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WW1 Prompt Response

Q: To what extent was WWI a global war? Why did most Asians fight for the allies if they were pro-German?

A- World War 1 was a global war in regards to the people involved in the war. Although Europeans were the main fighters in WW1, regions in Africa (such as Morocco) and Asia (such as India) also took part in the war, because of their interests in Europe. For example, India was considering taking the side of the Triple Entente because they were wanting to go against Britain, who ruled India with a tight fist. But, India ended up taking the side of the Allied powers in the interest of democracy; Britain and other powers of the Allied powers promised India that they would uphold democracy in their region. So, in short, democracy was the main reason that most Asians fought for the Allies.

Political Cartoon--> CHINA!

For my political cartoon on China, I chose to interpret the Boxer Rebellion (the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists). The Boxer Rebellion was a anti-foreign imperialism uprising during the Qing Dynasty from 1899 to 1900. Boxers were comprised of young Chinese men armed with rifles and swords that specialized in Martial Arts. Boxers killed a large number of foreigners, including Japanese, English, and French troops, and even Chinese Christians, whom they also opposed. The Boxers were eventually crushed by Japanese and European troops, most notably the French and English. 

For my political cartoon I interpreted the Boxers as LEGIT boxers. The two men with great looking hair represent the French and English fighters who crushed the Boxers in 1900. The man with the fantastic mustache (which I drew PERFECTLY) that is sitting curled up on the ground represents a Chinese Boxer that is at the mercy of the English and French. They are armed with the same type of weapons that Boxers were equipped with, except the tables are turned as now the Boxer does not have weapons to defend himself. 

World Empires

It really surprises me how many different countries were under the control of European powers.

White Man's Burden Response

Throughout the excerpt, phrases such as, "Take up the White Man's burden..", "Send forth the best ye breed...", "Your new-caught, sullen peoples,/Half-devil and half-child", are used to show the author's opinion about white superiority. He protrays everyone who is not European as being almost like animals whose only purpose is to serve them. This is shown through diction such as, "breed", and "new-caught".

Young Turks

The constitution gave Ottomans the right to vote and also gave free education to those who wanted it. Since they were the first generation in a while to get free education they would have a huge advantage in business, society, and government because they were smarter than those around them. Also, they would be the youngest group of people to vote which gave them great influence over who ended up winning the vote. Though a majority of the Ottoman Empire supported the reforms of the Young Turks, many disliked the specifics of the reforms as well.

The Anatomy of a Revolution

1st Stage-----> People start hating the current regime. Plus, there would be numerous amounts of protests and violence towards the government.

2nd Stage-----> Moderate and radical revolutionaries clash; moderates are opposed by many and eventually it destroyed the moderates. Extremists win and this period is known as the "terror" period.

3rd Stage-----> Development of Thermidorian Reaction. Life returns to normal, but a dictator generally comes to power who brings back a version of the old regime. 

TED Talk Response

Ferguson began this TED talk by introducing the count of “billions” which I thought was engaging. His points were concise, and clearly defined to fit the overarching theme of his talk. However, Ferguson exuded a bit of arrogance by saying “this is the best simplification I can offer you,” as that implies he believes the audience is relatively-feeble-minded compared to him. Overall, the information relayed in Ferguson’s talk was very intriguing and addressed a largely unattacked issue of prosperity fairly holistically.

Adam Smith Questions

1) Why do you think profit is the most important thing?

2) In what ways does self-interest help society?

3) When would a monopoly be beneficial to people?

Islamic Empire Pocket Map

DBQ Reflection

Today's DBQ didn't go as smoothly as I thought it was going to be. The main problem I had with writing it was time management, where I spent too long reading over the articles to pull out the quotes for my essay. I also seemed to be repeating words a lot (such as, according to, in  my opinion, etc.). I do think a good job at grouping my thoughts together; medicine, death of children, and religion. I made my point of view apparent from the start of the essay, stating that the Plague was truly devastating to Europe, but most importantly Italy. Unfortunately, I did not get to finish my essay which is a shame because I had so much I wanted to write about! But for next time, I definitely will be managing my time more wisely, and organizing what I am going to write BEFORE the writing time begins. But DBQ's are by far my favorite type of essay of the three!

Does Columbus Deserve His Own Holiday?

I do not think that Columbus should have his own day in my opinion. Columbus basically represented Europe, more specifically Spain, when traveling to North America. I do still believe that the Europeans came to know about America from the Chinese, so yes I would seriously reconsider having a day commemorating Columbus because he really didn't do all that much.

Menzie's Argument

Q: Do you buy Menzie's argument that Zheng He's fleet made it to America before Colombus? Evaluate the evidence he used and explain why or why not? 

A: Personally, I really do believe that Zheng He's fleet made it to America before Columbus, based on Menzie's argument. I found his argument about maps to be the most interesting. He stated that the Chinese and Italians both had the exact same maps, but this is because the Italians got there maps from the Chinese in the first place. He also states that in China, Confucian thinkers had their documents destroyed and this would be how Italy got their hands on such maps. Pretty solid argument if you ask me!

5 Proofs that God Exists (According to St. Thomas Aquinas)

In the first proof, St. Thomas states that everything on earth moves and changes. The second proof talks about cause and effect, saying that everything is caused by something else, and something cannot be the cause of itself, and this first cause is God. In the third proof Aquinas argues that things can either exist or not exist, but they cannot last for eternity. The fourth proof is that is God is the driving force lf everything. Aquinas uses this proof to state that there is a more perfect form of everything. Therefore, there must be something that is the most good and perfect of all things, which is God. In this final proof, Aquinas refers to the ordering of things found in nature and the idea that things that lack intelligence move and tend towards a certain result.

Post- Classical Africa Map

Learn History Like the Griots?

I would really love to learn history verbally as the griots did in Africa. Not only were the lessons factual and informative, but they gave the lesson in a story form. I personally love when history is taught like this because it gives some else's perspective of the history. And although reading does help, I believe that listening to someone else giving their recollection of a certain time period is much more informative  than just reading facts out of a textbook.

Final Day of Trial, PLUS Results!

Last day of the trial, the closing statements, went fantastic. Olivia did a great job wrapping up and summarizing the key points of our case. Ashay did well too, but he shuddered from time to time, which I believe made the prosecutions closing statement a little weak. I was disappointed with the outcome of the trial though. Even though we did not get accused of genocide, we were still convicted of kidnapping and terrorism, which I thought and still think is sad. I think part of it was my fault though, with my stage fright while cross-examining. But on the bright side, at least we didn't get convicted of all three charges. Overall I had fun during the case, and I did learn a lot as well! This was a great way to prepare for the test and I'm very proud of the Mongol D.

Day 2 of the Trial

Day two of the trial went OK. Nathan went ahead and questioned the second Yuan peasant without asking me if it was ok. I'm over it, but I wish I could've made up for my mistakes yesterday. I hate to admit it, but Michelle was actually a really good cross-examiner. But I do believe that Pappas hit it out of the park when he questioned Kristoff Yamonovic (<--- I think that's how you spell it?). I am eager to hear Ms. Fishel's final verdict, but right after the closing statements. We have total faith in Olivia! On a side note, it was unfortunate that Kublai (Sabrina) was not able to make an appearance, but we had a back up and we think he did great! (Arvind)

Day 1 of the Trial

First day of the trial was today, and in all honesty, I did not do well in front of the rest of the class. Stage Fright at its worst! But I did make the witnesses swear so I take that as a plus. To ought, I'm definitely gonna study up for the other Yuan Peasant, aka Tori Condon. Hopefully I do a complete 180 and actually make a point with the questions that I am going to ask. But other than that, I think the rest of the gem performed excellent, especially Pappas, who literally made Rachel tremble with fear on the stand.

Weekend

Studying wicked hard for this trial. Very nervous to question Pope Innocent the IV, or should I say, Pope Guilty hahahahaha. But in all seriousness, Chris Pappas and I have been looking over notes from class and have been coming up with really good questions. I am a bit nervous to talk in front of the class though, but I hope that I don't mess up because I don't want to ruin the Mongol D's chances!

January 9th

Finally got a solid half hour to discuss game plan with the rest of my team. Nathan continues to furiously work on the blog, which I still have to create a personal "about me" page for. Chris Pappas and I worked furiously on trying to research some stuff of Pope Innocent IV as we believe he will be our biggest threat. But overall, we had a great day. Going to definitely watch some Crash Course videos tonight to prepare for both the trial and for the mid-term. All hail the Mongols!

January 8th

Great day today for the 5 minutes I had with the team. Finally finished assigning roles and I continued to research for the cross examination. I finished reading about 4 pages of chapter 18; not a lot, but I will definitely get more done tomorrow. I actually really like tweeting from our Mongol Defense Twitter. Trash talking is actually so much more than I actually realized!

January 7th

We had a great first meeting with the group today. Some (not all) of the roles were assigned. I am still contemplating whether I should or should not be Kublai Khan, but we'll figure it all out tomorrow. We did however set up a Google Doc, and created a folder in Google Drive. Nathan Rippin also did a great job setting up a blog AND twitter account for our group. We finna kick some Mongol Prosecution butt on Monday!