NATO and the Warsaw Pact

NATO was an orginazation that includes countries in Euorpe and North America. The Warsaw Pact was a mutal defense alliance made in responce to NATO. North America and Europe was NATO. The point of their alliance was so that in case any of the countries involved in the alliance were attacked all other allied countries would join together and fight as a unit. The Warsaw Pact was very similar. It was made up of the Soviet Union and its satellie coutries. Warsaw Pact was made mostly asa reaction on the creation and importance of NATO.

Film Lesson:Schindler's List

The film schindlers list illustrated the film in a very dreamy matter. The director portrase the Jews to be oblivious. They made it seem as if the Jews where happy were they where.Aand had not problem with what they where beeing put through. scene that was most powerful was the scene with the evacuation of the ghettos. There was so much innocent killing. Women, children, elderly, and men, getting torn away from their families and shot dead or taken away.

The Treaty of Varsilles (end of world war 1)

At the end of world war one Germany was humiliated. The Treaty of Varsilles was created for Germany to agree to the fact that it was there fault that the war started. And dispite the fact that they lost they had to repay compensation to the allies (winners). Germany also had to be split up into separate areas. I dont think that the treaty was fair. They were thinking apon revenge and not what would ahve been better for their countries. Because of the Treaty Germany was very upset to be treated the way that they were so Adolph Hilter came up with his own plan to try to take over the world. And it was vecuase of the treaty that it made things alot more easier to blame.

Mustafa Kamel and the Moderization of Turkey

He wanted to make his people different from everyone else in the Middle East. He made Turkey secular by taking religion out of schools, and legal fairs. Mustafa also changed the dress code. For the traditional muslim clothing was no longer aloud to be worn. But the European way of dressing was now inforced. Head gear was changed. they were directed to wear collor shirts and ties with dants and shoes. Secular means to take the religion out of somewere. To no longer preech it but to let it take its own course of action.

Film Lesson-Gandhi

Gandhi help his people gain there independence in many ways.He found that civil disobedience was the best way to do it.The image of violence and killing unsettled him.To show his civil disobedience he simple made his own clothes, salt, food, or didnt eat at all.These are things that he did on a daily and traveled around India to get his fellow people to do some with him.The thought of the victims not making it home to there families at night.Him knowing that somewhere there is another person beeing put in unecesary pain.So when India rebeled and took violence into there own hands he felt responsible.Gandhi wanted to show the people that talkin the life of another is not the way to go so he protested.With the decision to fast for as long as it would take for the violence to stop he wouldnt let any food touch his lips.India's independance wasnt all based on Gandhi but the majority is.He fought for everyone and spoke of taking a stand.He made people feel as if they were wworth fighting for.Maybe eventually it would have happend but with the way that people where just standing around takin the abuse and beating it would have taken alot longer than it already did.

The Opium Wars

What happened during the opium wars? It was a war. With china and the British. Because Chine wouldnt stop trading or selling Opium to the bristish.
Why are they called the opium wars? Because the British were upset at the Chinese for adicting there soldiers, and the Chinese refused to stop.
Who won and why? The British won, because they came unexpected. So China had no time to get ready, and the Bristish had the better technology.Which was just a quicker and easier way of winning.

Film Lesson :"Mountains of the Moon"

In the film both Richard Burtan and John Speke travel to East Africa and go on search for the source of the Nile River. But during there time in Africa they went threw things that were unexpected. They walked for months. After walkin they were bound to shipsz for weeks. With people catchin malaria and other deadly diseases. They were dieing constantly.It is strange that the Lake in Africa is named after a Bristish Queen because well there in Africa.There was alot of ungraded technology between the Africans and the Eueropeans.Some of which was weapons.With the Africans using spears and the Europeans using guns. The Europeans had the better advantage.The Africans were as high up on technology for years.That was abel to help conquer alot easier.