Joseph Stalin and Totalitarianism

totalitarianism means a centralized government that does not allow peoples of different opinions and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life. Joseph Stalin used totalitarianism to rule the Soviet Union with an iron fist. Stalin took control after the death of Lenin. Stalin controlled everything, he also controlled the media, he choose what the people of the Soviet Union could know.

dr zhivago

Dr. Zhivago depicted a society in the middle of war, with itself and other countries. It depicted this by the people trying to defeat the Russians and they ended up getting killed. They also showed the soldiers abandoning the war so that they would not have to be there anymore for they wpuldnt get killed or anythingg. The Russian people wanted to change because the government was treating the people like they were crapp. This is why people wanted to make change, tom prevent them from having to deal with a ruler who does not care about them. They depicted communism as a political system that was unorganized. They showed this by having 13 different families living in one house, even though it originally belonged to Doctor Zhivago. He was shocked when he saw it being run like this. He was also confused on how it worked.

cause of wwi

the world war one was pretty dangereous. alot of people got hurt and killed during this event.Militarism is a nations policy to maintain strong armed forces. The reason why is because they were competing for land. As they were, there military was increasing. Great Britain and Germany were competing for the largest navies. France, Russia, and Germany were competing for the largest military. This also put pressure on other countries to increase the number of soldiers and arms that they have. Another cause of World War one is nationalism. Nationalism is when you feel that you feel extremely loyal to a nation and concern for its welfare. Some countries wanted independence from bigger countries, meanwhile, the bigger countries thought that they were greater then anybody else.

the opium war

What happened during the opium wars?

pium was a very addicting drug kind of thing that the Chinese used to heal pain and diarrhea and the British found that giving opium to the Chinese was their only way to open a trade connection with china. But this opium which they got from India wasn't so original in fact it made the Chinese people very lazy and they couldn't meet their expectations then soon they were addicted to this drug. During the Opium War china battled with Britain because the Chinese emperor ordered Britain to stop trading and selling opium to the Chinese citizens. Since the British didn't want to stop , that's when the war broke out. The war broke out on sea. Eventually china was no match for Britain. The British had vast steam operated ships and rifles that the Chinese couldn't get close to.The Chinese had Boats that were old and not as much modernized a the British so the British ended up beating china.

The White Man's Burden

"The White Man's Burden" means that the the white man has certain duties to do in life. Relating to the poem, the white man's duty is to convert the Philippines into a civilized democratic place to live which was a difficult task for the white man.

The Scramble for Africa

The term Scrabble for Africa meant how European countries , Spain, Germany, Italy, were so obsessed with the new land that everybody anted Africa for their resources. They were all competing for resources. There resources were gold, wood,rubber, iron, tin, diamond, silver, copper. They were able to dominate Africa because they just inventedthe machine gun and they also found the cure for malaria. With the cure of malaria they were able to go to the jungles and not die of the mosquitoes bites. This Scrabble affected the African people because the whites thought that they dominated the country and that they were the first race and the best race. They took advantage of the African people and made them into slaves. The Europeans killed thousands of Africans and separated people within their tribes leading to also separation of families.

Film Lesson Mountains of the Moon

Europeans faced many hardships as they went to africa.the native African people would ambush and kill Europeans.The journey was so long, that many people died of heat ansd tiredness.the lake that is the center of the Nile river is named after a British queen is because an Englishman found it and then named it after the queen of England.The Europeans had guns, while the Africans had spears. The Europeans would eventually get machine guns and a cure for Malaria. This would allow it to be easy through the heart of Africa.