Scramble For Africa Debrief

We used a strategy for taking over land by exchanging with the country we needed land from. We would also have a lot of countries that had a lot of resources we needed, so that if another country had taken over one of our spots, we would still have many others. We also tried to take as much as possible. When claiming land, we had to look over the maps and see which places had the resources we needed. We also looked at the places that had surrounded us to see if they would try and take over. I would have said that either Germany or Great Britain. Germany had taken over most of south Africa, which was where most of the resources had been. Great Britain had also taken a huge amount of the north, and east. It actually depended on which resources they had been aiming for, but overall, i think either Germany or Britain. I would say that Spain had lost. They hadn't taken over much land, and they only had a few resources.

Africa News Current Events (2)

Angola had promised to send troops to Congo because they had claimed hat Congolese soldiers have raped women, torn down villages, and homes. Angola had last been seen in a conflict with Congo during the 1998-2003, which left 3 to 4 million people dead. Attacks were followed by nighttime with guns near the capital of Goma. It had represented one of the most intense fighting. Both sides have accused the other of violating the ceasefire, that both the U.N. and democratic Republic of Congo officials say they have killed hundreds of people. Also, Congolese troops began looting the village of Kanyabayonga, about 60 miles north of Goma, on a late Monday. They were shooting in the air, and houses. Fighting then broke out in Congo at the end of August over 1994. 250,000 people have been displaced by the conflict. There were about 17,000 U.N. troops in Congo. On Tuesday, U.N. Secretary called for an immediate ceasefire, saying as many as 100,000 refugees north of Goma have been cut off from relief workers. He has requested the U.N. Security Council to authorize an additional 3,000 troops to help control the fighting.
This is newsworthy because it involves conflict. there had been too much that they had to add additinal troops and it is important to the local people to know the danger that has been going around them. It is also a reference to something negative, which makes reader usually more interested, and it involved trying to end the violence. Fighting and stories that are negative, are more newsworthy. It is also like a follow up because they say in around 1994, Angola had also had a conflict between Congo, and then other places in Africa had joined. It is also full of killing and war, fighting against each other which makes it more newsworthy.


http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/12/congo.fighting/index.html

SQ3R Summary-Central Africa Geography

Central Africa is bordered by the Atlantic ocean on the west, and a huge valley called the Western Rift Valley on the east. Passing through Central Africa you will see some of the highest mountains and biggest rivers in Africa. Some main landforms in Africa is called the Congo Basin. It is a flat region that is surrounded by higher land like the mountains and plateaus. There are also two lakes that lie along the rift called Lake Nyasa, and Lake Malawi. One of the main rivers in Africa is called the Congo rivers. It is a huge river that fed by hundreds of small rivers and drain into the Congo basin. Many rivers flows into Zambezi. It is also the route of a very famous waterfall named Victoria Falls. The climate there is a tropical Humid climate, since if lies between the equator. Many animals such as gorillas, elephants, wild boars, and okapis live in the forest lands of Central Africa. tropical environment in Central Africa is also good for growing crops. Common crops that farmers have grown are coffee, banana's, and corn. It has rich natural resources. Another big idea is that the governments have set up national park areas to protect the animals from being hunted. In rural ares people trade agricultural and other products in periodic markets. It means that it is an open air trading market that is set up once of twice a week. Some political problems that keep the region from being fully developed is the poor transportation.

TBAS - Can We Trust?

Yes, I think we can Trust him. In the book TBAS, he had told us where he had gotten his information from. Everyone that had said what it had been like to be to be a slave had been named in this book. He had told us in which books he had the information from, and who had said what they said. He gave us the person's name, stating that this was true. His ancestors were also slaves, so he also had some background information on slavery. Therefor what he had written is possibly true.

Africa News Current Event (1)

Fighting between rebel forces lead to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to evacuate about a dozen aid workers from from near Rutshuru, in eastern Congo. This had occurred on Tuesday when they had evacuated the aid workers. The fighting was taking place in the village of Kiwanja, less than two miles outside Rutshuru. They had needed evacuate the workers because there was fighting against the rebels and local Mai Mai fighters. The UN Peacekeeping mission had needed to take the aid workers outside the fighting border. The fighting rebels had been led by Gen, and as of 9:00pm Laurent Nkunda and Mai Mai fighters had not given up. The the rebels had launched heavy fighting last month displacing thousands of homes from villages.
This news has happend not so long ago, and had involved fighting between rebels and the Mai Mai, making workers and others from villages get evacuated so they dont get caught in the fight. It was a follow up of other stories that had happend between the rebels. They had last month, displaced villages, and had a lot of fighting. It shows the emotions that the rebels had against the others, and that they wanted to fight. It is also newsworthy because it brings out the negative and dangers that the villages had faced.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/04/congo.aid/index.html

5 Themes Of Geography

This picture represents about four of the five themes of geography. The movement happening in this picture is the people. They moved continuously to sell fruits and vegetables, and they move every morning to go to sell them too. The region in this place is full of good soil, in order to plant all the food there. The region is suited for planting foods. The human environment interaction in this picture is how the people are interacting with the rivers, and also the environment because of the planting in soil. The location of this place is Damnoen Sanduak Floating Market, Ratchaburi Province, Southwest Bangkok, Thailand. The place in this picture is different because of the weather, it must be warm all year, and also its selling on boats.










http://www.jacekphoto.com/thailand/thailand_floating_market03.jpg

Violence & Caesar

I highly agree that violence leads to more violence, because if there is a death of one person whom is very important, others who support him would want revenge to that person, causing more violence. This can be supported because in Act 3 scene 1 the conspirators had killed Caesar at the senate, and then trying to calm everyone down. Later in the book Octavius arrives in Rome, and Antony wants to seek revenge to the conspirators who had fled. In Act 3 scene 2, Antony gives his famous speech to the citizens of Rome, trying to tell them how bad Brutus and the others have stabbed him, and how they should seek revenge. Telling them this, makes more violence, not only to them, but also when Brutus and Cassius find out they want revenge, they are going to gather up their group to fight back, leading to more violence. Antony convinces everyone to get revenge on the conspirators by using whatever needed, especially to Brutus, who was Caesar's trustworthy friend. This is also true in the real world because people would want to get back at others and hurt them as much as they had hurt that person. For example, if you dropped a bomb at some very important place, killing millions, they would come back when you never know and bomb one of your places to get even with you. This leads to more violence, and more destruction. It also would hurt others whom have loved that person so much, who would also end up seeking revenge. So violence leading to more violence is highly agreed.