global studies

Mikhail Gorbachev and the collapse of Communism

2008-05-07T18:58:00.000-07:00

Mikhail though a flow of ideas and information would be good so he allowed glasnost. it is a policy of letting soviet citizen to discuss ways to improve society. this brought good changes, it open churches, allow the publication of books by previously banned authors. it allow citizens to express any concerns. later Mikhail introduce a new idea of perestroika. it is form to rebuild the economy. people now had greater authorities over their business and farms, and people were able to open small private business. however he just wanted to make communism better, not to end communism.

Collapse of Communism

2008-05-07T18:30:00.000-07:00

communism ended since the cold war was over because now diplomats could enter soviet union with no military aid.people gathered hammers to bring down the Berlin wall that split Germany in half. the Berlin was tear down since people in Germany could not form social ties. Germany was able to improve financial situations after this. Russia had to separate because of so many revolts people did to end communism. however because of this Russia's economy was greatly affected. after this people in the split nations had better jobs. after communism ended in Russia other country like Poland Germany Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Hungary and Romania all abandoned communism. also with the end of communism there was less concerned about nuclear annihilation people didn't worried about it like before.

Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

2008-05-07T18:06:00.000-07:00

apartheid is a way of separating ethnic group by color. and under this system nonwhites such as black colored indian did not have a right to vote and also prohibits interacial marriage. nelson mandela was the leading figure of ANC who was imprisoned for 26 years and after he walk out of jail he was elected for president of ANC. because south africa's future walked with him as well. he was consider a hero since he repealed apartheid laws and ended once and for all, apartheid. he free the opressed and the opressor which was whites who were prisoner a hatred and prejudice.

african independence

2008-05-07T05:28:00.000-07:00

between the tow world wars an educated middle class have been developed in some African cities. leading young African men to go abroad for better opportunities after they graduated. they were influence by African Americans such as blaise diagne, the men who organized the pan African congress. however west Indians and French speaking Africans began to develop pride in traditional Africa. and organized the negritude movement. this is movement that to celebrate African culture and values, this made African culture look very unique. the leader of this movement was called Leopold senghord. the African soldiers who fought along side Europeans to gain independence started to disagree with colonial domination, they wanted a free Africa. the first colony to gain independence after this was the gold coast south colony to Sahara in 1957. Kwame Nkrumah was the one to free this colony. to achieve this he made non - violence protest to help gain the independence. he did boycotts strikes in fact helpful tactics to climb all the way to freedom, and was very successful. after he free the nation the nation was name Ghana. in 1958 Kwame Nkrumah organized a pan african, which later led to the organization of African unitity in 1963. afterward ghana became a very powerful nation and in 2000 the first elections were held. this is how a nation can gain the independence the right way, through good non violence behavior.

Film Lesson: "Schindler's List"

2008-04-02T20:55:00.000-07:00

the schindler's list was explaining the holocaust in a different way, not so brutal like in the night and fog. in this film the holocaust was more like the migrating of jews to another place. however some scenes that were very powerful for me as viewer were the scenes were kids were taken away from their family and when the body guard just shot down any jew because they feel like it. that is so disrespectful to the jewish community but people got to know their history. the image that stayed with me and always will was the scene with the girl in pink sweater that later in the film died.

Film Lesson: "The Right Stuff"

2008-03-30T20:58:00.000-07:00

the soviet union and the united states were competing to have the best nuclear weapon and which one was going to be the first on space. the U.S. spy on the soviet union to know what was going on. eventually i think the united states was winning because even though the U.S. dint have a men go to space it send a monkey first than the the soviet union. the scenes from this film that will remind me of the cold war would be when the monkey went to space and when the soviet union had a men go up to space. i think this clearly illustrate the competion between the two superpowers. i think this was a good event that help prevent a future war between them, because if one bombs the other then eventually the other will bomb back and each other will kill them equally, so there is no point of it.

Film Lesson: "Night and Fog"

2008-03-30T19:20:00.000-07:00

my reaction to this film was like to go and kill Hitler with my bare hands if he was alive. i never believe a human being was capable of such a thing. i was totally shock after seen this movie, in my opinion it was so unfair how jews were treated like that for no reason. scenes were a little sad, because people were taken away from their home. and they were starving all squish in a train wagon begging for water. jews look so skinny and bony. however for the luck of jews there were refugees for jews in the Dominican republic the only country that offered by Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Valdez the president to take in 100,000 of jews. however only 645 jews made it to the island. scenes from this film compare to the schindlers list are much more stronger.

The Treaty of Versailles (Ended WW I)

2008-02-11T05:08:00.001-08:00

the treaty versailles was peace treated that put an end for good to the first world war, between allied and associated powers and germany. however it was taken very badly by germany, it entirely blame germany for the war. as result gemany had to pay compensation to the allies because they were guilty accordind to the treaty. not only that but to add more germany had to give away 10% of land for their supose guilt. All was taken away and share between allies. about 12.5 percent of germanys population was living out in the new german borders. with reason enough germany refuse to sign the treaty of versailles.

mustafa kemal ataturk

2008-02-08T05:25:00.000-08:00

mustafa kemal ataturk was the first president of turkey. he born in 1881 and died 1931. he is also known as the father of turkey. he was one of the few leaders who achieve so much in such a short period of time. mustafa change turkey to a more secular way of ruling, meaning in a non religious way. turkey was completly transformed from the way it was. in 1915 he was a military hero. in 1919 he became the charismatic leader of turkish nation liberation struggle. then in 1920s he was a thruimphant commander who crush the inveadors of turkey. he was consecutively victorious than. mustafa was also able to bring down something so ancient as the ottoman dynasty which is very impressive since the dynasty had last about six centuries. right after that he created the republic of turkey and establish a new goverment that represented the nations will.

film lesson gandhi

2008-02-07T05:25:00.000-08:00

Gandhi was regular Indian man who wanted to fight for the freedom of his country india. He was very determine and sure of himself. That was what help him achieve his goal. But not alone he could achieve but with the help of his nation. gandhi gathered millions of people that follow him because of his determination and humility. gandhi was diferent from other leaders of independence since he dress like poor indian man never in a suit and that made people think he was one of them. gandhi was always against brittish empire because they take advantage of indias resources, like salt and cotton for cloth to sell them with heavy taxes. gandhi burn brittish cloth because they didnt wanted, they wnated to make their own.

joseph stalin and totalitarism

2008-01-14T08:51:00.000-08:00

totalitarianism is having over the aspects of public and private behavior, basically no privacy for anyone. totalitarian movement maintain in power by means of secret police, and propaganda. joseph stalin was the supreme ruler of soviet union and the most powerful and murderous dictatorship in the world.

World war 1

2008-01-14T07:44:00.000-08:00

The world war one began in the 1914 early 20Th century. It took place in Europe. Some of the causes were nationalism militarism and assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the collapse of the alliance system. other nations though them better then others and this brough in rivalry between different cultures. militarism was another factor that contributed to world war 1. countries decided to build up the best armies just to show off and try to be the strongest. Leaders used too much aggression toward other nation which were supported by nationalism. Imperialism played a very important role too. Great Britain, Germany and France were competing for economic expansion in Africa. however Britain and France settle things up. but now germany is having problems with both nations, which is worst.

the scramble of africa

2007-12-05T07:47:00.000-08:00

The scramble of Africa is all europens trying to take over a part of it they were competing for the land. this was called europeans imperialism. they were splitting africa like whole cake into pieces. the reason why europeans were so willing to control africa is because of africa's natural resource, like gold, petroleum, diamonds ect. the three main nations involve in this were

Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

2007-12-03T07:57:00.000-08:00

a gruop of explorers went on a expedition to find the source of great river called the nile. these europe explorer face some hardships during the expedition due to the dry dessert.

the meiji restoration of japan

2007-11-27T07:58:00.000-08:00

Matthew Perry went to japan with big bulky modernized ships and the japanese were no match for these high tech ships. they were so behind that give up and decided sign a trade treaty with foreign countries. the japanese were adapting to foreign ways, they send states men to study foreing ways. the japanese started to industrialize, modernize and mass producing wich really boost up theyre economy. aqctually japan was an archipelago, a large chain or group of island or any large body of water containing many islands.

Karl Marx and Communism

2007-11-18T16:03:00.000-08:00

Karl Marx strongly supported communism. His idea of communism was that wealth should be shared equally by workers in a communist society, and that workers should control factories instead of landlord, that is the reason why he wanted communism to rule the world. The best way to describe communism is as socialism that negates private ownership and creates a classless society. Marx wrote a phrase "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs" that crystallize the meaning of communism. However Karl Marx see as bad people the imperialists (owners of factories), and as the good ones the proletarian(workers of factories).

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

2007-11-18T15:34:00.000-08:00

The Industrial revolution was a very important period of that introduced us to the modern world we live in. it had many possitive and negative effects, however it was a major turning point of the world.

Karl Marx was very upset with the industrial revolution. He did not like the treatment of workers and the unsafe conditions they work at. This is what majorly inspire him to invent communism. He argued that workers should control factories rather than landlords. as result he wanted to make a worldwide revolution with the worker of the world. His ideas were know as communism. And he though workers should share wealth in a comunist society. however his ideas inspire the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. Then Mongolia became the second communist Nation in 1921. After world war 2 many goverments were overthrown by communist. however Karl Marx had deeply influence communism in europe.

nationalism and the creation of Italy

2007-11-12T17:19:00.000-08:00

nationalism is the desire to form a country and desire of love and loyalty to that country and the people who inhabits that country, who shares a common culture and history, and to protect that country, instead of having loyalty to a king. I am nationalism in the way that i love and am loyal to my country and I follow democracy which is not having my country ruled by a king, but the country rule by a nation. Italy was from territories of crumbling empire. and two important leaders contribute to the formation of Italy, although they had different goals and personality. Giuseppe Mazzini was one of them, he organized a nationalist group called young Italy, however no one older than 40 could join the group. the second leader was Camilo Di Cavour, a wealthy middle aged aristocrat, he work very hard to expand piedmont-Sardinia's power. piedmont Sardinia was the most powerful and largest of Italian states, Italian nationalist look to the kingdom of piedmont Sardinia for leadership. however these two leaders were the ones who contributed to the unification of Italy. Italy were empires before it became Italy. These empires became Italy thanks to Giuseppe Mazzini and Camilo Di Cavour and their strong feeling of nationalism.

Simon Bolivar and Latin Americans Revolutions

2007-10-15T07:44:00.000-07:00

Simon Bolivar was a very important person for Latin Americans specially in south America. His is called a liberator. He gave freedom to many south American countries specially in the northern part of south America, such as Venezuela, Ecuador Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru from Spain. there is a country named after him and that is Bolivia. Bolivia was named after him because he help to create it. He defeated the Spaniards with his small groups of followers and organized troops to attack the Spaniard, and had good tactics such as surprised attacks and made really good decisions in the middle of the battle. He join Francisco de Miranda to help him with the revolution against Spain. He also went from places to places to look for help and gain forces to fight Spaniards. He travel to Europe and visited many countries and he went to the united states that just got its independence from Great Britain. So he though it was time for his country Venezuela to gain independence. He got influence by U.S independence and French revolution. With a lot of effort this honorable man and the others who help him defeat the Spaniards, gave freedom to many countries in south America.

Robespierre and the reign of terror

2007-09-30T18:15:00.000-07:00

te french revolution did not give imediate results, that is because it was too violent and there was too much killing in it all opposite to the american revoltion, which was much more sucessful than the french. Robespierre was the man who conducted the reign of terror as a matter or fact he killed himself what he was trying to achieve. the reign of terror was were alot of people in france were executed, 1,376 people were executed in france in no more than 47 days. the machine they use to kill people was called the guillotine. His purpose was to really have democratic goverment, although he did not did it the right way. Bcause of that france have already used 11 subsequent constitution.

french revolution social causes

2007-09-28T07:47:00.000-07:00

During the 1700s french was consider the most advance country in europe, the enlightment started in france. Some of the reasons for the french revolution were economic woes, enlightment ideas, and weak leader.

French's once properous ecomony was declining, heavy taxes were making it impossible for people to conduct business in france. In 1780s bad weather contribute to crop failure. The king also got into a deep debt.

Enlightment ideas were more emphasising in goverment so people got motivated in the participation of politics and goverments. but since everyone did not have equal right not all people could take participation in politics and goverments.

Their king louis 14 was not very efficient. He was indecisive and let everything slick through, he did not listen to goverment advices, and he spend his time hunting and doing stupid things instead of paying attention to goverment details. In order for a nation to progress that nations leader has to be strong and careful.

Their were three kind of states during these times, meaning people were divided into 3 parts. less than 1% were the first state which were clergys and church who did not supported the enlightment thinkers. Than the second state made up of 2% were rich nobles who controlled goverment and also disagreed with the enlightment ideas. And finally the third state which was made up of 98% of france population were poor people like peasant famers, bourgeoisie, and urban lower class who had no influence in the goverment.

The third state highly supported the enlightment ideas to change the way of goverment, and wanted to take action in matters of politics so they can change their way of living. They felt used only to collect heavy taxes from them. And they felt they were not equal to the other two classes, and they wanted to be treated fairly and stop living in poor conditions for the rest of their lives.

The major reason for the third state to revolve was because their vote meant nothing they were painted in the wall and the clergy and nobles outvoted the third state. their will to change goverment and have everyone vote equally raise more and more. July 14 1789 a lot of third state revolve against the king and tried to get gunpowder from the prison (bastilled) oviously out numbering the kings soldier the agry crowd full of citizens took controll over the bastille all in hope of having a democratic goverment. July 14 was considered french national holiday.

copernicus and the trial of galileo

2007-09-11T07:44:00.000-07:00

In the 16th and 17th century there was a really controversial debate between church and scientist which supported that the sun was in the middle of the universe, but church though earth was. this two theories were called heliocentric, a word derived from Creek language helios means sun and kentron means center, and the geocentric was the church's theory. the geocentric theory was introduce first, then it came the heliocentric theory with the scientific revolution, which proved wrong church's theory.

Copernicus had a planetary system which was heliocentric. Galileo was force to kneel in front of the inquisition to recognize his belief in Copernicus planetary system and the motion of earth. for this he was sentence for life imprisoned, and for disobeying an injunction by cardinal bellarmino "not to defend or teach Copernicus doctrine". Later on in 1992 the roman catholic church admit they were wrong in the dealing with Galileo.

scientific revolution, scientific method

2007-09-10T07:50:00.000-07:00

Scientific revolution begun in the 1543. Historians use scientific revolution to describe deep changes in intellectual thoughs that occur in 16th to 17th century. ancient greeeks and christianity though earth was the center of the universe, and everything else rotated around earth. now thanks to the scientific revolution we know that is wrong. this is called the scientific method, the way scientist learn and study the world around them. when scientist has an idea or a theory they dont first accept it, they make various experiments to prove or disprove this idea and come with a conclusion. this require observation, analysis, hypothesis building, hypothesis testing, and a scientific theory. isaac newton was a great scientist who follow the scientific method, and proved wrong aristotle theory, that one set of physical laws govern the earth and another the rest of the universe.

evolution vs. creation

2007-09-05T08:12:00.000-07:00

Evolution is a scientific theory that tells us we came from a common ancestor evolving from generation to generation, in a process of natural selection or survival of the fittest. one famous scientist that strongly supported this theory was Charles Darwin. he made research on Galapagos island with finches, he went island to island collecting finches and he notice that they had different beak size, each best for the type of seed the islands had. So he assure that was natural selection. Very often there are some struggles between evolution theory and creation. although, scientist don't no the purpose of us on earth, or why we came to exist. And everything has a purpose in life. if we came from the naught than we can't do nothing. So church assures that the only explanation of the origin of life is the book genesis.

Creation is very opposite to evolution. Is a religious belief stating that were created by one god, who created the universe. Base on Christianity, a well known religion, states in the bible that we are all sons of Adan and Eve. How ever scientist have find traits of Jesus but not Adan and Eve traits. Nevertheless Scientist are always trying to prove church wrong. a controversial debate between church and scientist was earth. church believe that earth was in the middle of the universe and that every thing rotated around it,but that was wrong because the sun is actually in the middle of the universe not earth. a common question among those believe in evolution is, how did Adan and eve kids had more kids.