In the 19th century the British started an opium trade in china and it started the first drug war.It is now known as the Opium war.Opium is made from the juice of poppy seed pods it was also used to make heroine. It was made in the east indies and then shipped to china by british merchants.This drug is very addicting that it started problems in china.

FIlm Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

This movie is about two Europeans on an expedition in africa in search of the nile river's source.

The two English explorers were Richard Burton and John Speke.It was around the year 1854 that these two men were the first white men to make a serious atempt at finding where the nile began.

They faced many difficulties like the lost of equipment,food,water,the wildlife and the terrain.

They have faced many dangers during the first and second expedition. For example the dangers of hostile tribes and wildlife.