Humanities 2-8 Scramble For Africa

1. What strategy did you use to claim land?

We used the natural resources map which shows what kinds of resources are available in each countries. We tried to claim parts of the land with the most natural resources in it especially the ones with the resources that our country needed.

2. What factors did you consider in claiming land?

First, the resources in the land and the resources that our country required. We didn't really care where, unless it did have coal and iron in it. Because coal and iron were teo of the resources that out country was looking for.

3. Who won the Scramble for Africa?

I think that Great Britain won the game because they had the most dices to claim the lands and rhey were lucky to win over other countries lands as they risked their own. And by gaining alot of land, you have higher chance of having possesion of the land with the most resources.

4. Who lost in the Scramble for Africa?
I think that Spain lost in the game as they did gain the least amount of land. And by not havign alot of land, they might not have possesion of the land withthe resources they needed.

Africa News Current Events #2

Ten Hostages Seized Off, Cameroon Freed
On October 31st, pirates had attacked a French ship in the waters of Cameroon, taking 10 crew members as hostages. Six of the captured were French nationals, two were Camerronians, one was Tunisian and onew waus Senegalese. No one was injured according to Bourbon, shiping company.
The attack in the middle of the night when 3 boats of armed man came by. The Bourban Sagitta had been loading crude oil from a field off the Bakasi Peninsula, about 180km away from Cameroon when suddenly pirates attacked the ship on the way and took 10 crews as while fleeing. French Foreign Minister had called Paris to deal with the situation. But on November 11th, the hostages were brought home safe and sound. President Nicolas Sarkozy's office and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's office said that they credited help from Cameroon's president, Paul Biya and Nigerian government.

I thought that this article was important because this article also had impact on other parts of the world-France- and it is a very recent news. It lead to more articles and at the end the hostages were released. And I thought that this article was kind of interesting that the pirates had attacked the ship and fled with 10 hostages. I didn't know that there were that many pirates in the sea near Cameroon.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/11/cameroon.hostages.freed.ap/index.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/31/cameroon.hijacking/index.html

Central Africa_Physical Geography

Central Africa is a region that has two distinct climates, mostly humid. Central Africa is shaped like a wide, flat bowl and in the middle of the bowl is called the Congo Basin. Many low hills and plateaus surround the Congo Basin. A huge river called the Congo River lies in the middle of the region. It is fed by hundreds of smaller rivers. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean and there are many waterfalls that lie along its route making it impossible for the ships to travel through. Central Africa lies along the equator and in the low altitudes. Therefore, most of the region in Central Africa are humid and receives warm temperature and a lot of rainfall all year long. The climate support the large tropical rain forest which is a home to such organisms as gorillas, elephants, insects and birds. The government has set up many national parks to save the forests from farming and logging. While the middle of the Central Africa is always rainy and humid, North and South of the Central Africa have a tropical savanna climate. It is warm all year long too, but it has distinct dry and wet season. There are grasslands, a few trees, and some shrubs. Dry area and desert areas are found in the far southern part of the region. The warm weather and water source make a perfect condition for the crops to grow. Common crops are coffee, bananas, and corn. Africa is rich in natural resources as well. The forests provide timber, and the rivers give out hydroelectricity. Central Africa also has a lot of valuable minerals such as diamond, gold, copper, etc. Overall, Central Africa is a region rich of natural resources.

TBAS- Can We Trust It?

Can we trust the “truthfulness” of what we read in To Be A Slave ? Why or why not? Support your answer.

I think we can trust the book, To Be A Slave, but not entirely. It is true that African people were taken away from their homes and that they were tortured. First of all, the author, Julius Lester is a teacher from a well-known college and teaches human rights. He wouldn't have written the story wihout specific facts because the book won a New Berry Honor prize which is another stong reason that this book is reliable. And thirdly, I think Mr. Coyle wouldn't have let us read this book if it was exaggerated on the slve's point of view and had personal ideas in it.

Africa News Current Events #1

U.N. Chief: Rebels 'poisonous' for Congo

This article was about the rebels in Congo. The rebels are fighting the government troops in The Democratic of Congo and the U.N. chief was concerned that the rebels will be "poisonous" for Congo. The violence and the attacks were worsening the whole issue and the situation. A lot of innocent people have been exposed to the battles and though many of them fled to other countries or the U.N. protected camps, hundreds have died during the last past eight weeks. It had started from the killings of a half-million Tutsis by Hutu militia in Rwanda and Congo's civil wars in 1994. A lot of people were killed and people near by could hear someone screaming and would find a corpse being taken away in the morning. People demanded that Nkunda and Mai Mai commanders should order their troops to stop committing such horrible crimes and that they should be responsible for all the deaths. Other countries have agreed to stop arming, financing or support armed group in anyway.

I thought that this article was important because the rebels could end up worsening the whole country. A lot of innocent people are getting murderd out in the streetins and making all the people around the country more stressed and panicked. Many people, including the neighboring countries and the U.N. have to suffer from it and is trying to work things out.

cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/07/congo.summit/index.html?iref=newssearch

5 Themes of Geography

There are people seating out in the restaurant watching the view and eating. There aren't that many people walking around and a there is a man dressed up like a waiter. The climate is very good and the sky is pretty with clouds and the sky is azure. The whole place is really bright and clean. The people are wearing normal European clothes and are just ambling through the streets. There is no car on the street. The houses are not tall and have a slanted roof. The ground floor of the buildings are shops and on top are houses where people live in.

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Violence Leads to More Violence

Evaluate this quote, “Violence leads to more violence.” Use evidence from Julius Caesar and current world events to support or reject.

The meaning of the quote is that once you start a violence, it'll never end or become worse. You should never solve things by violence because it could come back to you. I think that was what happened in Julius Caesar. Brutus and the other conspirators shouldn't have had killed Caesar without telling him what their problems were. Because at the end, they all ended up like Caesar. You wouldn't know who would be holding grudges against you. I think that happens in modern world when people murder other people usually because they hold grudges against that people. It happens in wars too. When a country A start attacking the other, B, country B won't just let country A attack their country. Some other countries who haven't been liking country A might start helping country B to defeat country A. And other countries would start making teams which will lead to a calamity and end up killing a lot of innocent people.