November

11/2/10 HW~

Communism - Government will take care of you Socialism - Everyone responsible for each other Capitalism - Take care of yourself

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11/4/10 Communist countries- People's Republic of China(since 1949) Laos(since 1975) Vietname(since 1979) Soviet Union [] [] [] Successful becase look at china, they are like the top dogs in this economic downturn. C: China's not even letting ease that might lead their economy to go down C: Soviet's union collapse may signal that communism was a failure Q: Would China be able to be the world economy controller?

Socialist gov't- People's Republic of China(since 1949) North Korea [] [] [] Somewhat successful since you can see North Korea's economy is going along well. C: Small countries tend to do better than big countries since its easier to control C: Socialist would probably be the worst Q: So China can be a communist and socialist?

Capitalist society- United States Canada Great Britain [] [] [] Not really successful because were not doing so hot right now C: With the elections Rep and Dem, not much progress is prob gonna be made C: Capitalist can easily turn into disaster if big company's start not hiring people and laying workers off Q: How much longer will the US finally recover?

I'd choose to live in china because of their good economy right now. I'd probably wouldn't need to worry about prices rising and rising like gas since china is crowded, you'd excercise more than going with a car everywhere.

11/5/10

Single-Party State - One party dominates the countries, minor parties may be approved Ex : China w/ 8 minor partie Strength : Dictator gets to make the best decision for the countries Weakness : Not all idea's are heard

11/15/10

Imperialism - One word - expansionist ! Raw resources, materials, etc.

Historical example -The united states plotting and taking over Hawaii. Hawaii - sugar ! Annexing states.

Current example - The united states imperialism's invasion of Iraq

11/16/10

1/find the base website of the organization 2/ Look at the url, the endings. Edu,gove,etc. 3/ Scan the perimeter of the page 4/ Find the about us, who published it 5/ Look for the last updated on website 6/ Is it up to date? 7/ Where'd the author get the information? 8/ alexa.com good recource to figure out if source is reliable

1. [] regentsprep, preparing for some test? non profit organization 2.Created by a guy name Thomas 3.No date on last updated 4.alexa - 731 sites linked to this site - lots of views 5.copyright from a prep center.

This site overall is trustworthy in helping other students in learning about imperialism and preparing to take the test.

11/16/10 HW ~

Finding an imperialism website and determining if its trustworthy!

Website : http://www.casahistoria.net/imperialism.htm#1._Imperialism:_theory

1. No idea whats casa but historia makes sense since we are learning about the history. 2. Last updated on nov 11, 2010, so its recently been updated. @ casahistoria, information pointing to itself? 3. Not much traffic-ing and only 100 sites linked to the website. Not trustworthy? 4. Theres a # sign on the link, no ~ or %20(space). 5. Ending is .net

Overall the website is good for reading but not good for using as its main resources as the information can be suspicious and questionable.

11/17/10

Video - evolution, cells reproduced. Charles Darwin started evolution. One country is better than another when they have - a higher population - more nuclear weapons - wealth - lots of resources - making lots of money Since Great Britian has this great machine gun invention, they think they can do what they want in any territory cause they can't be stopped. They can conquer and destroy countries at will, spare countries if they want too. They bascially can hold an entire country hostage if they ever wanted to because their machine guns can mow down more people at once.

Root cause of imperialism is social darwism

That every nation needed to practice imperialism inorder to mantain there power or else they will easily be weaker than the other countries in their eyes and they would take over there countries at anytime..

11/17/10 HW ~

Was the European imperialism justified?

European imperialism was definitely justified! It may be wrong to kill other people but was justified. Throughout the history of human beings, people who were strong will feel the need to rule the world. Example would be Alexander the Great, he conquered nation by nation easily without much difficulty. Much like the Britains with their one powerful weapon that can help them mow down enemy and take over entire Africa if they wanted too. The invention of the machine gun has brought great power to Great Britain to conquer other countries. Its survival of the fittest, since Great Britain was the fastest to invite such destructive weapons, they will be the ones to survive from all the competitive countries. European imperialism made getting raw materials much easier for production of goods. It was very beneficial and can keep their economy striving. Survival of the fittest can be applied to almost every aspect of life. The stronger one will survive while the weaker one will become extinct.





11/23/10 Do now~

How do you think drugs could be a tool for imperialism? Drugs could be use as a tool for imperialism because the Britain used the opium and imported into china so people would get addicted to it. China officials were unable to stop the drug from being imported into the country. Thus China and Britain went to war and lost. They were forced into unfair treaties.