Scramble for Africa

I was the Netherlands or purple when I played this game. Sameet, my partner, and I were trying to take control of important passes in Africa. For example we took control of The Strait of Gibraltar and the Bab-El-Maneb. Even with our small number of dice, we were not only able to take control of this but also a small part of the Congo Basin and a small part of lake Tanganyika. We also took a part of Madagascar which had a lot of precipitation and good planting areas. Altogether although we were aiming for much more we did still get some important parts.

The Winner- this really depends on how you think about it. If you were to choose the group with the most natural resources then France would win, but if you looked for the most strategical points then either The Netherlands or Great Britain could have won. So you see it all really depends on how you look at it and then decide.
The Loser- although this really depends on the way you look at it too, it seems like either of Portugal, Spain, or Belgium must be the losers. They all had ok land but not as good as expected.

Five themes of geography

The mnemonic MR. HELP really will help you remember the five themes of geography which are:

• Movement-how people, goods and ideas move from one place to another.
• Region-groups of things that have something to do with one another.
• HE (Human Environment Interaction)- how we relate to and work well with the physical things around us.
• Location-absolute meaning exact (longitude, latitude) or relative meaning close (next to..., near..., under..., etc.)
• Place-description of the place you are in.

These themes are cannot only be used in geography but also in literature. For example in the novel A girl named disaster here are a few examples:

• Movement-The trading post mentioned on pages 46-75
• Region-all the villages (no specific page/pages)
• Human Environment Interaction: the waves (no specific page/pages)
• Location: Relative: somewhere in Mozambique (no page/pages)
• Place: Near and on Lake Cabora Bassa on page 113
  

Cartoon Analysis

This cartoon is trying to show how england is trying to take full control of the world and has very imperialistic ideas. Visual elements like the arms, hands, and countries show this control that the center country, england, has. The author is trying to show that england is acting like an octopus, using its multiple arms to take over multiple countries. The author does not put this objective of englands in a positive light. One can figure this out using visual elements. The animal he used, an octopus, is not commonly used as a good animal as much as it is used as a bad animal. That one visual element gives a type of negative light on the whole cartoon. Also the whole idea of conquering has always been negative. If you look at it carefully it looks like the octopus has more control over those two center countries then any of the other countries. For real control the author could have used more of a grasp than just placing the hands there.

Violence leads to more violence

Here are a couple of examples showoing how violence leads to violence:

• Once the mental violence or hatred for Caesar had begun in Cassius' mind the real violence took place when the conspirators killed Caesar. Then the speech that Antony gave made even more violence since the plebians killed a helpless poet because he had the same name as a conspirators. Finally a war sprung out and even more violence had begun.
• Really any war, begins with one group attacking another. Since the other group wants revenge, they attack, and soon enough a whole war is started.
• At my house, my friend always picks on and teases this other guy. Soon enough this guy gets really mad and tries to beat up the guy who teases him. Although he doesn't succeed, it is still a situation which does show violence creating more violence.

This is a sad truth but a true statement anyway.