Great Powers Game Debrief

My country was Japan. Building my empire was hard at first, but the more buying power i had, the more easier it became. The empire would gradually build up, and at first i felt that Japan was hopeless, and it wouldn't have much power as other countries, but later it felt that Japan had a chance. The countries with the higher buying powers such as US had more of an advantage because it could gain more power faster by buying many industries, and armies. My empire felt small against the large countries, and its power was small.

At the beginning of the game, it felt more important to buy industries because you could earn 1 more everytime you buy it, increasing your buying power so you can buy more. But further into the game, it felt more important to have the right amount of armies because eventually, you would be attacked.

I personally think i did well negotiating, and having definite allies who would for sure back me upwhen i needed help. what i would have done differently was changing my technique to buying lots to industries and colonies to increase the power, and then buy all armies to the end so i would have enough to defeat the other countries.

My alliances were successful, although some of them wanted to change, but didn't. I also ended up being alliances with Russia who had promised to give me the land i needed. I could trust Russia the most to have backed me up. She could help me because she got wiped out right before me. Not all allies could be trusted, such as Germany. Germany were my allies, but they wanted to join the winning side so they had a bit of confusion.

I learned that different countries wanted similar properties that other countries had, and they would fight, or even start a war in order to gain that money. Also, not all allies could have been trusted, you mostly had to be independent in making the choices.

End of Quarter 2 Feedback

I have developed a clear and good understanding on imperialism. i have learned what it means, the positives affects, and the negative affects that occurred over those years. it has given me a new understanding of something i have never heard, or learned about before. i have developed a good understanding on imperialism. I have achieved my second goal, but no to the best. Spelling is good, i have done my best, and commas, periods, etc are better. Just sometimes i can miss out on one or two of them, but overall, i have tried to achieve this goal, and i'm getting there. My third goal was to do better in Socratic seminars. We haven't done much of that lately, instead we have done trails. It is a good way to bring out ideas, and i am trying to improve at that.
My new goals for this quarter are:
1) Be more efficient in writing final copies, and all punctuation are correct
2) Keep up with the class and classwork, including homework
3) Participate during class more often

Net Effect Of Imperialism

Positives:

• Helped the Africans into Education
• Modernized it more by building railroads
• Built hospitals
• Grew lots of crops
• found many natural resources
  

Negatives:

• Forced natives to work
• whipped them
• chained them
• diseases had spread across Africa
• didn't get paid
• Natural resources were taken away
  
• small homes were provided for many people at once
  
• got clothes once a year
• sold to one another
• wars and bloodshed in Africa
• treated like property
• not treated equally

SQ3R-Central Africa Today

Countries in Central Africa has been very poor, and low in economy. Professionals such as doctors and teachers had leftthe country. The ethnic groups had fought each other, leaving the country high in poverty. In The Democratic Republic of Congo, people usually live in rural areas where they farm and trade for food. Although they have a lot of gold, diamonds, and cobalt, they are still a poor country. In Cameroon however, people have a high standard of living. Guinea and Sao Tome living conditions are still poor, even though they had a recent discovery of oil they need to import for food. In Gabon, people get provided a high standard of living. They were doing good in the economy, until the civil war hit, which impacted their economy in a very negative way. In Angola however, 85% of the people there do subsistence farming for a living. One of the reasons why these countries are poor is because the corrupt officials have taken large amounts of money from the countries. Zambia and Malawi have a slow growing economy. People whom had been injured, or hurt could no longer work. The main killer in Central Africa is Malaria. Every 30 seconds, a child dies from malaria. Another main killer is HIV AIDS. About 50% of the people below age 15 hads been affected by it. Food production, agricultural land, healthcare, and many others need to be improved in order to keep the country healthy, and low in poverty.

Africa Current Event (3)

Forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo are fighting local militiamen in the rebel's territory. The Mai Mai militiamen were normally pro government, but they had been trying to take advantage of the army in order to get their weapons. This had taken place early Tuesday in the around Kanyabayonga. On Sunday, the government troops were forced to abandon the eastern Congolese town. The latest fighting smashed cease-fire between rebels. Fighting between government forces and rebels had displaced more than 250,000 people. They had had a meeting with Nkunda and the Congolese president. Fresh war broke out again on Sunday around Ndeko.

This article is newsworthy because it tells the people around where the war had broken out to be careful of it and not get close. It also shows conflict between the two, and how they are fighting. This article is a continue from other articles, and a follow up to what had happen before, and what had happened currently. This story has also happened not too long ago, and is good for those who need a heads up on what has been going on where they live.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/18/congo.ceasefire.rebels/index.html

Imperialism Cartoon

The main visual elements that stand out in this cartoon the most is that there is a footprint on Africa. The people have put a foot mark on Africa, as if claiming people have been here, and it belongs to them.

This issue talks about how European countries have stepped on their land, and taken it. It shows that people had come into Africa, and stole whatever they needed without asking them. They had stamped their foot on whatever places they wanted. The cartoonist's opinion on this issue is that people are taking over land for their needs, and not caring about those living around them. The evidence that supports my opinion is because there is a huge footprint right across the whole part of Africa, which shows someone has been there, and are claiming it theirs.



http://mrcoyle.edublogs.org/files/2008/11/colonialism.jpg

SQ3R- History & Culture of Central Africa

Central African countries had been influenced by European kingdoms, changing their way of life. People had begun to migrate to Central Africa, establishing several kingdoms. One of the most important kingdom was the Kongo Kingdom. This kingdom had grown rich of animals skins, shells, slaves, and ivory. The European used resources such as ivory, to make jewelery, statues, and piano keys. Some countries has become richer because of the Europeans, but later weakened by the European influence. They had divided Central Africa into colonies. They hadn't known that doing this would have changed the people. There were many Ethic groups, and many different beliefs. Putting them all together caused conflict because they had different customs, and languages. Central Africa had gained independence after world war 2. But later, this didn't solve the ethnic groups to stop conflict. They had continued to fight with one another within the borders.


Central Africa had been also greatly influenced about culture. There were a variety of languages being spoken, but because of the influence, they had started speaking many European languages. Europeans had also brought Christianity to Africa. It is also the home of Hindu's and Muslims. Central Africa had its own traditional cultures, such as sculpture, wooden masks, and cotton gowns. It is also popular because of its music. All these changes from European countries had brought a tremendous amount of change to Central Africa.