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.