History of Olympics

Olympics started all the way back in 8th century B.C. and continued strong until sometime in 5th century A.D. Nobody really seemed to care about the disappearance of the Olympics until Pierre de Coubertin came around in the late 19th century and worked tirelessly to revive the Olympics. He founded the IOC in 1894 (200 years before the greatest event in history: my birth) and the Olympic games finally occurred again 2 years later.

We have Pierre to thank for the domination of Michal Phelps and Apollo.

Reflection on Movie

I found that the Everest movie was intriguing. I understood that everybody was climbing up for their own reasons, be it nationalism, religious purposes, or self-satisfaction. They all had something in their mind that would help them through the hard parts. I believe that we could all incorporate that idea in our lives. Find something worth pushing ourselves to achieve.

Aside from this lesson that is learned from the movie. I do not think this movie is worth anything, nor is climbing Everest. A man died in this movie, not his character in the movie, a REAL person had their life stolen from them. A movie or a climb is not worth anybody's life, in my humble opinion.

Presentation Proposal

In this presentation I will study Bushido, or the Way of the warrior. I will study the history of the samurai's who lived by this code and the history of the code itself. I will then try to adapt this code into a code for high school students in America. I will present my conclusion in a way that all American high school students are used to, Microsoft PowerPoint.

Exploring Extremes

The first successful expedition to the South Pole was led by Roald Amundsen, with a team of four men. They reached the South Pole on December 14, 19 11. http://www.south-pole.com/p0000101.htm

The first successful expedition to the North Pole was led by Robert Peary, leading Matthew Henson and four Eskimos. They reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/p/peary.shtml

The Everest expedition in 1924 was led by George Mallory. He and his climbing partner, Andrew Irvine, went missing during their expedition, and it has been completely unknown what happened to them until his body was discovered until 1999. http://www.malloryexpedition.com/george.htm

The first people to ever summit mount Everest were Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, in 1953. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/world/asia/11cnd-hillary.html





I think the reason that every explorer does what they do is always the same, curiosity. Everyone in the world is slightly curious. Some more than others. Those who are the most curious are either, brave enough to try to satisfy their need for quenched curiosity, and those who aren't. Explorers are all brave and curious, this is the reason that they are willing to do what most others cannot: EXPLORE!!

More Than 100 Years Later, the World I Live In Still Displays the Impact of the New Imperialism

Imperialism is still apparent in the modern world even though most people wouldn't think so at first. For example Africa used to be a land filled with powerful empires but since Imperialism, has been going downhill. Now, nine out of the ten poorest countries in the world are in Africa.
A good remnant of the reign of Imperialism that can be seen today is the Suez Canal. If Imperialism never occurred we might not of had this shortcut through our waters.
Another sign still remaining is that the countries that were taken over in those times are still mostly having problems and arguably may be worse off than they were before. And the countries that dominated those struggling countries are still economically dominant.

Positive Effects of the New Imperialism

It is very hard to say any good came from such a brutal event. But it is important to try to at least see the brightest shade of black in this situation.

The only real effect Imperialism had was progression for some countries or regions. The bigger and more powerful countries were able to bring new technology and ideas with them and some countries were able to modernize. It did eventually lead to better medical care, better hygiene, and things like that.

All in all, however, Imperialism benefited a much smaller percentage of people than it hurt.

Negative Effects of the New Imperialism

Imperialism hurt more than it helped. It did benefit the colony that was dominating but it was a living hell for most of the people that had to live under the stronger countries rule. The country that had control over another never saw the people on that land as people. Only as ways to exploit free labor. Those people had no freedom.

Imperialism also led to the slave trade. Slavery was one of the most horrifying events in history and it all resulted from greedy countries who wanted to strip land and human dignity from any country that had even a penny to its name.

How can anyone say it was a positive event in history when so many wars came as a result? So many generations lost. So many people's lives forced to come to a screeching halt. It is sad when anybody dies, so what is it when millions die? It sure is not positive.

What was "the New Imperialism?

Imperialism is basically when a country completely dominates a different country.
Many people believe that it started in the 1800s but it actually began when European countries took control of some regions in 1492. It wasn't until the 1800s that they grew increasingly more powerful.
The Industrial Revolution was the main reason of the power jump that occurred in the 1800s. With the new found power in economic and military fields, the Europeans became even more dominant to its foreign targets.
Imperialism may have started in only South East Asia, with Europeans growing power, it quickly spread to places like China, India, Africa, and eventually to the Americas.