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Tuesday Homework November 2nd 2010

1. How does advertising influence consumption ?
- If the advertising is very good, attractive to the people, but it isn't show any bad stuff of that things, it will make the people buy a lot of stuffs that they saw on TV and I think environment will lose lots of natural resources. It will be the big problem to the environment and people in the future, if we keep buying lots of stuffs. But if people can't buy any more stuffs, how can they live, and the demand of people will be lower. That is very important to people to buy new stuffs and that either make the environment be worst. But if people just buy enough that they can, it will be OK for the environment keep the natural resources sustainability.

2. Do you think citizens are sufficiently informed about the sustainability of our consumption habits? If not, how can we become more informed about sustainability issues?
- I think not, because everyday citizens act just the same, go to school by car, go to bathroom, eat, but they don't think about the sustainability habits, they don't think about their grandson in the future, they just act what they usually do. They don't think about sustainability, we have to tell them just use enough things, don't waste too much water, it will effect to their son or grandson a lot because in the future they will not have any water to use if now they use all of the water. We have to tell them that it is very important if we informed the sustainability of our consumption habits.

3. Do you think these advertising techniques influence what you and your friends purchase?
- Yes, I do. These advertising techniques will influence a lot to me and my friends purchase because if the advertising is more attractive and techniques, we just thinking about the good things of that stuff and think that will be useful to us. We don't care about the cost and other bad stuffs, we just need to know that is pretty, attractive, useful, popular,... But if we careful and think about other bad stuff, we will know exactly which things that we really need to buy, that is the point if everyone know that and do the same.

Sustainable Development

10 ways to reduce the books footprint

1/ Walk to the book store instead go by motorbike or car.
2/ Recycle the paper after we read or use.
3/ If finish reading instead of throw it away, you should sell it to someone and take the money give to the place that they plant tree.
4/ Instead of reading book in paper, you should read it on the internet.
5/ You should borrow the book in the library or friends.
6/ If you finish reading you should give it to your friends if they borrow it.
7/ Sell the book cheaper.
8/ Don't fire the book after you reading, give it to the orphanage.
9/ Use the book carefully so you don't need the plastic cover outside
10/ Bring your bag when you go to the bookstore so you won't use their plastic bag, it can't recycle.

Migration / Immigration Assessment

My cousin name is Tun. He moved from Vietnam to America when he was 3 years old. His family decided to move there for better opportunities of having better living. They have lived there for almost 20 years. His parents got a good job in there. His mom is an accountant and his father is a pharmacist. The pull factor is better job in America, the salary is much higher, the tax is lower, the house is more comfortable, the school is better and they can get more benefits from their company like: car and free accommodation. This is an external migration. He moved to another country because of his parent’s decision. The urban city that he lives is lively. It’s a very crowded. He doesn’t have any relatives in America. Life is better his family. His parents got a good job, and he went to a good school…His family thought here school was the best and have better education. It good enough for him to studied hard. He learned about designing. Now, he’s a fashion designer.

Some of the positive effects when he went to a new place are: good climate; the people are friendly, good food and modern technology. Negative effects are: he is scared of his new school because he had new classmates, unfamiliar with the area he’s living, foreign language spoken and culture. The positive effects when he left his country are pollution free, better schools and learned a lot of new things. The negative effect when he left his country is boredom because he had to stay at home the first time he came. He felt homesick because he missed his friends and relatives. He really loves to live in America. Only he wants to come back to Vietnam just to visit his relatives and friends.

The Article title:"A Message From Mother Nature"

1/ What is the main point of article ?
. Is a message from mother nature.
2/ List four vocabulary words that you do not recognize or understand, look up the definitions, write them out using your own words.
. monsoon: it's like a heavy rain and it's long.
. dozen: a lot.
. climatologist: is the person who's study about climate.
. drought: is no rain for a long time.
3/ What is the difference between “weather” and “climate”?
I think the difference between them is the climate is the measure of time. Weather is like the atmosphere are change in a short time. Climate is the atmosphere are over for a long time.
4/ What are the examples listed in the article of “extreme weather”?
. Drought
. Monsoon
. Flood
. Snowstorm
. Earthquake
. Tidal Wave
5/ What experiences have you had with “extreme weather”?
. I have had the monsoon experience. It always happen to me because I live in Ho Chi Minh City and that is The South of Asia.
. I have had flood experience, too. But it just happen sometimes.
6/ What does the word “perception” mean?
.Perception is like an opinion, how you understand or view something.
7/ What is your “perception” of global climate change?

. I think global climate change is not good to people, plants and animals. It'll destroy all the cities. We will lost our home because an earthquake and a tidal wave. It'll burn the earth. The desert will be bigger. The forest will be smaller. If people doesn't save the Earth any more. I think someday, it will kill all of us. We need to save the earth now. Switch off the lights, throw garbage into the bin, save the animals and plants. PLEASE SAVE THE EARTH FOR OUR LIFE.

5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

- The Absolute Latitude and Longitude is the exact location of a place like 40°W and 100°E. If someone has an accident in Pretty Girl country, they have to know the exact location where they stand and The Relative Location is a place that is relative to another place. Example: If someone doesn't know where to find the Pink River he has to know what is the opposite of that place like The Crazy Mountain.
- The movement means people move from one area to another. Just like people from Rock Girl Country who moved to Pretty Country where in the Capital City is there. Transferring of ideas is by education and research. Because in Pretty Girl have a lot of schools, jobs, houses, buildings,... When they move, they have to study the different language of another country in order to make conversation with people.
- The Human - Environment Interaction is how the people adapted to their new environment. Like people came to know other languages by meeting other people from different country. They came to learn the culture and tradition of that place.
- The Place is both man made and physical. Physical Place like mountains, rivers and forests. Man Made are those buildings, railways, airports and roads.
- The Region is a part of a country that has the same human characteristic, climate and geography. Just like Stylish Girl which has forests, rivers and minerals.