In Class 11-30-10

In class we started to watch Slumdog Millionaire to show about poverty in India. In the movie we saw Jamal get beaten because he won Who Wants to be a Millionaire but they think he cheated because hes a "Slumdog".


Mumbai:
#1: Has a literacy rate of 85.6%. Men with 90% and women with 82.7%.
#2: Rupee is the currency.
#3: Accounts for 16% of income tax collections and 35% of corporate tax collection in the country
#4: Estimated to have 27 million people by 2020 and will be the second largest city in the world after Tokyo
#5: It is home to both the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay stock exchange.

http://onlybombay.blogspot.com/2007/01/interesting-facts-about-mumbais.html
http://www.mumbaiproperties.com/Mumbai_-_Fact_File/page_748140.html

Dharavi: A slum where over 18,000 people crowd into one acre and has been known to be "The largest slum in the world." It's found right in the middle of Mumbai
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/dharavi-mumbai-slum/jacobson-text

Bollywood: The film industry of India. It is described as commercial Hindi films, producing only 1500-2000 films a year. Only 15-20% of Bollywood films are successful each year.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:bollywood&sa=X&ei=OwP1TNWlKsOB8gbgtLDhBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CBMQkAE
http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/001907.html

India Questions

#1: What is the current population of India? About 1.21 billion http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=8719
#2: What is the total fertility rate in India? 2.65 children per 1 woman https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
#3: What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line? 25% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
#4: Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India? 1: On Feburary 13 Islamic terrorists bombed a restaurant killing 17 people. 2: 9 people were killed and 57 were wounded in a bakery explosion. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/india/terrorism/index.html?offset=25&s=newest
#5: The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the countries of the world by poverty. What is India ranked? 119th http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/asia/19iht-letter.html?ref=india
#6: Briefly describe the effects of monsoons on India? It made water levels rise above 350 ft. flooding the town. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/world/asia/01india.html
#7: What are some of the problems India has getting clear water to its people? Raw sewege pours into the city through the river http://video.nytimes.com/video/2006/09/28/world/1194817098866/part-1-water-woes-in-india.html
#8: What is the litarcy rate in India? 61% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
#9: What are the major religions in India? Hindu, Muslim, Christian, and Sikh https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
#10: When did India achieve independence, and from what country? August 15 1957 from the UK  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

China & India

China and India are the only two "population billionaires"

China: 1.35 billion
India: 1.21 billion

40% of the population, live in China or India.

The population in 1950 is about equal to the population of China and India combined

The United States is the third biggest in population with 318 MILLION.

Each of their population is bigger than the whole western hemisphere's population.

The life expectancy for China is 73 years, and India's life expectancy is 64.

International migration is not that big of a deal to them, they don't like it, but they're not worried about it.

Homework

Organic Certified Coffee: Is coffee grown by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality
http://www.groundsforchange.com/learn/organic.php


Fair Trade Coffee: Coffee that is made sure that more money goes to the people that produce the coffee 
http://www.lwr.org/coffee/


Crop: A plant or animal product that can be harvested for profit. 
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crop

Commodity: An economic good.
http://dictionary.weather.net/dictionary/commodity

Poverty: When someone doesn't have a acceptable amount of money or belongings
http://dictionary.weather.net/dictionary/poverty?show=0&t=1289417475

All my other questions are already answered on my blog yesterday

Notes 2

We watched videos in class and we had to find five terms we are unfamiliar with. They are:

Coffee is the most heavily traded crop

The money that is made by selling coffee isn't being given to the people in poverty that make it.

Specialty Coffee: special coffees.

Who consumes the most coffee in the world? Finland

Where is the only place in America that makes coffee? Hawaii


Who makes all the money in selling the coffee? The people who actually sell it (Starbucks, McDonalds, etc.). Not the people that grow it.

Fair Trade Coffee: Changing the fact that before the coffee industry was like a sweat shop.

Organic Certified Coffee:


What is changing as big company's buy coffee? They ask more questions that shows they are starting to care about these growers more.

Who is the number 1 exporter of coffee? Brazil

Crop: Anything you consume as a person.

In Class 11-3-10

In class today, like every other class for the past few days, we got together into our groups and finished up our projects that are due Friday.