The Opium Wars

What happened during The Opium Wars? What happened during the Opium wars was that the Chines did not want to trade with the British any more because the British were selling a harm full drug to the Chines for tea. So the British did not like this so they fought the Chines.
Why are they called The Opium Wars? They are called the Opium Wars because the wars started because of the drug that was called Opium and that the British were trading with the chines for tea.
Who won and why? The British won the war because the British had advanced technology and strong army's but most importantly strong ships that the Chines could not stand a chance to there own.

" The White Man's Burden "

What is "The White Man's Burden"? The white man's burden is a poem that the was written by a Britain poet. In response to the Americans take over the Philippines.
Read some analysis of the poem. Do you agree with this analysis? I agree and disagree because the Americans were wrong in taking the Philippines because there was a lot of blood and war. But then the Americans would not have had the Philippines trade rots.
The poem was written in 1899 about US imperialism in The Philippines - is the US still imperialistic today?
Are we still living the "White Man's Burden" one-hundred years later? Explain.

"The Scramble for Affrica"

1.) Who were the main European nations involved in this scramble? The main European nations involved in the scramble of Africa were the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Belgian, German, and the Italians.
2.) What were these nations looking for in Africa? The nations were looking for the resources that Africa had to give like for example cooper, Ivory, gold, rubber, iron, wood, tin, dimone silver, salt, and other things and also they wanted to expand there nations and there territory.
3.) How were they able to dominate Africa so easily? The nations were able to dominate Africa so easily was because of there advance army's and technology and also they found a cure for malaria.
4.) How did this scramble effect the African people? This scramble effected the African people by there territories were separated and there homes were separated as well as there tribe. There was also a lot of blood shed from the African people because of the scramble.

Film Lesson:"Mountins of the Moon"

What were some of the hardships that Europeans faced as they explored Africa? Some of the hardships that Europeans faced by exploring Africa was being attacked by other Africans and there tribes. Also by the diseases and maybe even starvation and thirst.
Why is it strange that the source of the Nile River, (Lake Victoria - the third largest lake in the world) is named after a British Queen? It is strange because the Nile River is located in Africa not in England. But the Nile River is called not with an Africans name but an British name.
What was the primary technological advantage that Europeans had over African people? The Primary technology advantage the Europeans had over Africa was that the Europeans had bots and guns and fire power ext.