History and Culture

Various European countries settled in East Africa in the 1200s. During that period of time, Christianity and Islam were introduced to many African countries in East Africa, and they continued to spread. Because of the settlements of the Europeans, many Africans were enslaved and kidnapped in the 1700s. Zanzibar became the international slaved trading center. The colonies influenced the languages spoken in the African countries today. For example, French is the official language in Rwanda, Burundi, and Djibouti. As for Ethiopia and Somalia, they speak Amharic and Somali. Many other languages such as English and Arabic are spoken in different parts of East Africa depending on who colonized which areas. While the languages spread, many religions such as Christianity and Islam were influenced upon the East Africans.

The Scramble for Africa

We attempted to claim South Africa, which is the country with almost all the sources we needed. Because we got to roll the dice multiple times, each with the highest number, we got to take over a huge amount of land area. South Africa, the country which everyone desired, was one of our key success reasons. One of the mistakes we made, however, was accepting other countries' deals and bargaining. In the end, we learned not to accept them.
I think we, France, won the scramble of Africa because we managed to claim most of the lands we needed and the gain the resources we needed. We managed to get diamond from South Africa, petroleum and zinc from the Somalian area. I think the British lost in the scramble for Africa game because they lost all their lands, claimed none, lost their resources, and controlled the lands that they didn't need.

Orange Brand to Launch in Uganda

Mobile services have launched in Uganda by the French company, Hits Telecom. Uganda, with a population of 30 million, now has about five million users of telecoms. Across Africa, mobile phone connections are rapidly outpacing landlines and bringing cheap communications to rural areas. This is generally helping Uganda because this service is definitely needed; therefore, the launching of this service is very helpful for the citizens of Uganda. The growth of mobile phones is seen by some experts as helping to bring rural areas out of poverty.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7679459.stm

Summarizing East Africa Reading

East Africa is a spectacular landscape. It ranges from rivers, valleys, highlands, plains, and lakes. Rift valleys are places on Earth's surface where the crust stretches until it breaks. Because the landscape varies, the climate and vegetation on a mountain as high as Mount Kilimanjaro would be harder to vegetate. As for a flatland like the Serengeti Plain, a land with grasses, trees, and many rivers, it is easier to vegetate. In order for all the wildlife animals in East Africa to survive, there are many lakes and rivers, including Lake Victoria and the Nile River, the largest river in the world. The climates of East Africa generally depends on the distance away from the equator and the level of elevation; the closer and higher one is, the more rain and snowfall one gets, and the farther away and lower one is, the drier it is. Droughts are caused by very little rainfall and results the crops being damaged.

'Can You Trust the To Be A Slave?'

Julius Lester, an African American who had had a high degree in education wrote the book To Be A Slave. Lester received a B.A. in English from Fisk University in 1960. Also, he had a talk radio show on WBAI FM from 1966-1973, hosted a television talk show on WNET from 1969-1971. Lester had written 43 books, and over the years, he had received the Newberry Honor Medal, the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, National Book Award Finalist, National Jewish Book Award Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Boston Globe, Horn Book Award, Coretta Scott King Award. Numerous titles have also appeared on the New York Times Outstanding Book list and American Library Association Notable Book list. He had also published over 200 hundred essays and reviews in such publications as the New York Times Booko Review, New York Times Op-Ed Page, Boston Globe, Village Voice, The New Republic, Forward, and the Los Angeles Times Book Review. After teaching for two years at the New School for Social Research in New York (1968-70), he joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts in 1971 where he was a professor in the Judaic and Near Eastern Studies Department, and adjunct professor of History. And over there, he received numerous awards. After that, Lester For ten years he served as lay religious leader of Beth El Synagogue in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Therefore, the information in the book To Be A Slave can easily be trusted because Lester, who's formal education level is beyong common, would most likely provide accurate facts that have actually occured in the slavery ages. The majority of the information from this book come from the interviews of the survivors from the African slavery ages. Therefore, you should easily conclude that they shhould be trusted.

Hunger Levels Soar in East Africa

The nations of East Africa are suffering from hunger, drought, and the rocketing food prices. John Holmes, the top UN humanitarian official, states that what they need essentially is more funds. 75 million more people have been pushed into the ranks of world's hungry last year, which brings the total up to 950 million people. Nearly 17 million people in the Horn of Africa are is in urgent need of food and other aid; almost twice as many as earlier this year, the UN has said.The total number of money needed for the nations is $1.4 billion. Though almost half of that had been raised, there remains a shortfall of $715 million. $700 million (£382 million) emergency aid is needed to prevent the region from descending into full scale famine.
This article is critical because it shows how life is like in the most of East Africa; and how effective it is. It also shows the world community is not allowing this to happen, therefore they are doing what they can to help the East African nation. Though, there are still many suffering from drought, hunger, and the food price.s
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7626562.stm

5 Themes of Geography

Movement - People around the place go to Tokyo, either to live or visit, and perhaps move away again.
Region - You can tell this place is most likely in South East Asia because of the language written on the shops, which is Japanese. Also, most people in this picture are Asians except for this one woman, who clearly stands out, right in the middle.
Human Environmental Interaction - The shops are man made, the roads, and everything else in this picture. People wear short sleeves and shorts or skirts because the temperature is probably humid or too warm for sweaters or other thicker clothes.
Location - The relative location is most likely somewhere in Japan because you cannot determine where it is in exact, but you definitely can tell it is in Japan. Also, you see how clean and tidy the streets are, therefore it cannot be at a place like China which is not fully developed yet.
Place - Japanese, the language of Japan, is written all over the shop banners in this picture. The clean streets, the people, the way the shops are set up like, and how there are no stars on the sky.

"Violence leads to more violence"

"Violence leads to more violence"
I think this quote is true. In the play, Brutus, Cassius, and Casca stabbed Caesar. This act caused more violence, not only within their own circle, but within the citizens as well. When someone uses violence to attempt to solve a problem, the people the person uses violence on will react aggressive and cause more violence. From line 220 to 222 on page 123, the citizens said, "Revenge! About! Seek! Burn! Fire! Kill! Slay! Let not a traitor live." That shows how violence causes more violence. The reasons can be complex, but mainly emotions, respects, and perhaps pitiness towards the person.