Thursday, December 9, 2010

▲ Quiz II ▲

I. This article was about the army's advancements of weapons in china. The Chinese army has made up a new weapon involving a missile. This new weapon has a missile on a moving vehicle making the weapons mobile. Also they created a fuel system to make the vehicle go further distances without needing to refuel it. Also this article talks about how there is a "rat" in government (congress). The US fears that the European and China Military is going to over throw them with there advancement in weaponry.
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II. The Opium war crumbled China.  China had recovering drug addicts, strippers, and lazy people who didn't want to work because they wanted more of the drug. The British was still forceful with China. They ( The British ) opened ports to British - Canton, Amoy, Fushou, Ningbo, and Shanghai. They still had power of Chinas trade and Society basically. After a while of fighting and China giving there all to try and ban opium from china the British still had control and embarrassed them by legalizing opium which brought China down.

III. China is in a much better condition then they were then. They now have Opium still legalized but they don't abuse it like they did then which eliminated all the drug dealers, drug addicts, strippers, and all the aggression there was in order to get Opium. People would do CRAZY things to get there hands on Opium. Now since its not used as much as it was before China can focus on advancing themselves as they are doing now. This connects to the article because china advanced making that missile and if people were still abusing Opium like they were then, then the missile would have probably not even been created. People would have been getting high off of Opium.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

▲ Homework III - Marking Period III ▲

"INDIA IS A LIVING HELL! EVERYONE REBEL REBEL!"
India is going through very uneasy times right now. Everyone is rebelling. Why you ask? It's because of those snotty nose BRITS! People are so outraged and appalled by there actions. What are they thinking! The must be incapacitated with Opium for them to make those type of actions.

What did they do? More like what did the NOT do! how dare they make Brahmins there minions! Do they not know that they are at the top of the caste system! They come here and they make themselves immune to our laws of government! Who do they think they are! Everyone Rebel Join in on the Sepoy Mutiny. Do you want to be free and want you independence back?! REBEL!  Come on say it with me INDIA IS A LIVING HELL EVERYONE REBEL REBEL!

▲ Homework II - Marking Period III ▲

Questions ▲


I. How big is India?
India is a 1.2 square million peninsula. 


II.What is it's relative location (between which bodies of water)
Between the the Bay of Bengal, which is on the left of India and the Arabian sea, which is on the right of India is the relative location of India.


III. What 'raw materials' are among their crops?
The raw materials are tea,coffee,cotton,indigo, and jute.


VI. Who was the MUSLIM ruler who started the Mogul Empire in 1522?
The Muslim ruler was Barbar. he invaded India and started the Mogul Empire.


V. Who attacked the Moguls in the 1600s?
The Monguls were attacked by Martha people of the west of central India.


VI. How were the Hindus treated by the Muslims after this attack?
After the attack the Hindus were treated they treated the POORLY.


VII. What British Company came to India in the 1600s?
The British East India Company came to India in the 1600s.


VIII. When did that company start to take over?
They started the take over in 1707
Why?
Because the Mughal Empire Collapsed in 1707.


IX.They built the trains. What were the trains used for?
The trains were used for hauling construction material in Roorkee ( by this time India started to Industrialize ) The trains also transported raw products for villages to the ports and brought manufactured goods back.


X. They also built roads that helped people communicate. Was this a positive? (your opinion) please explain
Yes, this was a good thing because now more of India was able to communicate with each other. They also stopped all tribal wars and put and end to raiders.


XI. What percentage (%) of India was Muslim?
12 % of India was Muslim.


XII. What percentage was Hindu?
82 % of India was Hindu.


XIII. Why did the Sepoy Rebellion start?
The sepoy rebllion started because tension was raised between Muslims and Hindus.


XIV. WHERE did it start?
It started Meerut.

XV. What was the punishment for the people who rebelled?
For those who rebelled the punishment was to be placed in front of a cannon to be blown up in to oblivion.

▲ Homework I - Marking Period III ▲

▲ Vocabulary 


Sepoys / Indian Soldiers 


"Jewel In The Crown" / The most valuable of all  Britain's colonies 


Sepoy Mutiny / When the city of Delhi was captured and from delhi the rebellion spread to northern and central india


Raj / British rule over India from 1757 to 1947


▲  Cause & Effect  ▲ 


1. Cause / Decline of Mughal Empire ▲ Effect / India Trading Company took over India


2. Cause / Colonial Policies ▲ Effect / Indians become over thrown by the British and got placed at a lower level of the caste system in the British's eyes


3.Cause / Sepoy Mutiny ▲ Effect / The brutal battles caused the East India Company take over a year to get back the control of the country


▲ Analyzing 


▲ The benefits of Imperialism was that due Great Britain India become unified.


▲ The down side of Imperialism was that Indians were forced to be slaves to the British basically they were looked down upon them and treated poorly and the British were exempt from all the Indian laws and rules because the British "said so".