Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Scramble for Africa

I tried getting the western coast of Africa because Spain wanted to have their share of Africa there. Although I couldn't get that area I tried getting parts of the north, west, and east parts.
I wanted to get land before the other countries step in and call it their's. I wasn't very succesful because I had the least roll and I was at the very last in the turns. Red/ Great Britain won because they had a lot of land and they had most of their land in the coasts of Africa. I would say that Belgium lost because they have hardly any land. They had to give up all of their land at one point tin the game.

Monday, November 19, 2007

5 Themes of Geography

The 5 themes of geography are:
Movement
Region
Human Environmental Interaction
Location
Place

The 5 themes of geography in the book "Waiting for the Rain" are:
- When Tengo travels to Johannesburg by train on page 84-85
- The aparthied could be considered a region that separates the blacks from the whites and keeps everyone in their respective townships. On page 57-58 where Tengo is treated very badly in Frikkie's house.
- When Tengo and Emma drink cold drinks outside when it's hot on page 169
- Frikkie's house is a location on page 57-58
- Winchester drive #77, miller's house on page 90

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Analyzing the Cartoon

This cartoon shows how England, the man, had too much power over too many countries. England is a man with tentacles reaching out to many countries. This man looks like he is very greedy and may be reaching out to other countries.

This cartoon shows how England had conquered many countries when it had the power. This is the main political issue of the cartoon.

I would guess that when designing this cartoon the author was thinking that England had too much power and that they had been conquering too many countries.

England with all its tentacles in so many countries, that is where I say the cartoonist feels this way.

Maybe the cartoonist could give a birds view of many English men/octopuses trying to get all the countries.

I think there is some evidence of CRAP. There are many colors and they are repeating. There are enough legs and enough countries on each side and there countries are all around.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Violence makes more Violence

Violence definitely makes more Violence. Here are three reasons why.
Firstly, if you take a look at many countries that seem to be going through conflicts, when one country bombs another country and kills innocent people, you get a immediate response with around another thousand people dead from a few more bomb blasts.
You can see conflicts everywhere. Secondly, in war. you can see more and more violence everyday.
And thirdly, in normal everyday fights with friends and family. Fights bring in more violence.