"The Scramble For Africa" Feedback

To claim land, Chris and I had pretty good luck on rolling the die, and also we attacked every chance we got. In claiming land, we considered these factors: what our country wanted, what land had natural resources, what land was densely populated, and what land had the most rainfall. Germany won The Scramble For Africa because we almost completely accomplished our goals, we have a lot of land, and we won three out of four battles. The Netherlands lost because they owned the least land at the end, and I don't think Varun accomplished the country's goals.

Reflection: Five Themes of Geography

Movement is the first theme, and it is the movement of people, goods, and ideas. One example of movement from "The Other Side of Truth" is on page 19 where Sade and Femi are going to go to London and stay with their uncle.

A group of locations that have something in common with each other is a region. The book talks about Somalia and Nigeria, and they are both war torn countries that are ruled by military government. There are examples of this in the book on page 1o and then Somalia on page 154.

Human-environment interaction is how humans affect the environment and how the
environment affects us. An example of this in the book is on page 38 when Sade and Femi are on the plane destined for London. The plane is damaging the environment.

The location of something is basically where it is. The book starts in Lagos, Nigeria; you can see this on page three. Later on, the location is
London, England. There are many other locations, but these are the basic ones. This is shown on page 40.


Place is what something is. One place in "The Other Side of Truth" is the school Sade goes to in London called Avon; it is an educational facility. It is mentioned on page 111.

Feedback November 5-9

The main visual elements in this cartoon are the English octopus and the countries that his hands are on. The picture is about imperialism. The cartoonist is against imperialism. He portrayed England as an octopus, which, probably even more so back then, was a scary or evil creature. I think the artist could improve this by making the tentacles end normally, instead of human hands. The suction cups on the tentacles could be attached to the countries. Also, the expression of "England" could be a bit meaner.

This cartoonist utilized C.R.A.P. quite well. There is a contrast between the colors, but they match (giving it a nice affect.) Also, the idea of the tentacles grabbing the countries is repeated. The alignment is good, because the octopus is positioned in the middle. You could easily cut it into quarters and there would be about the same amount of drawing on each quarter. Lastly, there is proximity. I think the artist could have done better on it. I don't see many groups in this picture.

Image from: www.fresno.k12.ca.us

“Violence leads to more violence.”

This quote is true. One example of this quote is in Julius Caesar. The conspirators hope to bring peace to the empire by assassinating Caesar, but instead it starts a war. There are always two sides to every story, and that sparks violence. Just like what's going on in Iraq right now. The Bush Administration believes they are getting rid of terrorists by killing them in Iraq. It is pointless, because more and more fanatics are joining the terrorists. Because they are being killed, they go and kill Allied soldiers.