Net Effect of imperialism in Africa

The positives

• Imperialism and colonialism helped Africa by bringing them hospitals, cars, schools, and many other things from the more developed part of the world.
• The natural resources were shared with the European countries and helped them during the industrial revolution.
• Many railroads and seaports were built inside Africa.
• Europe used the resources from Africa to progress through the industrial revolution so it could become a developed continent.

The negatives

• Countries in Africa went to war.
• Many innocent Africans were killed because they stood in the way of the Europeans.
  
• Tribes were destroyed and many parts of African culture were destroyed forever.
• Some of the natural resources that were used in the industrial revolution has polluted the world.
• Slavery was a major problem for Africans in Europe and many of them led horrible lives.
  

current event 3

news story here

This story is all about how the president of Botswana will not attend a summit of regional leaders because Robert Mugabe has been invited. The president of Botswana believes that Mugabe should not be invited to any such hearings until there has been a power sharing deal in Zimbabwe. There has been a lot of controversy about the past election in Zimbabwe and many believe it to be a sham. The president of Botswana is also urging other people to boycott this summit until a matter has been resolved about the power share in Zimbabwe. 

Southern Africa Today

Today southern Africa is a very diverse and unique part of the world. There are various parts of southern Africa and one of the main parts is South Africa. One of the hardest parts of time for southern Africa or more directly South Africa was the ending of apartheid. This is when they stopped all racist movements in Africa and all Africans were given equal rights. Another thing about South Africa is that it has many natural resources. Lesotho and Swaziland are both enclaves and are then influenced by South Africa. Also Botswana is a very successful country with in southern Africa. Although Southern Africa seems very rich it also has Mozambique and Zimbabwe with in it, two very poor countries at the moment. 

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This news story is about how everyone in South Africa uses to much electricity the entire time. This kind of story effects everyone and is caused by everyone. They are coping with this by causing black outs which means they do not need to give electricity to everyone. This is not a great way to do this as this means you might really need electricity and right at that point there is a black out. I think that is a good idea that they are planning to build a bigger electricity outlet to meet the needs of the people.

Cartoon of Imperialism in Africa

This is a cartoon showing how the Europeans colonized African countries. The main visual elements of the cartoon are the footprint on Africa. The cartoon is about how the Europeans have just come to Africa and pretty much ruined it. The cartoonist shows how he believes that the European countries have just come to Africa and stepped all over it. The evidence is that their is Africa and then a massive foot print which has ruined the entire continent. I tink that the cartoonist could have used just a couple of words or just a word to add more meaning to the picture. For example under this cartoon could have been the word 'justice???'.

History and culture in southern Africa

The history and culture in Southern Africa are an interesting blend of European and African. In Africa there are hundreds of different ethnic groups but only a couple of really big groups. Two main groups are the Zulu tribe and the Tswana tribe. Many of the ethnic groups in Africa were effected by the Europeans. One of the major things that happened was that the Europeans brought Christianity to Africa. One of the most intersting parts of Africa was the growth of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was a small trading and herding country. Then they began mining gold and farming became bigger. Then eventually Zimababwe became a massive trading centre from Southern Africa. Then 300 years later the trading of its gold went down. And finally it was no longer a important trading centre. When the Europeans came to Africa they started conquering any part of Africa that they wanted. At the same time the Zulu became a powerful fighting force in the area. They took over the surrounding area and came into a fight with the British. After lots of battles the British defeated the Zulu and stole their land. In the early 1900s South Africa's government became racist. When they were racist they seperated everyone into four main groups, whites, blacks, coloureds, and Asians. If you were not in the white group then you had certain restrictions on you. These are some points on the amazing history and culture of Southern Africa.

Southern Africa physical features

Southern Africa is a diverse part of Africa with many minerals. Southern Africa has many different levels and areas such as mountains, deserts, islands, and plateaus. It also has rivers which are unique from any other. They climate ranges from the Namibia desert a part of southern Africa that has less than 2cm of rain a year to the Drakensberg mountains a range of mountains where it is very rainy. Then there is of course many different minerals that help the economy. There is gold, diamond, coal, platinum, copper, uranium, and iron. This is why Southern Africa is such a unique part of the physical world.

Can we trust Julius Lester

Can we trust Julius Lester. He wrote 'To Be A Slave' and can we trust what he says in this book. I believe we can as most of his writing is taken from people who were there at the time. He has most of his facts and his quotes taken from people who are ex-slaves. He has cited all the people he has gotten this information from. He also is directly related to ex-slaves and probably got some information from them to back up the things he was hearing from other people. I believe that because of these reasons that we can trust Julius Lester about what he has wrote in the book 'To Be A Slave'.

News story from Zimbabwe

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hawxU6Y79f-RWy_s8pLiL6FbpQugD949GTVG0
Who, what, when, where, why, and how. The article is about a bank that has had money transferred to it to pass on to people fighting AIDS in southern Africa. The people who have given Zimbabwe the money say that unless that money is fully recovered they will give no more money to help AIDS in Zimbabwe again. This article was written on November 7th 2008 ago but the bank missed the deadline to give the money away on November 4th 2008. It does not say in the article exactly why they have not given up the money only that they still have seven million dollars to give back. The people that has given this money are very annoyed since Zimbabwe have a very serious case of AIDS and this money would really of helped and the bank has not released this money in a time of need.
The reason this is a big story is because of Magnitude. The outcome of the events that this story tells of are massive for people in Zimbabwe. Because of what has happened millions of people who are infected with AIDS now cannot get treatment for this disease. That is magnitude because of the number of people that this one story could effect forever. Lots of people could die of the disease between now and the time they recover the money. They will have died for no reason.

5 themes of geography - windsor castle

Movement: People are moving in the picture because they are walking towards the castle. The goods to make the castle had to be moved there to make it. The idea to make a castle had to have gotten to Windsor to make this castle originally.

Region: There is lots of grassland in this area. This is also on a hill coming down to the castle and then the castle is on a hill.

Human Environmental: Alot of trees had to be cut down to make the path and to make the castle. This part of England has very little polution.

Location: Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, Europe, Earth.
Near legoland

Place: Quite rainy here but today it is warm. Lots of trees and farmland near here.

Violence leads to more violence

I think the saying violence leads to more violence is completely correct. If someone comes and hits you more than likely you are going to hit them back. Its not being mean or anything it is just self defence. In the book Julius Caesar I think a perfect example of this is when the conspirators kill Caesar they start a Civil War. By killing one person, a very important person but one person none the less, many more people were killed. Yes and in my personel history most of the time I use violence or someone uses violence one me more violence comes from that.