Jordan's Global Blog

The Opium Wars

2008-12-10T09:12:00.000-08:00

The ''Opium Wars'' was basically a drug war. When opium first came to China it was used as a medicine. But then in the 1700's the British introduced China to mixing opium with tobacco so it could be smoked. And at this time China was famous for green tea. So basically ''The Opium Wars'' was just China trading their gold and their silver for opium which they later found out was a horrible deal. They were called ''The Opium Wars'' because the main focus of the war was for the British to get the chinese to give up all their gold and silver for opium. The Chinese won the wars.

"Mountains of the Moon"

2008-12-03T09:05:00.000-08:00

Some of the hardships that the Europeans faced as they explored Africa were that they kept getting attacked by the people of Africa, some of the Africans the europeans hired were disloyal and stole from the Europeans, and the some of the Africans that the Europeans hired were getting sick and dying. They named the lake lake Victoria in honer of the English queen. The technologic advantage that Europe had over Africa was tremendus, the Africans didnt have guns and when they first seen a gun they were amazed. They were also amazed at the Europeans fabrics and cloths, Also they were amazed to see people that were not dark skinned.

Karl Marx and Communism

2008-11-06T09:06:00.000-08:00

Karl Marx's idea of communisim was basically a theory of social organization based on the holding of all properrty in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. He wanted communism to take over the world because i guess he felt that it was about time the the world took on a new approach to things.

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

2008-10-16T09:04:00.001-07:00

Nationalism is basicaly being loyal to a nation. Im nationalistic because i pledge to my flag almost every morning. Nationalism was used to create italy by using alliances. Before this time italy was ruled by austrians.

Simon Bolivar And Latin American Revolutions

2008-10-10T09:04:00.000-07:00

Simon Bolivar's life was crucial to the Latin American revolutions. He was a brave man born in Creole on July 24th 1783. What Bolivar accomplished as being the official leader of the independence movement was fanominal. Bolivar managed to liberate most of an continent with an army of about 10,000. And he is so famous because they call him the "George Washington of South America". He helped defeat Spain and he was fighting for other latin countries right's.

The French Revolution

2008-09-23T09:34:00.000-07:00

1. Many people in france were critical of the nobles because most of the people were peasants and felt that they should be treated better than how they were treated.

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Copernicus and the trial of Galileo.

2008-09-12T09:04:00.000-07:00

At this time in the world there were two theories about the earth and the sun and all the other planets.

The first theory was that the Earth was the center of the universe and they called this theory the Geocentric theory.

The second theory was that the Sun was in the center of the universe and they called this theory the Heliocentric theory.

The Scientific Revolution: The Scientific Method

2008-09-11T09:17:00.000-07:00

The Scientific Method is basically the way we were taught to solve a problem/experiment. The basic steps basically consist of four steps which are:

1.Discover a problem
2.Invent a hypothesis
3.Test your hypothesis untill you find one thats true
4.Draw your conclusions

EXAMPLE:

My problem: I can't get to class on time.

My hypothesis: If I dont stop to talk to my friends in the hall i can make it to class on time

My expirement: I chose one day to test my hypothesis. So on this day as soon as the bell rung to let us out of class i went straight upstairs to Mr. Molony's class without stopping in the halls to conversate with my friends and i made it to class on time.

My conclusion: I tested my hypothesis and it worked so everyday now i'm not going to stop in the halls between classes to converse with my friends.

Evolution Vs. Creation

2008-09-04T09:09:00.000-07:00

Darwins theory of Evolution was basically him believing that over the years Animals And Humans Evolve And Adapt to ther surroundings