The Opium Wars

The Opium War was about that was the drugs that the Britian was selling to China. The war happened around 1839 to 1842. The Opium War is also known as the Anglo-Chinese Wars.

"The White Man's Burden"

The White Man's Burden is

"The Scramble for Africa"

The Scramble for Africa is

Film Lesson: ''Mountains of the Moon''

This film is about European explores that wanted to know where the Nile River had started from. The people of Arica had went and travled wit them. On this trip, they had been throw so much. They had goten attact so many times by the local villagers. They had went on two trips to africa. They had found a river at the first trip but to their suprize it wasnt the Nile River. Some of the people that went with them on this first trip got realy sick. On the second trip the comander got sick and then had to be carryed throw some of the trip. He couldnt walk and was in so much pain. He was left behind in a village, while the other people were on their way to find where the Nile River starts. While they were walking they came to a realy big lake. Thats when he know tha it was the Nile River, and he wanted to name it Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is the third largest lake in the world. When one of the man came back to the village to see his comander he told him that he found the lake. But he didnt belive it. When they finaly came back to Europe after 6 months they went to name and say what they found. But when they came back, both the explorers had their own stuff to say. One of the two man was so made and had killed himself.