Current Event Quiz #2

The BBC News article was about China advancing in its military aspect. The Chinese army has modernized its weaponry with mobile launchers. China is also thought to be close to developing an effective in flight refueling capacity giving their Air Force a much longer range. China is also investing in Sub Marines & in command and control systems believing it will allow them to compete in a Hi-Tech battlefield. This is leaving the US worried about it having to get involved with China & Taiwan.
         
The Opium War destroyed the Chinese society. China knew the Opium was going to destroy its people so it tried to stop the Opium trading. The British kept on growing and trading Opium which ended up leaving the Chinese society with drug addicts. The British opened up Canton, Amoy, Fuzhou, Ningbo, and Shanghai. China kept fighting to ban the trade of Opium and The British refused and shipped in more destroying China’s Moral.
         
Present China is now in a greater position then they were back during the Opium War. They still have Opium legalized but they don't over use the drug. Now since Opium isn't a problem leaving them time to advance in their Military aspects. Opium caused a huge hole in the Chinese society and now China has recovered and is making a name for themselves.

HW#1 [MP#3] British Imperialsim

1. Terms & Names

Sepoy - was formerly the designation given to an Indian soldier in the service of a European power. In the modern Indian Army, Pakistan Army and Bangladesh Army it remains in use for the rank of private soldier.

"Jewel In The Crown" - is a British television serial about the final days of the British Raj in India during World War II, based upon the Raj Quartet novels by Paul Scott. Granada Television produced it for the ITV network.

Sepoy Mutiny - Indian Mutiny: discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow)

Raj - British dominion over India (1757-1947)

2. Taking Notes

Cause:

1.Decline of the Mugnal Empire.

2.Colonial Policies.

3.Sepoy Mutiny.

Effect:

1.Rise of east India trading company.

2.Indians became a lower class then the British.

3.Increased distrust between the British and Indians.

3. Analyzing

The positive effects of the imperialism in India is the contribution to its unity and growth of nationalism. With the British having control over the Indians felt that they were second in their own country. The Indians were discriminated by the British. These feelings of Nationalism led to the founding of two Nationalist groups. As their feelings increased, conflict between the Indians and the British increased as well. Soon, they began to struggle over the control for India, which led to Indians uniting such as during the Sepoy Mutiny.

December 1st classwork

a. Social Dwarfism - Social Dwarfism is the idea in which people who look a certian way and have a certain life style, have an advantage in socitey. This allows them have advantages in which they can have better jobs and are treated a certain way this is also know as racism today.

b. The ideas of "survival of the fittest" apply to social dwarfism because, social dwarfism excludes people who do not meet certain standards and Survival of the Fittest forces out the weaker poeple. The weaker people would be the ones who cannot meet the certain standards.

c. Social Dwarfism was used justify taking over the continent of Africa because the europeans who were superior to the africans took over africa because they were of lighter skin, had money, and power.

White Mans Burden by Rudyard Kipling
Take up the White Man's burden--
Send forth the best ye breed--
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild--
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.

Take up the White Man's burden--
In patience to abide,
To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride;
By open speech and simple,
An hundred times made plain
To seek another's profit,
And work another's gain.

Take up the White Man's burden--
The savage wars of peace--
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
The end for others sought,
Watch sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.

Take up the White Man's burden--
No tawdry rule of kings,
But toil of serf and sweeper--
The tale of common things.
The ports ye shall not enter,
The roads ye shall not tread,
Go mark them with your living,
And mark them with your dead.

Take up the White Man's burden--
And reap his old reward:
The blame of those ye better,
The hate of those ye guard--
The cry of hosts ye humour
(Ah, slowly!) toward the light:--
"Why brought he us from bondage,
Our loved Egyptian night?"

Take up the White Man's burden--
Ye dare not stoop to less--
Nor call too loud on Freedom
To cloke (1) your weariness;
By all ye cry or whisper,
By all ye leave or do,
The silent, sullen peoples
Shall weigh your gods and you.

Take up the White Man's burden--
Have done with childish days--
The lightly proferred laurel, (2)
The easy, ungrudged praise.
Comes now, to search your manhood
Through all the thankless years
Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom,
The judgment of your peers!

1. Do not complain about freedom.
Have Hope and faith in what they do.
2. The burden was the hardships they had.

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