enterprise - an economic and political doctrine holding that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a freely competitive market through the relationship of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental intervention and regulation.

Political Geography Research

Afghanistan

Gained Independence on August 19th,1919

In Afghan on December 1838 there was a war called the Two Anglo Afghan War. In the fourth and nineteenth centuries modern day Afghanistan was known as Khorasan. After the Third Anglo-Afghan war and the signing of the Treaty of Rawalpindi it became a fully independent state

They were subjects to the United Kingdom

Brazil

Gained Independence on September 7th, 1822

On April 22nd, 1500 a Portuguese navigator named Pedro Alvares Cabral reached the shores of Brazil. The country got its name from "brazilwood" a redwood tree found along the coast. The king of Portuguese ruled Brazil before they gained indepenence.

They were subjects to portuguese

 

France

They gained independence on July 14th, 1789

France used to have a monarchy until the 1700's. King Louis XIV made France at the time the leading country in Europe. France's monarchy was destroyed after a war in 1789.

France was never owned by any country

Germany

They gained independence on January 18th, 1871

Germany was part of the thirty years war. Germany divided into numerous independent states called Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony. The northern states in Germany were protestant, and the southern states were catholic.

I couldn't find anything but im gonna guess the Dutch

India

They gained there independence on August 15th, 1947

In the 20th century Mahatma Gandhi led millions of people to gain independence from Britain. European powers such as Portugal, Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom established trading posts in India. Later then they established colonies. 

They were controlled by Great Britain.

IRAN-


 Was founded in 625 BCE by the median empire. Iran achieved independence on April 1, 1979. Iran was ruled by empires. Iran did not have a stable government before 1979. Iran was always Iran, it was ruled by many empires through the years.


MEXICO-

Was ruled by spain until September 16th 1810, when Mexico acheived independence. In 1521 Spain conquered and colonized the territory now known has Mexico. The post independence period was characterized by economic instability, a civil war, two empires and a domestic dictatorship.







SAUDI ARABIA-

was never ruled by another empire. Was founded in 1932. Has been and absolute monarchy since its inception.

United Kingdom-
has never been ruled, but once ruled the world at one point in time. The sun never set on the Brittish empire. The United Kingdom once ruled America and many other countries.
 




Venzuala-
Was colonized by Spain in 1522. Venezuala gained independence in 1821. Was ruled by Spain. Venezuala had many indigidous peoples living. Before independence Many indigeous people lived here.

Obama yo.

Barack Obama :

 As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine

He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed

Facts about world leaders

Enrique Pena Nieto -

 His wife had a vital role of his campaign for governship

He had a mexican soap opra actress publicize his government work

Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud -

has 4 wifes 7 sons and 15 daughters

he is also the commander if the national gaurd for his country

Angela Merkel

first women ever to lead Germany as chancellor

she ran to give back to her country

Bejamin Netanyahu

at the age of 18 he joined the military

wrote 5 books

Hu Jintao

he likes table tennis

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

He often helpos clean the streets of where he works

He blogs

Hamid Karzai

Born on Christmas Eve

He survived at least 4 assassination attempts

Pranab Mukherjee

works 18 hours a day

famous for smoking a pipe

Francois Hollande

likes mcdonalds burgers

is only 4' 5" tall

David cameron

his first child died of cerebal palsy and epilepsy

decendant of king William IV

Dilma Rouseff

named one of the worlds 100 most influental people in 2012

36th President of Brazil

Hugo Chavez

Has a sunday talk show

Tried to overthrow the government and spent 2 years in prison

Political Leaders

Mexico:

Type of government – Federal Republic

President - Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa

China:

Type of Government – Communist State

President – Hu Jintao

India:

Type of Government – Federal Republic

President - Pranab Mukherjee

Afghanistan:

Type of Government – Islamic Republic

President - Hamid Karzai

Iran:

Type of Government – Theocratic Republic

President - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Israel:

Type of Government – Parliamentary Democracy

President - Shimon Peres

Germany:

Type of Government – federal republic

President – Joachim Gauck

United Kingdom

Type of Government - constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth realm

President/Leader - Queen Elizabeth II

France

Type of Government – Republic

President - François Hollande

Brazil

Type of government – federal republic

President – Dilma Rousseff

Venezuela

Type of government – Federal Republic

President - Hugo Chávez

Saudi Arabia

Type of Government – monarchy

Leader- King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud