1) What were some early civilizations in East Africa? Why were these civilizations important?
An early civilization was Askum. They were importnant because it emerged present day Ethiopia in the A.D. 100s. Its location on the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean made it an important trading center and contributed to its expansion and power.
2) What happened at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
The Berlin Conference was to prevent European wars over Africa. Nations that atteneded this conference decided that any European country could claim land in Africa by telling other nations and showing that they could control the land. They also set boundaries that combined peoples who were traditional enimies and divided others who were not.
3) What African countries managed to remain free of European control?
Ethiopia and Lybria were the two countires that managed to remain free of European control.
4) How did colonialism cause conflicts in East Africa after independence?
Eueropean colonial powers had not prepared East African nations for independence. Also, the ethnic boundaries created by the Europeans forced cultual divisions that hadnt existed before.
5) How did Ethiopia manage to defeat Italy in 1896?
Their leader Menelik II, skillfully protected his country from the italian invasion with weapons from France and Russia. They also had a greater knowledge of the area's geography than did the Italians.
6) What are some cash crops of East Africa?
Some cash crops of East Africa are coffee, tea, and sugar.
7) What is East Africa's most critical health-care problem.
East Africa's most critical health-care problem is AIDS and HIV.
8) Research the Rwanda massacre (genocide?) and briefly discuss what happened and why.
The Rwanda Massacre was a killing between the three different Rwanda ethnic groups, Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa. In the 1990s Hutu extremists with in Rwanda' s political elite blambed the entire Tutsi population for the countrys increasing social, economic, and political pressures. They were also accused of supporting a Tutsi- dominated rebel group, the RPF(Rwrandan Patriotic Front). In 1994 a plane that was carrying President Habyarimana was shot down, violence began right after that.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Monday, March 23, 2015
Main Ideas #1-7
1. The Nile River spports life, because the farmers can use the waters effectiviley for irrigation. People also use the Nile river for trade and transportation. Also, Egyptians depend on the Nile for their water.
2. Some abundant resources in Africa are gold, platinum, chromium, cobalt, copper, phosphates, diamonds, and many other minerals.
3. Oil in Angola not always benifts Angolans because American oil companies pay Angola a fee for drilling right and the oil. They also discovered that Angola would surpass Nigeria as Africa's most oil-rich country.
4. The Sahara is the worlds largest sesert in the world. It stretches 3,000 miles across the continent, from the Alantic Ocean to the Red Sea. It also runs 1,200 miles from north to south.
5. The amount of rainfall verys from year to year, some parts of Africa have lots of rainfall and other parts are very dry. Rainy seasons can last up to 6 months.
6. The Serengeti Plain supports much of the wildlife because the tall grasses make an ideal place for grazing animals. Heards of wildebeests, gazelles, and zebras roam there, and it is the place where the largest numbers of land mammals still make anual migrations.
7. Some benifits of the rainforests are that it is a home to many animals like birds, monkeys, flying foxes, and snakes. Many plants usede for medicinal purpose are also found in the rainforest.
2. Some abundant resources in Africa are gold, platinum, chromium, cobalt, copper, phosphates, diamonds, and many other minerals.
3. Oil in Angola not always benifts Angolans because American oil companies pay Angola a fee for drilling right and the oil. They also discovered that Angola would surpass Nigeria as Africa's most oil-rich country.
4. The Sahara is the worlds largest sesert in the world. It stretches 3,000 miles across the continent, from the Alantic Ocean to the Red Sea. It also runs 1,200 miles from north to south.
5. The amount of rainfall verys from year to year, some parts of Africa have lots of rainfall and other parts are very dry. Rainy seasons can last up to 6 months.
6. The Serengeti Plain supports much of the wildlife because the tall grasses make an ideal place for grazing animals. Heards of wildebeests, gazelles, and zebras roam there, and it is the place where the largest numbers of land mammals still make anual migrations.
7. Some benifits of the rainforests are that it is a home to many animals like birds, monkeys, flying foxes, and snakes. Many plants usede for medicinal purpose are also found in the rainforest.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Assessment Questions
1) Basin are depressions in the land found throughout the plateau
Nile River is the world's longest river and it flows through the Uganda, Sudan, and into Egypt
Rift valleys are long thin valleys stretching over 4,000 miles from Jordan in Southwest Aisa to Mozambique in Southern Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest mountain, a volcanic mountain, and is found in West Africa
Escarpment is a steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top, and it is found in Southern Africa
2) Landforms found in Africa are lakes, rivers, mountains, basins, rift valleys, and escarpments. Natural resources found in Africa are lumber, oil, minerals, and agriculture.
3a) Africa is called a Plateu continent because it lies 1,000 feet above sea level and the plateu is Africas most prominent feature
3b) Some of Africa's distinct landforms are the Nile River, Chad Basin, Djouf basin, the Sudan river, Congo river, rift valleys, mount Kenya, Mount Kilimanjaro, and the Great Escarpment.
3c) The abundance of natural resources has not translated into economic wealth becuase the resources are being taken by other people, and a bunch of the oil money was used for fighting in the civil war.
1. What type of food do they eat?
2. Why do they live so far away from the water?
3. How many kids go to school?
4. What do there houses look like?
5. How many people live in each house? What is the average number of kids a family has?
Nile River is the world's longest river and it flows through the Uganda, Sudan, and into Egypt
Rift valleys are long thin valleys stretching over 4,000 miles from Jordan in Southwest Aisa to Mozambique in Southern Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest mountain, a volcanic mountain, and is found in West Africa
Escarpment is a steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top, and it is found in Southern Africa
2) Landforms found in Africa are lakes, rivers, mountains, basins, rift valleys, and escarpments. Natural resources found in Africa are lumber, oil, minerals, and agriculture.
3a) Africa is called a Plateu continent because it lies 1,000 feet above sea level and the plateu is Africas most prominent feature
3b) Some of Africa's distinct landforms are the Nile River, Chad Basin, Djouf basin, the Sudan river, Congo river, rift valleys, mount Kenya, Mount Kilimanjaro, and the Great Escarpment.
3c) The abundance of natural resources has not translated into economic wealth becuase the resources are being taken by other people, and a bunch of the oil money was used for fighting in the civil war.
1. What type of food do they eat?
2. Why do they live so far away from the water?
3. How many kids go to school?
4. What do there houses look like?
5. How many people live in each house? What is the average number of kids a family has?
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
QUESTIONS
1) List three important cities that are located in the Northern European Plain.
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev
2) What percentage of the region's population lives in this plain?
75%
3) What border do the Caucasus Mountains form?
They form the boarder between Russia and Transcaucasia
4) What are the two largest lakes in Central Asia?
The two largest lakes in Central Asia are Caspian and Aral Sea.
5) How long is the Volga River?
2,300 miles
6) Why is Lake Baikal important?
It is the deepest freshwater lake in the world, and holds 20% of the worlds fresh water.
7) What are some of the resources that have been developed in Russia and the Republics?
Coal, oil, natural gas, timber, and ore
8) Why might extracting and transporting the region's resources be difficult?
The harsh climates
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev
2) What percentage of the region's population lives in this plain?
75%
3) What border do the Caucasus Mountains form?
They form the boarder between Russia and Transcaucasia
4) What are the two largest lakes in Central Asia?
The two largest lakes in Central Asia are Caspian and Aral Sea.
5) How long is the Volga River?
2,300 miles
6) Why is Lake Baikal important?
It is the deepest freshwater lake in the world, and holds 20% of the worlds fresh water.
7) What are some of the resources that have been developed in Russia and the Republics?
Coal, oil, natural gas, timber, and ore
8) Why might extracting and transporting the region's resources be difficult?
The harsh climates
Thursday, February 19, 2015
QUIZ QUESTIONS
1) Why can Europe be called a peninsula of peninsulas?
Europe is called a peninsula of penisulas because it is one big puninsula made up of a bunch of small peninsulas.
2) Where does the Danube flow?
The Danube flows from the heart of England, flowing 1,771 miles west to east connecting the Europeans to the Black Sea.
3) What is the most important plain in Europe?
Northern Eurpean Plain
4) What resources does Europe have in abundance?
Energy and agriculture
5) Why do the Irish burn peat?
The Irish lack resources so they use it for heat and energy.
6) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage?
The Mountains: Pros- Blocks cold wind, creates natural barriers Cons: makes trade and movement difficult
The Rivers: Pros - Encourages trade and travel Cons: Nothing
The Plains: Pros - provides agriculture Cons: Lets armies invade easily
7) What is the North Atlantic Drift?
The North Atlantic Drift is a current of warm water from the tropics that flows near Europe's west coast.
8) What parts of Europe benefit from the Mediterranean climate?
Italy, Greece, France, Spain, and Portugal
9) Why do trees not grow in upper Scandinavia?
The abundance of permafrost.
10) What percentage of the Netherlands was once under the sea?
Over 40%
11) Why did Venice grow?
Venice grew because other people would go there to escape invaders.
12) What problems face Venice today?
Waste, sweage, and saltwater are combining to eat away the foundations and buildings. Erosion has allowed increaseed amounts of seawater in the lagoon. So therefor they have floods that are endangering the cities.
13) What actions have led to deforestation in Europe?
Things that led to deforestation in Europe was because people were cutting down trees to build buildings, using the trees for fuel, and the idea of cutting down trees to make more room.
14) Why was Ancient Greece important?
Ancient Greece is important because they gave us the democratic government.
15) What are some of Rome's cultural legacies?
The Latin language that influenced French, Spanish, and other romantic languages. Ideas of different type of government.
16) What were the crusades?
A series of wars to take the Holy Land from the Muslims
17) How has Mediterranean Europe's economy changed since WWII.
The war made the switch from agriculture to industrialism
18) Why are France and Germany the dominant countries of Western Europe?
They are the largest, have many ports and access to trade routes, and have strong economies.
19) How did language differences develop in Western Europe?
Latin broke into other languages through migration and the conquering of places.
20) Why was the Berlin Wall built? When did it come down?
The Berlin Wall was a wall put put up to seperate Communist and Non-Communist parties before they unified. in 1989 it was taken down when the fighting was over.
21) List the four sub-region of Europe. Be able to list the countries in each sub-region.
Mediterranean- Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Italy, Greece
Eastern- Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovenia
Western- France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria,
Northern Europe- Ireland, Iceland, UK, Norway, Sweden, Finland
22) What is the history of Northern Europe?
Vikings conquered many areas and then Great Britain tried to create a strong empire. They created a very good navy because they were an island.
23) What country in Northern Europe chose not to join the EU?
Norway
24) Where did the industrial revolution start?
It started in Great Britain and spread everywhere else.
25) Why has there been turmoil in Eastern Europe?
Everyone wants to be there own nation-state and other countries wouldn't let them
26) What problems existed in the Eastern European economy under Communist rule?
Factories were told what to produce which led to shortages of goods, they couldn't keep up with technology, and heavy pollution.
27) How did the Reformation create new cultural divisions?
Many Christians broke away from the Christian church and formed Protestant churches. This created a battle between the two.
Europe is called a peninsula of penisulas because it is one big puninsula made up of a bunch of small peninsulas.
2) Where does the Danube flow?
The Danube flows from the heart of England, flowing 1,771 miles west to east connecting the Europeans to the Black Sea.
3) What is the most important plain in Europe?
Northern Eurpean Plain
4) What resources does Europe have in abundance?
Energy and agriculture
5) Why do the Irish burn peat?
The Irish lack resources so they use it for heat and energy.
6) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage?
The Mountains: Pros- Blocks cold wind, creates natural barriers Cons: makes trade and movement difficult
The Rivers: Pros - Encourages trade and travel Cons: Nothing
The Plains: Pros - provides agriculture Cons: Lets armies invade easily
7) What is the North Atlantic Drift?
The North Atlantic Drift is a current of warm water from the tropics that flows near Europe's west coast.
8) What parts of Europe benefit from the Mediterranean climate?
Italy, Greece, France, Spain, and Portugal
9) Why do trees not grow in upper Scandinavia?
The abundance of permafrost.
10) What percentage of the Netherlands was once under the sea?
Over 40%
11) Why did Venice grow?
Venice grew because other people would go there to escape invaders.
12) What problems face Venice today?
Waste, sweage, and saltwater are combining to eat away the foundations and buildings. Erosion has allowed increaseed amounts of seawater in the lagoon. So therefor they have floods that are endangering the cities.
13) What actions have led to deforestation in Europe?
Things that led to deforestation in Europe was because people were cutting down trees to build buildings, using the trees for fuel, and the idea of cutting down trees to make more room.
14) Why was Ancient Greece important?
Ancient Greece is important because they gave us the democratic government.
15) What are some of Rome's cultural legacies?
The Latin language that influenced French, Spanish, and other romantic languages. Ideas of different type of government.
16) What were the crusades?
A series of wars to take the Holy Land from the Muslims
17) How has Mediterranean Europe's economy changed since WWII.
The war made the switch from agriculture to industrialism
18) Why are France and Germany the dominant countries of Western Europe?
They are the largest, have many ports and access to trade routes, and have strong economies.
19) How did language differences develop in Western Europe?
Latin broke into other languages through migration and the conquering of places.
20) Why was the Berlin Wall built? When did it come down?
The Berlin Wall was a wall put put up to seperate Communist and Non-Communist parties before they unified. in 1989 it was taken down when the fighting was over.
21) List the four sub-region of Europe. Be able to list the countries in each sub-region.
Mediterranean- Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Italy, Greece
Eastern- Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovenia
Western- France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria,
Northern Europe- Ireland, Iceland, UK, Norway, Sweden, Finland
22) What is the history of Northern Europe?
Vikings conquered many areas and then Great Britain tried to create a strong empire. They created a very good navy because they were an island.
23) What country in Northern Europe chose not to join the EU?
Norway
24) Where did the industrial revolution start?
It started in Great Britain and spread everywhere else.
25) Why has there been turmoil in Eastern Europe?
Everyone wants to be there own nation-state and other countries wouldn't let them
26) What problems existed in the Eastern European economy under Communist rule?
Factories were told what to produce which led to shortages of goods, they couldn't keep up with technology, and heavy pollution.
27) How did the Reformation create new cultural divisions?
Many Christians broke away from the Christian church and formed Protestant churches. This created a battle between the two.
EU questions
1) How do people in your country feel about EU membership?
France doesn't want more expansion since we were an original member of the EU and expanding it would make our economy suffer.
2) How might future expansion affect the economies of your country?
Future expansion would help because we could all share more resources together which would give us more. and it would also help to build us a stronger more powerful economy.
3) What potential problems face nations who want to adopt the euro??
Potential problems that face nations who want to adopt the euro would lead to higher prices in that nation. These prices would also boost the economy because being part of the EU you can spend more.
4) What political or cultural issues might arise because of the EU expansion?
Some political or culture issues might be an increase in immagration and not protecting your borders as you should be, and it could also lead to less jobs.
5) What did you learn about other countries through their presentations (list two distinct and detailed things).
I learned that Albania is strugglig to become part of the EU, but they haven't met their standars yet and their past problems with their government. There was 27 pages of paper listing all the standards they need to meet. Romania is also trying to adapt the euro.
France doesn't want more expansion since we were an original member of the EU and expanding it would make our economy suffer.
2) How might future expansion affect the economies of your country?
Future expansion would help because we could all share more resources together which would give us more. and it would also help to build us a stronger more powerful economy.
3) What potential problems face nations who want to adopt the euro??
Potential problems that face nations who want to adopt the euro would lead to higher prices in that nation. These prices would also boost the economy because being part of the EU you can spend more.
4) What political or cultural issues might arise because of the EU expansion?
Some political or culture issues might be an increase in immagration and not protecting your borders as you should be, and it could also lead to less jobs.
5) What did you learn about other countries through their presentations (list two distinct and detailed things).
I learned that Albania is strugglig to become part of the EU, but they haven't met their standars yet and their past problems with their government. There was 27 pages of paper listing all the standards they need to meet. Romania is also trying to adapt the euro.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Chapter 14 main ideas 1- 10
1. In the 500s Slavic people came from Poland and Albania because of the many different foreign rulers they had.
2. The diversity led to conflict because the different ethnic and religious groups wanted different things.
3. After Serbian forces withdrew from Kosovo international officials found evidence that the Serbs punished and killed Kosovars.
4.Future conflicts could come from the fact that Serbia refuses to recognize Kosovo as a country. They might not respect them as much and could try to invade.
5. Acid Rain is known to change chemistry of lakes and rivers and kill the fish.
6. Under Communist rule the eastern part of Germany became very heavily polluted.
7. Pollution is hard to resolve because regions want to industrialize and expand their economy. Therefor the damage seems a small price to pay or the costs of being eco friendly in factories is too high and many can’t afford it.
8. Forerunners in the EU were the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic community, and the European community.
9. Leaders thought economic alliance would prevent war because it would help increase trade and people could work and live in other countries.
10. Problems that could arise from allowing former communist countries into the EU are that they don't have much experience with democracy and they have communist pasts.
2. The diversity led to conflict because the different ethnic and religious groups wanted different things.
3. After Serbian forces withdrew from Kosovo international officials found evidence that the Serbs punished and killed Kosovars.
4.Future conflicts could come from the fact that Serbia refuses to recognize Kosovo as a country. They might not respect them as much and could try to invade.
5. Acid Rain is known to change chemistry of lakes and rivers and kill the fish.
6. Under Communist rule the eastern part of Germany became very heavily polluted.
7. Pollution is hard to resolve because regions want to industrialize and expand their economy. Therefor the damage seems a small price to pay or the costs of being eco friendly in factories is too high and many can’t afford it.
8. Forerunners in the EU were the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic community, and the European community.
9. Leaders thought economic alliance would prevent war because it would help increase trade and people could work and live in other countries.
10. Problems that could arise from allowing former communist countries into the EU are that they don't have much experience with democracy and they have communist pasts.
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