Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

There were many hardships that Europeans faced in Africa. One difficulty was the risk of Malaria from mosquitos. Richard Burton and John Speeke were in danfer of being infected in Africa. They also faced getting attacked by hostile African tribes. The funny thing about lake victoria is that even though its in the middle of Africa,it was named after the English queen who is thousands of miles away. The primary technological advantage the Europeans had over the Africans was the machine gun. The Europeans could easily wipe out the Africans. Another reason the Europeans easily took over Africa was that the tribes were not united and could be killed very easily while thay were induviduals.

Imperialism Project

We did the imperialism project to have and understanding of how it worked. I learned that Europe during this time was in a frenzy to capture land. Also i learned shipping routes were important in trading because without them getting spices would take a long time and would be very expensive. It was shown that Spain basically had complete control of South America except for Brazil which the Portuguese owned. I also saw that England had colonies all over the world. They owned places in North America, Africa, and Asia.