*During the Opium war alot of countries in Europe and America they were trading drugs with China. There economy was becoming weak because they werent paying any taxes becuase they was making alot of money. After a while China didnt want to trade with the European colonies and the United States because there economy was going down. China also decieded that they didnt want to trade any more with Great Britian. That was the cause of the war and the other nations were making alot of money off of them because alot of people wasgetting addicted to it. The opium war was called "The Opium war" becuase that was what they were trading ; Opium.

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* The cause of World War I was the assaniation of Franz Ferdinand. Him and his wife was killed by a guy that was from Serbia. Then they wanted to fight Hungary. Once they did that most olf the countries in Europe started to declare war on each other. They used nationalism in order to winthe war. Each nation workedamongest themselves in order to outsmart the other nation. Germany had alot weapons. They had machine guns and everything. Some countries tried to side with each other. They even formed alliances. The triple alliance was formedby Germany, Great Britian, and France. Eventually they broke up and fought againist each other.

Film lesson:"Mountains of the Moon"

*The film "Mountains of the Moon" is about a bunch of British explorers who go to Africa in search of the Nile river. They hire a bunch of men to go on the trip with them. They travel by land and sometimes by sea. On there way they meet a lot of men. What they try to do is make them just like hem and change there custom. They believe that there way of living is the best and God left it up to them to teach the others to be just like them. So they teach them how to act, how to speak proper, and how to live. They don't realize that what they are doing is a wrong and not a right. At the end of the movie the guy discover the source to the Nile River but his friend didn't believe him. He ended up dieing and thats when they realize that he was right.

Karl Marx and Communism

* Karl Marx idea of communism was basically that everyone that worked got equal pay. Communism is basically when the government owns all your properties and everyone that works gets equal pay. Marx saw communism as a good thing and wanted it to take control of most of the world. basically he wnated the government to owneverything and they people have nothing even if it was theres.

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

* Karl Marx didnt like the Industrial Revolution becuase of the way people were getting paid and stuff. There was alot of child labor going on and unequal rights happening during this time. the creation of factories and fater transportation, so thatwas basically the good thing. Karl marx was a communist. Basically he believed thgat everyone gets equal pay and they wont be treated Unfair. He believed that the Industrail Revolution was bad because of the way things were functioning. It inspired him because he saw the way people were treated during this time. many people couldnt even read or write because they were at work or they couldnt go to school because they were too tired. so he believed it was a bad thing.

Nationalism & The Creation Of Italy

*What is Nationalism?
Nationalism: is basically when the people of your nation share common beliefs and cultures. Meaning that they share the same language, similar relgion , currency etc. I am nationalistic because I share the same language as my friends and we have the same currency. We do this because we all live in America. What I do that proves that I am Nationalistic is that when I buy things I use dollars(American money) and also when I am in school I speak English.
* Creation of Italy!
Italy use to be part of the Hungarian Empire. the Hungarin empire also had a couple other countries as well. After World War I , the countires that made up this empire wanted to have there own language and country. So they seperated and then Italy became Italy, aswell as Hungary, Germany, Czech, serbia etc. Before this happened though Italy wasnt really Italy. The other countries that made up the Austro Hungarian Empire also all shared the same culture, language and beliefs. After they sepearted thats when they became there own nations with there own government and belief.

Simon Bolivar & Latin America Revolutions

*Why is Simon Bolivar so famous?
Spain controlled many of the countires in South America. They saw that France and America had there own form of government. They then realized that it was timeto do something about it. Simon Bolivar was a military leader. He helped lead some countires in South America such as Ecuador,Colombia, Peru, Boliva, venezuela...etc to be free fromthe spanish people and have there own formof government.
*Why is there a country named after him in South America?
There is a country named after him because he helped free Peru. Peru was the last place that he helped free from the spanish. The southeastern partof Peru then became Bolivia.
*Who did he help Defeat and what was hefighting for?
Bolivar helped defeat the spanish people. The South American countries were still under Spain's control. Bolivar wanted his country as well as the other countires in South America to be free. So he led a army andwent on to freedom.
* What influenced him in his quest for Revolution?
What influenced him was America and france. After his wife died he went to Europe to visit France and Italy. He then went to America and saw that theyhad there own form of government and they were free. so he knew it was time tofree his country as well as other countries and thats exactly whay he did.