3.2.1.

Three Things I learned:

• I learned about the Maji Maji rebellion. I never knew that this even happened, and their belief that the magic water would turn bullets to water is very interesting.
• I learned that Menelik II preserved Ethiopia's independence AND modernized it.
• Finally, I learned that there are numerous ways to colonize a country. Previously, I had thought that a ruler traipses into a country and said "HA! You're mine now!" but now, I understand that there are many different ways to control those colonies, and to absorb them (or force them) into your culture.

Two Things I Found Interesting:

• I always find the struggle for suffrage to be extremely interesting to learn about. I always take something different away from that discussion.
• I also found the Victorian Ladies' News interesting in chapter 10 section 1. I particularly enjoyed the Victorian Manners section.

One Question that I still Have:

• I still don't quite understand assimilation. I understand that it breaks down a culture, but I don't understand how, really...

Mohandas Gandhi

"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble."

 I like this quote a lot. I think that Gandhi is saying that it is better to disagree with someone passionately, than to agree with someone just because you don't want conflict. He is supporting the revolution in India by saying that standing up to England was better than letting them walk all over the Indian people. 

Suez Canal

The Suez Canal runs over 100 miles, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Unlike the Panama Canal, it does not consist of locks, instead, it maintains roughly the same water level as both seas, and consists of two parts that flow into lakes. It takes roughly eleven to sixteen hours to cross the canal. It can only allow one-way passage of ships, but there are three separate convoys that pass through it per day. Generally, two south bound and one north bound convoy passes through each day. The canal is now under Egyptian control, and thousands of chips pass through it per year.

Maji Maji Rebellion

This rebellion took place in German East Africa between 1905 and 1906. The East Africans revolted when the Germans decided that the colonists needed to provide them with money via cotton, rather than providing themselves with food. The East Africans rose up under the belief that a certain type of magic water, maji-maji, would protect them from German bullets. Sadly, they were mistaken, and when they rebelled, they were destroyed by the Germans' artillery.

Economic Imperialism

Economic Imperialism is one way in which a colony can be controlled. This involves less developed nations being controlled by private businesses rather than by governments. This allows colonies to remain free from the impositions of other governments, but it generally develops bad economics. An example of this policy would be the control of Dole Fruit Company over Hawaiian pineapple trade.

Imperialism

Imperialism  is the takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation with the intent of dominating the political, economic, and social life of the people of that nation. This helped and hurt the world during this time.

How it helped:

• Africa had serious amounts of natural mineral resources that helped Europeans and were a source of wealth. For instance, South Africa had huge deposits of gold and diamonds. 
• Missionaries from Europe made efforts to "civilize" the people of Africa, which would (hopefully) end slave trade.
• Ideas and practices were spread to the people of the colonies, including democracy, literacy, and health-related improvements.

How it hurt:

• Europeans played native groups against each other, causing chaos.
• Europeans, with their advanced weaponry, easily overtook the African people due to their susceptibility. 
• Europeans forced the Africans to give up their culture to become more European. An example of this would be paternalism.

Pasteurization!

This is a process of killing micro-organisms in liquids like milk and apple cider. Louis Pasteur, a French chemist, discovered bacteria and that it is killed by heat. Basically, Pasteurization involves heating a substance to a certain heat, and then maintaining that heat for a certain amount of time to destroy bacteria. This discovery and development changed the changed the healthiness of the time, as Pasteur also discovered that bacterias cause disease. This process is still used today to prevent the spread of disease from food or drink.