Net Affect of Imperialism in Africa

Overall I would have to say that Imperialism did not help Africa very much but it did help with some aspects of the African countries.
Positives:
Made railroads
Sea Ports
Telegraph lines
New ways to get power
Steam Engine
New Government
New Skills
Schools built Racism
Cleanness improved
New areas discovered

Negatives:
Lots of people killed
Slavery
Culture was destroyed
Old Economies destroyed
Resources stolen
Empires destroyed
Way of life was diminished
Racism

South Africa Current Event 3

Link:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7723171.stm

Schools in South Africa are on a bad route. If they continue to decline at the rate they're going they will turn into very bad and crummy schools. Katlehong Technical High students are very hopeful to pass the end of the year passing exam. Last year a meas ling 16% actually passed the exam to move on last year. Many people blame the government for hiring foreign teachers who fled because of the Zimbabwe business. The Principle of the Katlehong High says the failure of the school has come because of the lack of special teachers. Lots of parents are starting to complain and get woried. The government is trying to fix this but ti is hard.

This story is news worhty because of the school crissis an entire geniration may be uneducated and that will have catastrofic affects apon the country.

Southern Africa Today

South Africa has become a stable region with some good economies and governments. Some are still struggling thought but they are trying to fix their problems. A major problem that has hurt Southern Africa is apartheid. South Africa has put up sanctions to stop this but other countries don't like this very much and have retaliated harshly. Other countries such as Lesothe and Swaziland have to deal with enclave which means they are surrounded by hostile territory. Some of the main problems with Southern Africa right now are poverty, unemployment, disease mainly HIV aids, enviromental destruction. The AU or African Union is try all they can to help with stopping these problems. So over all Southern Africa has some problems but their booming economy and governments make up for those losses.

Imperializm Cartoon

The main visual elements to this cartoon are there is a large foot print on the nation of Africa which seems to have made the ground under it like a desert or unusable and unwanted. I feel this cartoon is trying to tell us that what the European countries did in Africa was wrong and was unhelpful as if the foot print Europe made was devastating and wrong. I think the cartoonist views are they are against what Europe did.
I think he or she feels this way because the foot print seems to be doing something bad to the country. I also think the cartoonist could have shown the shoe that made the print leaving with a lot of resources stuck to the bottom of the shoe.

Culture and History in Southern Africa

The cultures of southern Africa are very complex and interesting. Before the major European countries came into Africa and took over chunks of land, Africa was a thriving nation. In 1400s a tribe called the Shona was at its peak. It was a leading tribe and had many achievements, such as Great Zimbabwe. The Great Zimbabwe was made in 1100s and was the capital of the Shonas nation. It was a great trading post and city. It eventually fell in power in the 1500s when gold was not traded as much as it used to be and that was its main export. By the end of that time the dutch and moved in and taken over. When the dutch came so did new ideas. Many dutch ideas where taken and combined with the african ways to creat a new people the the Afrikaners and the Boers. These two groups lived peacfully until the british came and started to take land for themselves. A nother tribe the Zulus rose in power in this time period but were also defeated by the British. Slavery was introduced and many peoples lives were thrown into poverty. In the early 1900s The South Africa's government became very racist. There were laws put up against peopel of different cultures and the people were split up into these four groups whites, blacks, Coloureds, and Asians. The system went like this blacks on the bottom the coloureds and asians a little above and the whites on top. This all changed in 1960 when many colonies of people tried to and succeded in gaining independence. One group of people fought the british for ten years and finally won independence this area is now know as Zimbabwe. Other countries followed and finally the nation of Africa was made.

Scramble For Africa

1. My strategy for taking land was take land in chunks don't just get a square here and a square there.

2. The main factor that I considered when taking land was did it have resources, did it have value to other teams, and was it one of our countries goals to get.

3. I would have to say that a lot of teams won per say but i cant really tell because each team had different goals but if its just who got the most land i would say a tie between Germany and Great Britain.

4. I dont think anyone lost because people had different main objectives but if by how much land they got well than Spain lost.    

South Africa Current Event 2

Linkhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7725548.stm

In this article the writer is talking about how in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe is being pushed to start up a government. This issue was pressed to him on November 12. The original idea of a joint government that Mugabe is being pushed to start was made up by the regional group Sadc. Many people would like Mugabe to follow this plan because they think it is the best plan and every day that goes by without a government more people fall into chaos and get closer to death.

This story is news worthy because first the country that is in trouble is  in my region so the other countries in the region have to deal with it. Second it has drawn some major groups such as the UN into this problem. Third if this problem in the article is not solved it could have some very large affects on the country of Zimbabwe.     

Physical Geography of South Africa

Southern Africa is a environmentally rich region with a great physical geography. If you visited this region you may see oozy swamps, grassy plains, rivers, waterfalls, great deserts, and steep mountains and plateaus. Many of the people who have based their lives in this region have found great shelter on these plateaus. Some of the many other physical features of these lands are the Drakensberg and Inyanga mountain ranges. There are also a few rivers including the Okavango and Limpopo rivers. It is here that many of the wild life of this region such as lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, and crocodiles come to live there lives. There are also large forests that contain numerouse species of lemur on the island madagsacar. Rivers spread across the region have made sertain areas lush and livly. Other rivers that have dried up in the past have left large amounts of minerals in the desrts that are now there. Also many gold and diamond mines are spread around the region helping the countries in these regions economies. So overall Southern Africa is a very rich enviroment and is a very nice place to visit.

Can we trust the book "To Be A Slave"

Yes I think we can trust the book to be a slave. First the book has won a lot of awards for being a good book and has won a famous award called the Newbery Honor award. Second the book has many different sources of information which are listed at the end of every clipping of writing from that source. Third he had gotten hold of written interviews from slaves back before the slave trade was abolished so he was able to get many points of views. One reason we might not be able to trust him is because his ancestors were slaves so he might have a strong dislike of slavery and might over exaggerate. So over all i think we can trust this book.

African Current Event 1

I am doing the news story of how Zimbabwe's two governmental parties have refused to work together on the disputed home affairs ministry.

In a meeting of governments of southern Africa a summit of southern African leaders told Zimbabwe's two governmental parties to share the disputed home affairs ministry. Mr. Morgan Tsvangiria rejected this plan strongly and said that there is no sharing, swapping, or rotation of ministries. He said that the situation was the government party that had won an election was being kind enough to let the losing party to even be part of thew government. He also said that himself and his party are still willing to "power share" control with the opposition. The South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, who also chaired at the summit agreed that "power sharing" was the only way to go. Many people are getting anxious about the political dead lock and Mr. Tsvangiria says that if it keeps up that possibly a million Zimbabweans could die.

This article is realated to Zimbabwe because it talks all about the plitical lock down of the country, what the problems are, and what the consequences could be. It also talks about what the two political parties have been doing to try to get a more effecinat government. Many other countries are trying to help Zimbabwe in any way they can, they are also trying to creat ways that the plans of the two governments could work together.

Link to artical:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7718989.stm

Violence leads to more violence

I really fell what this quote is saying is exactly what it says. As people start to create or get involved in violence more violence will begin to happen due to the rising amount of people involved or this violence opens up a reason for more violence. A example form Julius Caesar is when the conspirators kill Caesar Antony and Octavius start a war with the conspirators. A now a days time example is Russia invading Georgia, Russia seemed to invade because people were stirred up about the war in Iraq.

5 Themes Of Geography

I think this picture shows the 5 themes of geography.
First movement, all the people going to see the statue of liberty. Also the man in the picture has a Jesus shirt showing that religion has spread.
Region is that there are many trees in this area and that many people come too visit here.
Human environment interaction is people had to cut down many trees to put up the structures.
Location is 69 degrees west and 47 degrees north.
Place is the statue is on an island.

Brutus's Dilemma

If I were Brutus and I had to choose between my friends and my country, I would have to choose my friends because I think I would like to see where my friend could take Rome and what he would do with the country. Even if Caesar started to hurt Rome I think I would have a close enough relationship with him to change his opinion like Cassius said in 1:2:329. But then there is my standing with the people that I have to keep up like in 2:1:47-60. I understand fully that my decision could be the wrong one, and there could be very bad consequences but I don't really think that if things got really out of hand I could not do something to stop them. So in the end I think I would have to side with Caesar.

Leader

I say the qualities of a good leader are someone who has influence in other people and can make people do what they want in a non-violence way. They also usually have experience and have a good idea of what they are doing. Another good quality of someone who is a leader is they are friendly and make friends easily. They usually have a funny and outgoing personality. I really think Aysha is a leader in AES because she has a good personality and is very friendly. Another person is Sophia because she has this way of getting people to do just what she wants people to do. I think I am a leader because I am so outgoing.

Imperialism

As the different spokes people were talking I realized that Britain seemed to do almost the almost same thing in every country they conquered. They conquered for land, resources, protection, glory, religious reasons, and because they could. The British usually came into power using the military and then shut off the countries economy. Once they did that they started to force the people to make them items they could send back to England to make into products and sell back at that country. they usually tolled the country they were just helping out and would leave soon but then never did. They usually left the country in turmoil and left them to fend for themselves. They also left with people starving and usually took slaves. But Britain did help India and the other countries as well. They usually built schools and taught many children how to read and wright in English. They also built dams, bridges, and canals helping the country. Usually the public health also greatly increased. So overall the British usually did the same thing everywhere they went.

End of Quarter 1 Feedback

I really think I hit on to my first goal because I read about four books this quarter and i am very proud of that. I also became better friends with Casey and Alex which finishes my second goal and last but not least I greatly improved my vocabulary an d reading skills. I am very proud of myself and hope to become even more confident.

My goals for second quarter are, I would really like to help myself become a better speller, I want to become a more confident writer, and lastly I would like to write very meaningful and professional blog entries.

Political Cartoons

This cartoon seems to have two people in it, one is a large dictator like person and the other is a small defenseless person who seems to be being harassed. The larger man is strangling the smaller man and money is falling off the small man. The large man is labeled capitalism and the smaller man is labeled labor. I think cartoon was made to show how the system of capitalism seem to be taking as much money as it possibly could out of its workers. I think the cartoonists opinion on the subject is that capitalism is bad and is cheating people out of there money. I think they feel this way about capitalism because they seem to make capitalism look large and scary but the labor looks small, helpless, and in need of help. The cartoonist could have added in another character, like the form of economy they think is right maybe helping the small person out or trying to make capitalism stop shaking the labor.

Image from:
http://depts.washington.edu/labhist/laborpress/images/Socialist Voice

Goals Feedback

My goals for this quarter were to read more to increase reading skill and vocabulary and to make some new friends with people i didn't really know before. For the first goal I have just started to work on it by reading the book "The Amulet of Samarkand" by Jonathan Stroud so I fell I still have some work to do with that gaol. My second goal I think I've done a little bit better job because in classes I am starting to branch out and work with new people I am also starting to make friends in other grades. So for the most part I feel good about my goals.

Stock Market reflection

I decided that I really liked and connected with the advice "Don't let your emotions get the best of you," so I decided that I would write about that phrase. I really felt that phrase connected with me because I really go with my emotions and usually do what they tell me to do. Now I know that this is not a good trait for the stock trade because people can get really rapped in their money and then not want to spend it. But to be successful in the stock trade you have to spend to make. Another reason you don't want your emotions to get the best of you is even if your stock yuo just bought suddenly drops it may go back up. But if you let your emotions get the best of you might get so mad you that you sell all your stock without waiting to see if it will go back up.

Industrial Revolution

Positives things about the industrial revolution are, the economies of the two main countries that caught on to the industrial revolution their economies sky rocketed . People got stable incomes instead of hoping they will sell stuff when they go to the market. Companies were able to grow at faster rates. They were also able to become much better. 

There were also some very bad things that came along with the industrial revolution. First child labor became more freak went among factories. The living conditions of workers were not very good and cities became over populated. Then the air conditions of factorized areas went from okay to really bad. Those are some goods and bads about the industrial revolution. Food mainly meat was not clean at all but was being sold on the us market. Working conditions for people became very poor.

Industrial Revolution Reflection 2

I really liked the activity we did today because it gave me a sense of what maybe people back then went through every day. I also liked it because it was an out of the box way for use to learn something. The first activity we did doesn't even come close to what we did today. On the first activity we made a toy which was relaxing and peaceful. But on the second day we were really pushed around and yelled at t make a product as fast as we could. All in all I personally thought the second day was a lot more fun.                    

Industrial Revolution activity Response

I thought that this first activity was a little different from what we have done in the year so far. I liked it because it made us think on our feet about making something realistic but still something a kid would be fascinated by. I liked the freedom we got in what we were able to create. So over all I thought it was a fun activity.

Roller Coaster

Oh my stomach I thought as I was being pulled up the conveyer belt of the roller coaster. Too much soda and junk food mixed with pure anxiety and a hint of fear. As I rode to the top my heart started to thump in my ears. The conveyer belt came to a screeching halt. We were at the top! Then slowly and ever so slowly we started the great plunder. At first I thought I was going to throw up, but then it all went away. I was fine. The wind rushed past me as if I was only a piece of dust in the wind. The carts all clattered and shook violently as the decent stopped. Whoosh we went around the turn as if a car was about to hit a wall but just missed it.  We flew violently from side to side as we rounded turns and flew up and down. Then came the looped da loop. I held on for my life. We started the climb but as we reached the top time seemed to stop. I waited and waited for use to go down. And we finally did. We swished out of the looped da loop and started to stop. As soon as it had started, it had ended. I got off and said to myself  "lets do that again."  

Necessity is the Mother of Inventions

Necessity is the mother of inventions; I think this saying is trying to say that we invent things because someone in the world needs it. Some examples are the cotton gin made by Whitney; the cotton gin changed the life of America because it made it so one person could do what used to take one hundred people to do. Another is the airplane made by Orville and Wilber Wright. It changed the world because it connects people through flight. These are just some of the inventions that changed people’s lives there are many more.

Image from:www.usenvy.com

How I learn Best

I usually learn best by visual learning and by auditory learning. With reading books I usually pick up main points but some times miss small little bits of information but there are occasions where I pick up everything said in the book. When I watch movies I pick up some but not all like reading. In auditory learning like lectures I usually get everything said and it sticks in my mind. I really like discussions because I like to learn about how other people think and thoughts they have.

Quarter 1 Goals

1. The first highlight is I have Mr.Coyle for my humanities teacher and my second would probably be I have a close friend in almost all my classes.

2. My first impression of humanities was that it was going to be very fun.

3. One goal I have is to read a lot so my reading skills and vocabulary increase greatly. My second goal would be to make some new friends with people i don't really know very much.  

My Gang

My gang consists of mostly my best friends. Declan because he and I are very much alike. Hun gyu because he is very funny. Joe because he is even funnier than Hun gyu. Jug because hes really cool. John because hes the pet of the gang. Kartik because we both like video games and technology. Do Hyun and Kang Heun because i have alot of clases with them. Corey because he was my old best friend. Sophia because we really understand each other. Aysha because we both like the same things. Shri and Isabelle because we like to laugh. Morgann because we are good friends. Seb (sebastion) because he is just plain awsome.