What is the Net Effect of Imperialism?

Pros:
*Brought in Civilization
* New Ideas to the country
* New ideas like transportation
* A bit of communication
* Gave education.
* New ways of developing the economy
*Brought in Global trade
*Solved most of the health problems in the country
* Arica became a democracy

Cons:
* Imperialism brought in slavery
* Slaves were dehumanized
* Slaves were beaten because they didn't do some small thing.
* Black people weren't treated properly.
* Took up all the resources
* Kings got selfish with Africa's rich resources

Southern Africa- Today

Southern Africa today is what it is, was primarily because of the Apartheid, an apartheid was a division between rich and poor, as time went on, people started to realize that the apartheid was a really bad idea, this was called the sanction. During the sanction, many citizens began to protest against the apartheid for reunion. One of their strong leaders was Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela was prisoned for leading petitions of protest, and is still known for them up till now. Years later, when the south was in great crisis. Nelson Mandela was released from prison and  was elected president of South Africa in the year 1990. People say, that since Mandela was elected, all the peoples' thumbs are up. Yes, today, South Africa has equal right between men and women( it says), and the country's public schools are open to all universities. So you see, nelson Mandela has changed lives for everybody in Southern Africa

What does it mean?

When I first saw this image, I first thought of the europeans(whites), colonizing over the Africans(blacks), in some ways I thought it was very racist, because all the black africans could do was hope that their homes weren't colonized. It wasn't fair for the africans to be kicked out of their homes. Now, let's talk about foot step. When I think of someone putting their foot down in that way, I suppose that that person would be knowing what he or she is doing. And in this case I suppose that the person also want everybody to follow his or her actions in that way, so his or her deed is just let loose. When I think of colonizing, I think of ruling, and this lead my head to one person ruling another, like bullying. So in the end, I think of colonizing as bullying.

Article on South Africa #3:Swaziland: Promise to Heal the Health Service

MLA Citation:

"allAfrica.com: Swaziland: Promise to Heal the Health Service (Page 1 of 1)."allAfrica.com: Home. 14 Nov. 2008. 18 Nov. 2008 .

This article, linked to the citation above, shows that the food and health of Swaziland, Southern Africa, is going down. No matter how rich or poor you are, the hospital conditions in Swaziland are going is at a descending slope. In the article, there is a short quote from the prime minister, Dlamina, instructing the Minister of Health and Social Welfare about how wrong our country has gotten.

"If you don't do what I have just said about improving hospitals, you must just hit the road and head home." 

Shocking, but true, the prime minister of Swaziland stated the rich will soon die, when I read this piece of information I was shocked that they were talking about the rich, I was thinking about how the poor, but now, I think,If the rich are in this state what would the poor be like. Here are a couple of reasons why I  and the rest of Swaziland thinks that it's tough luck for the poor. In Swaziland, it is said that patients have to lie on the floor instead of stretchers. Also that  one of the most eligible doctors in Africa has a high chance of getting HIV aids since he does not have a protection against all the diseases flowing the hospital. Bout what annoys me the most is that most of the poor canNOT afford  a doctor.

Article on South Africa #2:Zimbabwe: Botswana's Khama Calls For New Election

MLA Citation:

"allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Botswana's Khama Calls For New Election (Page 1 of 1)."allAfrica.com: Home. 4 Nov. 2008. 18 Nov. 2008 .

 

         In my first article of Southern Africa, it stated that Zimbabwe was trying to rearrange its government by uniting with a completely new form. In my next article(this one), that links to the MLA citation above, it is just a basic view of why Botswana wants Zimbabwe to re-run Zimbabwe's election. Botswana thinks that if a better or new president comes in, the president could clear up all the mess happening in Zimbabwe. I'm guessing Botswana is very much concerned of Zimbabwe mainly because Botswana is a neighboring country Zimbabwe. I'm guessing it's sort of like a if you die than I have to die too, or if you make a fool out of yourself, i'll get embarrassed too. 

History and Culture

South Africa has a large History and Culture, for example, a tribe of farmers called the Bantus migrated from west Africa to central Africa and then to the South almost 2000 years ago. Much later after that, Europeans arrived in the 1700's and changed to landscape and the way people lived much before that. Now, lets move on to the culture. Overtime many people created a diverse culture in south Africa, infact the region culture reflects both African and European cultures. Not only that, but it is said that the people of Africa belong to hundreds of different ethnic groups. One of the mains points that stick in my head was when Southern Africa's government put up a policy of separation, of races, or apartheid, the country was divided into four groups called the whites, blacks, colored, and Asians, I thought it was just really racist, because some of the colored and Asians couldn't go in certain areas of Africa, and god knows what the condition would be for the blacks or whites.

Scramble for Africa

Me and Dana both got Great Britain, but I guess it was really Dana who got Great Britain, mainly because she did the attacking, negotiations,and claiming of land. Our primary goal was to control the Sues Canal, and we had it(at first). But I guess bit by bit, the Netherlands convinced us in swopping for something we didn't really need. By the time we got to round two, we realized that we needed a lot of the south , and but it was just too late for that since the France were smart and took over a large potion of the south before we even realized we even needed it. Another part we lost out in was attacking, we didn't have great luck with the dices, infact we never won any attacks, nor could we defend, and that was mainly how we lost against  the Netherlands. I'd probably say that Spain or Portugal lost because they had the least amount of squares in the end. One of the main disadvantages for Spain was with the dices. Spain was in the worst shape when we started, with only three dices to roll from. The country that won would probably be France or the Netherlands. The Netherlands did a good job claiming over the Sues Canal, and areas around it, good job! 

Physical Geography of Southern Africa

Southern Africa has a large topography, infact most of the land in Southern Africa is lies on Mountains and Plateuas. These mountain and plateaus reach from 4000 feet or 1220 m above sea level. It is said that the steep face at the edge of a plateau is called an escarpment. Along with Mountains ans Plateaus, South Africa also has a large variety of Rivers. One of the most famous river in South Africa is called the Okavango River. One of the main reasons this river is so famous would be because the rivers water rever reaches the ocean, instead it forms a swampy inland delta. South Africa's Climate gpes from each to west, but it is said that the driest place in the whole of South Africa would be Madagascar, an island South East of Africa. Now lets move on to the resoarces in South Africa. Madagascar's froest provide timber, the regions fast flowing rivers provide hydroelectricity and also water for irrigation. But these aren't the regions most valuable resoarses, infact they are minerals. Mines in the South West of Africa provide most of the gold and silver the whole world uses today. So now you know South Africa is maily covered with grassy plains and deserts atop a large plateau. Minerals are among the region's main resoarces.

CAN we trust the book "To Be A Slave"?

I'd Probably say yes, I do trust Julius Lester and his book, because all the detailes are so clear, it's as if he's probably interviewed each and every slave he has in "To Be A Slave" For example on page 38, there is a lot of detail, and he's also conveyed it in the right way, by showinig it in first person and later on explain it in third person. Also, the book, " To Be A Slave" has also won a Newbery Honor Book award which means the book has got to have something good in it for it to win the award. And last but not least, why would the teachers at AES make us read this book if they didn't trust it???

Articles on "South" Africa 1

South Africa Picks President, but Uncertainty Remain

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South Africa’s newly elected president, Kgalema Motlanthe, center, watched on Thursday as a supporter danced in celebration.

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By BARRY BEARAK

Published: September 25, 2008

JOHANNESBURG — Kgalema Motlanthe, 59, a former trade unionist once imprisoned during the apartheid era on charges of terrorism, was overwhelmingly elected Thursday by Parliament as South Africa’s president.

But whether he merely keeps the seat warm until elections next year — when Jacob Zuma, his party’s leader, presumably will take over — depends on whether Mr. Zuma, 66, can continue to skirt the corruption charges that have long followed him.Two weeks ago, a High Court judge not only threw out those charges on procedural grounds, but also implied that President Thabo Mbeki and his cabinet had meddled in the case. The opinion led the hierarchy of the governing African National Congress to demand that Mr. Mbeki step down, leading to the quick ascension of Mr. Motlanthe (pronounced moht-LAH-tay) as an interim president.

The judge’s action, however, has been appealed by the National Prosecuting Authority. If the appeal succeeds, or if the charges against Mr. Zuma are simply filed again after the procedural mistakes are corrected, party elders could view Mr. Motlanthe as an ace in the hole rather than as a caretaker.

The A.N.C. dominates the political landscape here. In the last national elections, in 2004, it won nearly 70 percent of the votes.

But Robert B. Mattes, the director of social science research at the University of Cape Town, said that an ever-larger portion of the population had grown disenchanted with the party since the days of Nelson Mandela.

“This is reflected in a 30-point decline in voter turnout between 1994 and 2004,” he said. “Black voters unhappy with the A.N.C. simply stay at home rather than switch their allegiance to an opposition party.”

Cynics here suggest that the entire reason for sidelining Mr. Mbeki was to make sure that Mr. Zuma’s legal problems disappeared.

Mr. Mbeki is suspected of suspending Vusi Pikoli, the leader of the National Prosecuting Authority, last year to stop the intended prosecution of a political ally, Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi. To some in the A.N.C., a similar dismissal now to protect Mr. Zuma might seem a practicable tactic.

But such a strategy would also seem venal — and Mr. Zuma has already been buffeted by years of accusations. In 2005, his financial adviser was convicted of brokering bribes Mr. Zuma’s way, which led to the corruption case.

In 2006, Mr. Zuma was acquitted on charges of raping a 31-year-old family friend. He testified that the woman had courted sex by sitting provocatively, and his Zulu upbringing had left him no choice but to oblige her.

Mr. Motlanthe is as reserved as Mr. Zuma is gregarious. The new president is not well known to many South Africans, though he is a familiar figure in the party He spent 10 years imprisoned on Robben Island. He became active in the labor movement as an officer with the miners. He was the A.N.C.’s secretary general from 1997 to 2007.

After being sworn in on Thursday in Cape Town, Mr. Motlanthe promised to keep South Africa on much the same path Mr. Mbeki had followed. “Mine is not a desire to deviate from what is working,” he said.

He announced the reappointment of the finance minister, Trevor Manuel, who is credited with keeping the nation’s economy at a hum. He announced one major change, however. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has been given a new position as a minister in the presidency. In her previous job, health minister, she became a polarizing figure for espousing beetroot, garlic and lemon as a cure for AIDS. The new minister of health will be Barbara Hogan, a senior A.N.C. member of Parliament who is viewed as a welcome choice by groups that campaign for the distribution of antiretroviral medications.

Zackie Achmat, an anti-AIDS advocate, told a South African television reporter, “It’s a great day.

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This Articles shows how South Africa's newly elected president has to fight to untangle all the economical mess in the South of Africa, for instance, Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe insists that all the goverments in the South of Africa unit and act as one because the whole world is in an economical loss at this moment.

I'd probably say this would be good news because, it is timeliness, this peice of news is happening right NOW( Sept 25!). It has relevence, every citizen would be concerned who their next president will be, because he OR she could have different ways of making this country run which could casue to a loss for the wealth of his OR her bussiness. It has impact, every citizen SHOULD know what is going on in their country...you never know WHAT  could hit you. It has reference...to the president. And lastly it has progress, as much as there is fear of new style there is hope for a better futher.

Well, we all know where THIS is....this is the K
aba in Mekka. Thousands of people have come to walk around this rock that muslims call,"The house were Allah, their god, lives", all these people are part of the Islamic region, imagine how much land this would have taken to accomadate all these people, AND the large mosque around it. Having been in this place before, I know what it like to be here, it is unbeleivable at how clostrophobic it is out there, women loose their children, Men loose their wives, and father's loose their sons, it is quite absurd.

"Violence leads to more Violence"

Does violence lead to MORE violence? well yea I'd say yes....If your having a fight with someone, a person would just try to stop you and your "fighting opponent" , but they just end up in the fight too.....even in Julius Caesar....In Act 3, where the conspirators killed Caesar, there was a LOT of chaos, the chaos lead to Brutus, and Antony's Speech, when Antony won...the conspirators fled.....lead to capturing them.....and as you can see, this is leading to WAR!

If I were Brutus I would want the better good of Rome, but I would also want to keep a good friend of mine. From the play, I can't really see this "GREAT" friendship neither of them have confronted themselves up until now, I don't really know HOW strong this friendship is and that's why I' d probably choose for the better good of Rome, and try pushing Caesar away. I wouldn't even know know what would be going on inside Cassius' head, I'd just follow Cassius, as he would bribe me and I could end up killing Caesar, not achieving ANY power and letting CASSIUS be king!

The Leaders of 8th Grade

I'd think that a good leader would be one who would have a good reason for people to follow he or she, one that strongly believes in the group and one that could explain what they mean when they are convincing another to join the group. In our grade, 8th Grade, I would think that the leaders of todays 8th grade would be Aysha because she always leading a class or an essembly. She also isn't afraid of being who she wants to be in front of strangers

Case Studies in imperialism

Imperialism started when more larger; more powerful countries wanted to dominate countries that were smaller and weaker because for one they were all craving for something that could make a profit or is wealthiest for their country for example, South East Asia got dominated by the west because of it's fertile land. yes, SE Asia's Land was so fertile you could double or even triple crop during a year.Also many of the outcomes or changed made were positive too, for example, India's textiles industry jumped up rapidly because England no longer dominated India and even thanks to Ghandi getting shot. Speaking of getting shot, the world is getting more and more violent by day. Almost all of Middle East, India , SE Asia, and Africa got dominated by means of violence or force, Middle East got dominated by war or signing contracts.

Goals for Q2

My goals for the first quarter were to earn a A- and to improve my writing skills. I think I've improved a bit in my writing skills but I guess I missed the small things like portfolio snapshots that really got my grades down.

                                                                    This quarter(quarter 2) I would like to improve my reading skills, because apparently I am pretty slllooooooww, I only read like 100 pages a day! Along with that, I'd probably still want to continue revising my writing skills.

Feedback in Goals

My first goal was to get an A- without getting any extra credit, well at the moment I have an A- and without any extra credit so I guess I'm achieving that goal right now but usually my grade goes down towards the end of the quarter so in the end it might not.

My other goal was to improve my descriptive writing skills because personally I'm not that good of a writer, I can't really tell whether I've grown as a writer in one month, but my the end of the year, if I'd ask you, you'd probably let me know.

"Mr. Coyle's Stock market in the 1870's"

I thought the stock market was really cool because it tought us how investors would have felt when their money really got lost, but also when there money doubled or trippled. Also how a free market works. You put us in a panic zone when you said that the first person would get a A+, sacond A, third,A-, fourth B+ and so on, because we knew there would ba a mojority of students that would have gotton a C or below. So I guess it worked out pretty well!

What is the “net effect” of the Industrial Revolution?

There are a bunch of pros and cons towards the "net effect" of the Industrial Revolution,

Pros
1. The Machines let the human hand rest for a while.
2. It let some of the poor people earn some money to eat
3. When the IR went to America, the cost for transporting goods from one factory to another got canceled out, since they were together.
4. Made production faster and could get more of it.

Cons
1. Alot more laborers were fired since they had no more work to do.
2. When the IR went to America, there would have been major arguments between England and the US
3. When inventor might invent something they would get competition, the invisible hand and would argue.
4.This might cause a world war because both England and USA were major countries in the trading world.

Reflection on Factory game 1 & 2

Mr. Coyle....... I'm gonna KILL you someday! Do you know how much work you made us do today!, it was terrible! I think we should have done Dana cute dogish- cow thing, it was with marker so it would be much faster to color! I think yesterdays factory was much more relaxed because we each had ouyr own thing to do, but now with everybody yelling at you, you kind of get frustrated and you want to tell them to do there own work and maybe it'll go much faster.
Although we didn't do any copies but we could tell that they were all one thing that is tried to be copied acouple of times.

Feedback on how I learn..

Wellll….. Most of the time I learn really well by watching what I have to learn so it attracts my attention and allows me to focus on my own speed. Sometimes I’m really tired of watching something so I enjoy reading on my own from time to time, I like reading because it gives me information I don’t know especially when I learn. Also I really like how I can imagine in my own mine without any interruptions, but beware! I can never concentrate when someone else is reading out loud to me I just get lost! For Example, when you read a page from the outsiders I
knew what was going to happen, and I was listening but I still can’t translate the information to my mind. I don’t really like working in large groups, like nothing more than two people in a group including me, because I know that I can’t just let the other person do everything alone! But sometimes my mind just wanders of to some other land over the ocean when I’m working with more people, and then my group is still talking and they ask me what I think and I have no idea what they talking!

New Yorker, New Yorker !

Barom! Barom! Barom! Barom! was all I could hear, with my sister Uroosa besides me on the very last seat of the coaster! We were about to ride on the scariest coaster in Vegas! Oh boy! It sure felt scary, as we climbed up the rail, I started to wonder how long we had been going up for it kept going on and on, and on. I wanted to see how high up we were, but as I went to peer, two security tags pulled me back, one over by my neck and the other on my chest. Suddenly the coaster came to a halt, " Ah! this would be the perfect time to look back" and as soon as I did, the coaster zoomed higher at 200 km/hour. I could feel my stomach turn and unlike most people I just began to laugh. The coaster rushed faster than a cheetah to the earth; it didn't even stop when it landed, but went straight back up again, I wasn't used to such opposites, but it scared me the most when I saw the three consequetuve turns. The first time my coins fell off, the second was when my favourite ring fell off, and last but not least, my glasses slipped straight off of my eyes. When we were done I came out with a sparined neck and a terrible headache! Oh I knew it would hurt.

'Necessity is the Mother of Invention'

Necessity is the mother of inventions, it means you make inventions of new objects that take time to progress and hence you make new inventions to speed the progression so it doesn't talk as much time. Necessity is the mother of inventions. If you need something you should try to intent it. For Example, Orville and Wilbur created the aeroplane with just a box and a string, before the aeroplanes, there was no way to reach from one side of the world to the other in less than a day.If the aeroplanes weren't there, there would only be ships and that's to carry goods.Also the telephone, you wouldn't be able to contact people when in time for an emergency. Without the telephone there wouldn't be any sense of communication, and the telephone moved on to email or internet. But most of all there's electricity, electricity gave light to life at night, gave wind to summer indoor.

Feedback for Quarter #1

What were two highlights from the first week of school?

Well.....I liked how we started the year with The Outsiders it was  an effective and strong story, and gave us a little feel of what 8th grade is. I also like the fact that we don't take a test as a final for The Outsiders , but we make a project and we can choose what we want to do out of those 5 choices.
What was your first impression of Humanities 8?

" Ooooohhhhh boy! This is definitely gonna be hard!" Having a ton of homework on the first day of 8th grade! Also you had given double the amount of reading to us compared to the other teacher, putting us in thinking of " Will this go on for the rest  of the year?"
What are two goals you have for this quarter in Humanities? (Remember a goal needs to be specific, realistic, and measurable)

I usually get an A- in Humanities mostly because of extra credit, but now I would like to really earn and achieve an A-. Another thing is, I would like to strengthen the quality of my writing, especially in description because I wouldn't be able to get really descriptive when I'm writing a serious story, which my lower my grade quite a bit. 

My Buddies

Since I used to live in Dubai for a majority of my life, I would think that most of my buddies would live in Dubai. My best friends there are Bhavi, a tall sort of fat but still fun girl born in England and lived her whole life in Dubai like me.She was funniest when I was funniest and sad when I was sad, we weren't that close but we had a lot in common.Being around Annabel was a bom!, I could always think I was closer to Annabel than what I was to Bhavi.Annabel was just fun to talk to, and I think she thought me fun too. She had long brown curly hair with the prettiest face in the world. When we went to 5th grade, we were moved into Ms. Jeffery's class, there we found a girl named Kylie was sweet to let us enter her gang. She was the leader and beside her was Kianna.Kylie was a round gymnast who could do anything you asked for. Kianna was even more prettier than Annabel, which I guess got Annabel jealous. Behind them was Veronica and Cortney, Veronica was a tall swimmer and Courtney was a short runner. Since then I felt that I was in heaven.....until I came here!