Joseph Stalin and Totalitarianism

Totalitarianism is a word that refers to a government taking total control over a centralized state. Joseph Stalin used Totalitarianism to rule the Soviet Union by taking complete control over peoples lives. People couldnt do whatever they wanted, and food was limited just because Stalin said so. The Five Year Plans was aspect developments that had to do with foods, agriculture, health, education, and even welfare. The Great Purges is campaigns of politicial repression, and persecution of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin was the leader of Russia. He then changed Russia, and all of his people.

Film Lesson: Doctor Zhivago

The film Doctor Zhivago depicted towards the Russian Revolution because what the film and Russian Revolution is both mainly about the harsh times for the russians, also the life of Zhivago, and how World War I disrupts his life since he has a family to take care of. He struggles to maintain hiself as a surgeon-poet, and also to maintain his humist spirit during the war, and the Revolution. The reason the Russian people wanted a change in thier country was mainly because a sense of patriotism. They really wanted more food such as bread, fuel, and also a end to the war. But the main reason the revolution happened in the first place was mainly because the countries population was undergoing sevre economic and social conditions. The film Doctor Zhivago also depicted communism because he wanted everyone to be common as in equal. With communism in the world there will be no more war, and everybody can come together as one. When Dr. Zhivago came back to Moscow his first look on communism was that it happened already, especially in his own house!! He had families living there just to keep them off the streets, and safe from danger. He had room since him and his family had a big house which they all lived at the top. It thought it was better to share then to live there by himself.

Cause of WW I

World War I (WWI) was a was that started the rise of nationalism of all the European Nations. The Primary causes of WWI was first conflicts that led up to the war from the four decades. Nationalism in WWI was between the European Nations between Italy, Germany, and also France. All of the nationalist groups wanted freedom in the states where they lived. Militarism meaning army forces over a type of government was an arms race between the European countries. Militarism was when their was a competition between Germany and Britian. The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand happened when a group of Serin terrorist called The Black Hand planned on attacking the Archduke. Some people was injured and Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie decided to go visit injured people at a hospital, but was killed by a terrorist on the way from making a wrong turn. The Alliance system was really a first cause of WWI. The alliance system was a system really to keep the war going, it couldve forced any nation to go to war against each other.

The Opium Wars

The Opium Wars was really a British war between China during the years 1839 - 1842. During the Opium Wars the British forced the chinese through warfare to grow opium, so that the British could make lots of money, selling it around the world. They deliberately created the conditions for addiction, amongst the poor in China, to keep them subject to the monarchy. The Opium Wars was call the Opium Wars because Opium was the main drug that was being transported in, and out of China. The British won over the War because they had alot of manpower, to fight both on land and sea.

"The White Man's Burden"

The White Man's Burden was a poem written by Rudyard Kipling. The White Man's Burden poem was about The Uniteds State Conquest, and also a form to Spanish Colonies. I do agree to the analysis of the poems from the White Man's Burden because everything in our world is still separated into understanding how everything work. Yes the united states is still imperalistic because we are still having wars, for an example; IraQ. Yes we are, and still living the White Man's Burden 100 years later, because yet we still haven't found the right idea to be equal with one another, and not be separatedm in our own ways.

"The Scramble for Africa"

The term Scramble for Africa means the single act of flurry of imperialistic activity, such as France, and Great Britian. The main European nations that was involved in this Scramble was; Spain, Portugal, Italy, Great Britian, France, Holland, Belguim, and Germany. During the scramble these european nations were looking to colonizing Africa. The European nations was easy to dominate Africa because of all the weapons, and power they had. The Africans was new to their objects so being mysterious about them they was afraid to even go near them.

Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

In the film "Mountains of the Moon" the Europeans faced alot of terrors, and dangers during the exploration of Africa. They faced lions, dangerous insects, and also alot of diseases, and enemies new to their appearence which turned out to be new friends. The Europeans were on the expedition to find the source of the Nile River also known as Queen Victoria's British Empire. It was strange that the Nile River, was named after the British Queen, because the Nile River was really located in Africa not in England like they thought it was. But the Nile River is a british name, not an African name! The primary technological advantage that the Europeans had over the African people was fire power, bots, and most of all guns, where african people was not use to seeing. The Europeans was finally able to conquer Africa so easily because of all the weapons they had.