The Treaty of Versailles (ended WW I)

The Treaty of Versailles took a lot from Germany. They were blamed for the whole World War, and forced to pay compensations to the allies because they were found guilty of starting the war. Germany lost 10% of its land, which was now shared between the allies. They also lost all their colonies, about 12.5% of the German population was now living outside their countries borders. The huge payments that they had to make to the allies ruined their economy, and there was no way they could fix it back up under the rules they lived. Germany was also excluded from the league of nations, and were forced to live under the treaties rules.

I don't think this treaty was fair to Germany because technically the guy who committed the assassination was from a country that was part of the allies, and Germany declared war because their allies person was killed. I also think that  the historians are right because the Treaty triggered Germany's hatred for the rest of the Europe, their country was a total mess because of what the treaty did to them.

Film Lesson: "Gandhi"

Gandhi used non-violence to help India gain their independence. He meant it to be used so much that he starved himself almost to death so the violent protests that the natives started stop. He organized several meetings, gave many speeches. He was the leader of the salt march which send a message to the British empire that Indians can make their own salt, same thing with cotton. He encouraged the people to make their own products so Britain doesn't make anymore money off of them.  

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey.

Mustafa Kemal, the leader of Turkish nationalists overthrew the last Ottoman sultan. He passed laws based on the European system. He developed a program to modernize Turkey and catch up with other countries. He also gave more rights to women.  The clothing wasn't controlled anymore,itbecame more European. Ataturk basically made"westernized" Turkey. He made Turkey "secular" which means to separate religion from state, education, culture and legal affairs.

The Russian Revolution

The russians had a revolution because the czar was a very cruel ruler. He didn't care about his people. Russia was behind all other countries in economy and industry. People couldn't take it anymore after WWI. The war completely destroyed the economy, it sparked up the building up tension between the czar and his people. Lenin was the leader and mastermind behind the revolution. His signature quote was "Peace, Land and Bread", it meant that he wanted everyone to have those things, no one more than the other. He followed the ideas of Karl Marx with ways of controlling the country and economy. Those ideas are called Communism. After he took over the country from the temporary government, with a group of his supporters called the Bolsheviks he tried to fix Russia's economy and eliminate his rivals.

Causes of WWI

The main causes of WWI are Nationalism, Militarism, and Imperialism.  The nations were racing each other in basically everything, every nation thought that they were better than the others. This nationalism created conflicts between nations in Europe. The nations also raced between who gets the most land for their territory. Conflicts were created over colonies in Africa and Asia (imperialism). Also militarism was another cause. The Europe nations were all building up their military to be ready for war. Everything in Europe was very tense and one thing was needed to start the war. The actual spark that set the fire of war was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, which started the chain reaction of alliances attacking each other. Soon the whole Europe was at war.

Opium Wars- Imperialism in China

From 1839-1842 the "Opium Wars" was fought between China and Britain. Britain needed tea from China because it has become a very popular drink in Britain. Chinese officials agreed to sell them tea but not buy anything from "western countries". Britain decided that they needed to "balance out their trade" so they sold Opium to chinese so they become addicted to it and keep buying from them in exchange for them buying tea. Chinese officials became furious and a war over opium started thats why its called the "Opium Wars". The Chinese were defeated by the British due to lack of modern technology.

Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

The hardships that the Europeans faced while traveling through Africa were not having knowledge of the terrain, basically the Europeans were going to the middle of Africa to find the source of the Nile River not knowing what they will have to face. Their supplies went by quick because there was almost no source of food or water for most of the time. They also came across African tribes which were violent and didn't want them on their land. But the Europeans overcame that by giving them stuff they have never seen before. 

Its strange that the lake is named Victoria because its Africa's lake not the British. The name still haven't changed till this day.

Europeans technology was way more advanced in any aspect of life and the Europeans dominated in Africa because of the guns. While the Africans had spears the Europeans had handguns that were feared by the natives.