The Treaty of Versailles (ended WW I)

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. The treaty required Germany to accept that they were responsible for the war and have to give up land military and the economy. I think the Treaty of Versailles was fair because it prevented Germany from spending time on wars. i also believe the treaty led to the rise of Hitler because it gave him the strength to rise up and "defend" his people.

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Secular means that of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal.:Mustafa Kemal was the first President of Turkey. He wanted Turkey to be more modernized. he forbid The fez because he says its a symbol of ignorance. He wanted them to be Muslim but not as Muslim as the other Muslim countries. He wants the Turkish people to dress like the Europeans with shirts and pants and shoes more westernised.

Film Lesson"Gandhi"

Mohammad K. Gandhi was a Indian lawyer that fought for the Independence of India. He was born in the year of 1869. A religious extremest killed him. He had the Peaceful marches but the police brutality was the problem. He had the salt march were they walked all the way to the sea to make salt. they also boycott to buy the things the indian people make that the british sale.I believe indian independence happened because of Gandhi i don't think it would have happened anyways if Gandhi didn't have encourage the people to fight for their rights.

Causes of WWI

WORLD WAR I was the result of the economic, imperialism and nationalism completions with countries. A major cause for the war was the Assassination of Francis Ferdinand, Duke of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 by a Serbian. they declared war on Serbia because the assassination of the Arch Duke was the spark that lid the fire.

Another cause of the war was Nationalism. Many ignored nationalism because they thought they would preserve peace. Nationalism unified Italy (1861) and Germany (1871). at the Franco-Prussian the French lost against the Germans and the French wanted revenge . Nationalism was a major problem in Austria-Hungary because they had man national groups and also the Germans supporting the Serbians with the Austrian- Hungarians.

The third cause was Imperialism. Imperialism created rivalry between the European Countries. Great Braitan Germany anf France conpeted for their economic expansion to Africa. Germany involved a war with Great Britain and Germany in North Africa. the Fall of the Ottam Empaire was attracting to the Austian-Hungarians , the Balkans and The Russians.

The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution was in 1917. The Russians started the revolution because wanted equal rights now that the country is rapidly growing economically and socially. They had the idea of communism of Karl Marx,but the Czar, Nicholas II didn't want that to happened. The Revolution accrued on February and October. The leader of the revolution was Lenin. Czar Nicholas II involved Russia in WORLD WAR I. The first revolution was when the Bolsheviks ordered Czar Nicholas to leave the throne but he didn't listen so they executed the Czar and his family. Lenin lead the Bolsheviks (the Russians) to revolt against the landlords and factory owners and in October the creation of the Soviet Union was established.

Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

In the Film "Mountains of the Moon" Explorers John Speak and Richard Burton explored Africa. They faced a lot of hardships in their expedition in Africa. An example, is that they had trouble gaining the trust of the people they hired. Many of them ran away and betrayed them in the middle of the expedition. Another hardship they faced is the deceases the bugs carried like Malaria. Richard Burton also caught a decease that weakened his legs. The Europeans named the source of The Nile after a British queen. Its strange because an African lake is named after a British queen. its because the Europeans thought they discovered the Source first but the Native Africans already named it. That was the Europeans began imperialism. The Europeans had a lot of technological advantages. Like guns and powerful weapons. In a scene, Speak and Burton gave a handgun to a tribe's chief. The chief was amazed of the gun but the others were scared. Another technological advantage is that they had telescopes that allowed them to see things from far away. it was easy for Europeans to conquer Africa because of their weapons and ships. Their army had advantage and it was easy to take over the country.

imperialism Project

We did the imperialism project to learn how the Europeans went around the world controlled of middle east, North and South America, parts of Asia and Africa. countries like France Spain Great Britain Italy Germany and Belgium. They had gold silver copper cotton tea canons and some slaves.