Mr. Schick Left So We Compared Countries

Today in Human Geo we had to go to a website where we could compare our country to any other country. The first one I chose to compare was Australia. Three facts I found interesting about this country were:

• it is the sixth largest country in the world with 7,741,220 square kilometers
• a great number of Australia's plant life can be found nowhere else in the world
• is 21.92% less likely to be unemployed then America, Australia has an unemployment rate of 5.70% while the United States has 7.30%

Next, I chose to compare Japan, and found these three facts: 

• it is 65.48% less likely to die in infancy than the U.S.,  the number of live deaths in Japan is 2.13 while in the United States it is 6.17
• after three decades of unprecedented growth, their economy experienced a major slowdown starting in the 1980's, but nonetheless the country still remains a very high economical power 
• in Japan you are 92.11% less likely to be murdered than in the United States (.30 in every 100,000 people in Japan are murdered, compared to 3.80 in the U.S.) 

Lastly, I chose Germany: 

• I would use 40.98% less electricity there than I would here in the United States
• it is Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation (with Russia coming in first) 
• you are 89.11% less likely to be in prison in Germany than in the U.S. 

I think Kiva would be an interesting thing to try and participate in because of the cause and what it would do for the people we donated the 25$ to.