Andres global blog

2009-12-18T06:46:00.000-08:00

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"

2009-12-10T06:07:00.000-08:00

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.

Karl Marx and communism

2009-11-19T06:24:00.000-08:00

Karl Marx was a german philosopher. His ideas were the foundation of modern communisim.

he was born a jew but his family changed their religion to catholics. that way they could find jobs.

Karl Marx was born in may 5th 1818 and died march 14 1883. Marx believed that capitalism will soon produce internal tensions which will lead to its destruction.

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

2009-10-27T06:10:00.000-07:00

Simon bolivar was a south american political leader. He helped latin americans get independence from spain. He was a very famous liberator. Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia revered him as a hero that is why he was famous. He has a country named after him because he helped south america get freedom from spain. His insparation was the american and french revolution

2009-09-18T06:28:00.000-07:00

Before the 1500 people got their ideas about the world from the acient greeks, romans and the bible.The scientific revoloution was a new way of thinking.people started to do expirements to prove things.For example:a man named Aristotle had a theory that heavy things fell faster than lighter ones.Then a man named Galileo proved him wrong. He took two stones of different weight and droped them off a tower. Both stones landed at the same time proving Aristole's theory wrong. Thus Galileo used scientific method to prove Aristotle's theory wrong.

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