Film Lesson Mountains of the Moon

The film Mountains of the Moon was a very interesting movie because it showed two famous trying to find the source of the Nile River. They were Richard Francis and John Hanning Speke. They hired porters to transport supplies, and sometimes during the night they got attacked, or their own porters stole and deserted them. There were also other hardships like misquotes that carried deadly diseases like malaria. Also there were many other bugs that were pests like beetles, like when John Speke gets one in his ear. The weather was very hot and dry and very hard to survive. The reason why Lake Victoria is still named after the British queen is because at the time Great Britain had the power over that area of Africa. Europeans were a lot more advanced then Africans due to the fact that they had binoculars, telescopes and especially guns. And once they were able to get quinine and machine guns, they were easily able to takeover Africa, the africans just had basic spears.

Imperialism Project

We did the Imperialism Project to see how Imperialism works. Imperialism is when one country takes over another one. We showed countries who took over smaller countries for their resources. I remember my group and I coloring in countries who have taken over other countries with the same color so that they could use their valuable resources, like gold, silver, diamonds, slaves etc. We also drew lines for shipping lines overseas. Britain had the majority of the land captured. Mainly Africa and South America there was a lot of land taken over. For their gold, silver, diamonds, sugar, and slaves. Most of the countries that ruled these lands where Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, and Belgium. This led to the start of cultural diffusion, when countries start to trade food and culture.

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx did not like factory owners and landlords controlling workers beacuse thee used the workers and working conditions were terrible. So he thought of this idea of communism, so that nobody owned a house, land, factory or a business. Everything was owned by the government, and everybody made the same amount of money. The good thing about this was that nobody was poor but the bad thing is that everybody made the same amount of money with a job. This did not work out because people said why should i be a doctor to be rich when i could be a regular grocery store empolyee. Communism fell after 70 years in Russia.

Karl Marx and The industrial Revolution

Karl Marx did not like the Industrial Revolution because working conditions were unsafe and the factory owners steped all over the workers by making them work very fast. He wanted the workers to own the factories not the landlords. He thought about a form of government and invented communism. Communism is when everybody makes the same amount of wealth and all the homes and businesses were owned by the government. This didnt turn out well because if doctors make the same amount as a grocery man, why should i become a doctor. His thought about working conditions was good but his form of government wasn't good. Russia first used communism and it eventually failed after 70 years.

Nationalism and The Creation of Italy

Nationalism is your loyalty to a country. You can show your loyalty by having a flag or a national anthem. This is also known as patriotism. Even if it isn't your real country you could be proud of it and be loyal to it. You can adapt to your new country because you would have a new different culture. like new currency, religion, language etc.
From 1815 t to 1848 Italy was ruled by a different country. the Italians got tired of this so they united and broke off from Austria's rule, and formed a new type of government.I am a nationalist because i have an American flag and i stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning.

Simon Boliviar and The Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar was a very important person in Latin American history. He helped many Latin American countries win their freedom over Spain. The countries of South America were mad at the fact they were listening to a emperor who wasn't even Spanish. He was French These countries and Simon Bolivar were influenced by the American Revolution. Simon had helped free these countries over Spanish rule, and created a democracy. The country of Bolivia was named after him in his honor.

Evolution Vs Creation

Evolution is the belief that we evolved from apes , and fish over millions of years. A man named Charles Darwin came up with this idea. He traveled to the Galapagos islands to study about different types of animals and how they adapted to their environments. On each island he noticed a particular type of bird called a finch except that on each island each one was different. Some had large beaks while others had small beaks. This is natural selection when a particular species adapts to its environment to live better.

Creation is the belief that all living things were created by God. In the book of genesis it says that God created the first man and woman, Adam and Eve. In the bible its says that Adam took one of his ribs and makes the first woman. In creation God created ever thing there is.

I personally believe in creation definitely because i believe in the kuran and bible. That all things were created by God. In evolution animals evolve into different types of animals, I do believe in this in this way but when it comes to who created humans i believe in creation where God created everything. Because who created apes then? Or fish?