Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Geography


1. It is a UN conference to discuss future development and the successful and smart use of natural resources.
2. The United Nations.
3. 1992
4. Rio De Janeiro
5. Rio 2012
6. The Earth Summit is a meeting amongst the world leaders to help improve and develop undevelop countries and to help improve and sustain the environment.
7. Future development has to be sustainable, development has to be eco-friendly and all countries need to work together to achieve these two goals.
8. I think it is necessary because the earth an the leaders of it need  to discuss problems and sort them out.
9. I think it has been successful in the past because many things are put into place when it is finished, and many of those things are successful in helping to save the planet and its people.
10. The Earth Summit discusses things such as Sustainable development and helps to encourage it and increase the worlds ability to manage it. They put plans in order so that we can Develop Sustainably.
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Monday, 5 March 2012

Activity 6


The Holocaust
Activity 6

1) The holocaust was the deliberate, systematic, planned mass murder of all the jews in Europe. It was a genocide.

2) To eliminate all of their political opponents.

3) At first their one unit, the Einsatzgruppen also known as ‘special action groups’ or ‘killing squads’ followed the German army into the Soviet Union and rounded up Jews and executed them but then they started to commit mass murders by means of gas chambers, at their concentration camps and some death camps. It was genocide, selective mass murder intended to destroy all or part of a national ethnic or ‘racial group.

4) The world didn’t respond well, they were highly against it and appalled that people could do such a thing, it was extreme prejudice and it can also be considered a war crime, a severe one. They forced them to sign a treaty that prohibited them from doing such violent things.

Monday, 30 January 2012

SDI

I the SDI initiative is a great idea. It gives many rural areas of South Africa a chance to grow and expand and also to earn money off the land and natural resources around them. It will decrease the unemployment rate and most probably decrease poverty aswell. I think its a great initiaive for South Africans and it should be implemented in more areas.

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Review On The AnyWays Video

I think its an amazing idea because it gives hope to these people that live in this rural area and it shows that they can help themselves and build up their own community and that they dont have to rely on the government to provide their houses. They are in control of their life and their future. I think these projects are great ideas and there should be more of them.It gives people reason to work and it keeps them from crime, it also builds houses for them. If they live in the houses, disease and death tolls will definitely decrease. They can also continue to improve their living environments and they can teach their children and friends etc. If this work ethic continues South Africa can improve it infrastructure and make us a fully fledged first world country.

Monday, 23 January 2012

Activity 1

Activity 1:  Development
1. It is anything that helps a country, city, technology or anything become more developed and refined and/or helps its infrastructure improve.
2. Health Services, Education, Electricity, Running Water and Crime Levels.
3.

Developed
Less-Developed
Many World Class Hospitals
High Crime Levels
Low Crime Level compared to other less developed countries
10 or more % of houses don’t have running water


 

4. LEDC: Less Economically Developed Country
MEDC: More Economically Developed country
5. It is because it is a lot more calculated and takes into account more than one indicator therefore it is a lot more likely to be correct. It also focuses on how people are living, and this is one of the main things that will determine whether a country is developed or not.
5.1.       Yes there is some overlap
5.2.      If your HDI is very low, this means that you will probably not have access to basic human needs or hosptals, doctors etc.
5.3.       The less people you have in a country, the less money you can make. If lots of babies die, this means there are very few health facilities. Also, if lots of babies are dying, this generally means that the country does not have electricity or running water and also it may mean that the people are uneducated.
5.4.      It is when you only farm to support your own families.
5.5.      Education
5.6.       It is development that will last and carry on going.