Revenge and appeasement don't work

         Revenge very seldom will work because even if you hit the person or thing hard they are most likely going to hit you harder.  This is just like the war between USA, Great Britain, and France, Vs. Germany, Austria Hungry, and the Admin empire.  Because Germany and company lost, Great Britain and France made them do a lot of things that were costly for Germany like, they had to pay them billions of dollars for the war debt they had. They also had them admit the war was there falt, and they had to have a smaller military with no airplanes and only six ships, this was called the treaty of Versailles .  This got all of Germany very mad one man in particular, Adolf Hitler, Hitler, after being elected the leader of Germany, started to break all of the rules of the treaty of Versailles. He got way over the amount of troops aloud, went west of the Rhine river, and what finally set the British and French off he conquered all of Czechoslovakia, after asking for only a small part.  After all of this Germany got revenge back on the British and France by going to war back against them but with a stronger army and Germany hit them way harder than The French and British hit them.
        Appeasement seldom works too because if you just let people do what ever they want and not do anything about it they are going to keep doing it until you make them stop.  This is exactly what Britain and France did to Hitler (Germany). Hitler just kept doing all of the stuff that the treaty of Versailles permitted him from doing and the British and French didn't do anything about it but tell him to stop.  Since Britain and France weren't doing anything about it Hitler just kept of breaking rule after rule until finally Germany was the most powerful country in Europe and he could go to war and win the war against Britain and France. In this case Britain and France tried both revenge and appeasement but both had failed and made Germany a more powerful country.

Cause of WWI

What caused WWI:

• the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand 
• the alliance between England and France
• the military leaders didn't do the things they needed to to prevent the war
• England and France formed and alliance and after that, the alliances and Germany were alarmed at each other
• The country most to blame for WWI is Germany because they had the most enemies and didn't want to be a lot of peoples allies

JA 3-11-13

The causes of the industrial revolution are farmers found better ways of farming producing more food with fewer people which the people could work in factories. the effect is that it became a lot easier to produce goods faster.

JA 3-14-13

JA 3-15-13 and Homework

The Russian revolution is when the people of Russia who weren't at the war revolted against the communist government.  Also when the farmers revolted against the leader for making all the peasants work as slaves on their farm instead of just poor people.

Czars continue autocratic rule- Alexander III made everything written so that it could not be private, also he Jews the persecution.

The revolution movement grows- Russia became industrializing and the workers didn't like to working conditions or pay so they joined a group called the Bolsheviks and they soon overthrew the leader of Russia.

The russo- Japanese war- Japan and Russia both wanted the Koreas and they got a series of agreements until russia broke them and soon after Japan attacked Russia.

Bloody sunday the revolution of 1905- 200,000 Russian workers and their families stood outside the czars palace but the czar told his soldiers to open fire on them so not many people protested after that.

WWI the final blow-Nicholas made his troops go into world war I event though they were not ready, he went tho the war front with them and while he was away his wife was in charge and did a terrible job.

The czar steps down- Czar Nicholas stepped down because of the protests.

Lenin returns to russia- People tried and succeeded to get Lenin back in Russia

Bolsheviks in power- People didn't like the Bolsheviks because they gave the workers the factories and the peasants their farms and he gave up a lot of land to Germany.

Civil war rages in russia- People began revolting against the Govt. and they soon overthrew the russian govt.

Comparing world revolutions- The Russian revolution was more like the French revolution.

New economic policy- Because of the NEP the peasants could sell the crops they make instead of giving it to the government.

Political reforms- The bolsheviks were the first to create a communist government.

JA 2-25-13

Since the 1500's we have made advancements in cars, computers, phones, electricity, TV, ships, airplane,

Protestant Reformation

1. * The church was falling
-popes broek their priestly vows by marrying, drinking, and gambling
- people had higher standards to the priest
* Martin Luther's actions
*Queen Elizabeth brings back protestantism
2. * The pope excommunicated Luther
* England becomes protestant
3. They could say that if jesus were really in control of everything why would he make people protest against the churches and why would he make people die.

Renaissance Quiz

1. The fall of the Byzantine Empire, people didn't have to worry about safety, black death, Reconquista of Spain.
2. renaissance because it looks a lot more real and it is not very religious.

JA 2-15-13

An example of synergy is like all of the problems leading up to the fall of the Roman empire.

JA 2-14-13 & Home work

Renaissance is the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th- 16th century.

Homework:

• the movement that started in Italy
• early culture of ancient Greece and Rome
• oversea trade by the crusades
•  people becoming patrons of art
• people began questioning the institutions of the middle ages
• people stopped just focusing on pleasing god, and wanted to please themselves too
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European Test

1. A
2. A
3. A
4. C
5. E   A
6. A
7. A
8. B   A
9. C
10. B
11. D
12. C
13. C   D
14. B
15. C
16. C
17. C
18. A
19. D
20. King
21. Nobles
22. Serfs
23. Loyalty and military service
24. Food 
25. Land
26. Protection
27. C
28. D
29. A
30. B
31. A
32. A 
33. The three greatest internal problems that could leed to the fall of the U.S. are decline of morals and values, unknown diseases, and inflation.
34. One problem that went on in ancient Rome that could happen here in the U.S. is decline in morals and values, people in the U.S. are starting to get more into all the shooting and violent game and movies that we have that they are starting to think that it is okay.
35. Another problem that the U.S. is facing and the Romans faced is unknown diseases, in the U.S. we may have diseases we don't know about.  Our generation has started to become a big electrical generation and we are the first ones to do so, there might be a disease or condition that all these electronics could give us.  
36. The last problem in both the U.S. and the Romans is the inflation, the Romans had a huge gain in prices on there trading and everyday goods, and in the U.S. we are starting to have a gain in our gas prices, and the prices on our everyday goods is going up slowly too.

2-7-13 JA

1. The middle ages were 500 AD- 1500 AD
2. The church was the institution power that grew during the middle ages
3. The feudal system was the king gave land to the nobles and the noble gave him loyalty an military service, the noble gave land to the knights, and the knights gave them military service and the knights gave some land to the serfs which gave them food from the farm they had, and the knights gave them protection.

• Church becomes more powerful because life is mor dangerous and people need hope
• If you wanted to know what god wants to do with your life you go to church
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2-6-13 Homework

1. Fief- land granted to the less rich nobles
vassal- the noble who received the land
knight- warriors for the king
manorial system- basic economic arrangement of the middle east
self sufficient- 15-30 families live on the manor
fallow- unplanted
2. The invading peoples were vikings and magyars.
3. The lord gave the vassal land and the vassal gave the lord somt taxes, loyalty, and him being a warrior.
4. The code of Chivalry made the knight give military service to the lord
5. The lord gave the serfs protection and the serfs gave the lord farm work
6. some advantages is if you are a good warrior than you get a lot of land but the disadvantage is if you have land you have to go to war for the lord whenever he says.

2-6-13 notes

• medieval times is the same as the middle ages, 500-1500.
• people start to worry about food and safety and shelter instead of running water and toilets.
• trade declines and cities decline, everybody has to work on a farm
• Feudalism develops  
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My Parents Left Me

If my parents left me and took all of the money I would try to get a job on top of school and also try to get my friends to move in with me so that we could all get a job and would be able to pay all of the bills that we have to.

2-5-13 JA

1. D
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. A

1-31-13 JA

The most serious problem facing the U.S. is we could possibly have an inflation which would lead to a lot of people without food and homes.

Rome Compared to U.S.

I don't think that the U.S. will have the same problems as the Romans did because for one we have a very loyal army and have always been loyal to our country. Also there are only a couple crazy people in the U.S. that waste too much money on parties, and drink until they are ill, plus they went to the theatre to watch men kill each other with no mercy.  The U.S.has a very good medical system so there is almost no way that we can have as bad of health as some of the people in Rome.  It is possible though for the U.S. to have an inflation so that we might have in common with the Romans, but it took a lot mor then just an inflation to cause the fall of Rome.

Fall of the Roman Empire

Try to put the following statements in correct order!

7. Pressured by the Huns, Germanic Tribes abandon their land and attempt to settle on Roman lands.

3. Trying to solve the problems Emperors begin to limit peoples freedom.

5. As less people want to join the army Rome hires mercenaries, mainly from Germanic tribes, to protect the borders of the Roman Empire.

1. Diocletian and later Constantine split the Empire in two to try and make it more manageable.  Both chose to rule from the East half.

10. Rome falls to German invaders in 476 AD, ending the Western Roman Empire.  The Eastern half will survive and become known as the Byzantine Empire.

4. Because of limits and restrictions on personal freedom less people support the Empire.  This is especially true for the army as fewer and fewer Romans are willing to join.

9. The Germanic tribes could easily invade Rome.

2. Without the Emperor in the Western half of the Empire, the West half of the Roman Empire declines in importance.

6. The Huns migrated into Europe and begin taking land from the Germanic tribes.

8. The German mercenaries paid to guard Rome’s frontiers allow other Germans to pass through.

1-30-13 JA

Rome fell because their soldiers became less loyal to Rome.  Also the cost of metal went up in Rome so making swords for their soldiers costed more than usual.  In 476 A.D. Germani invaders destroyed Rome and removed emperor

Fall of Roman Empire

2. Rome's dropping economy was a big reason why they were such a big target to get conquered, the metal they used to make swords for their army was now a lot of money that they couldn't afford anymore.
3. Their new emperors had become to commanding and the people of Rome started to get annoyed by that so they were mad.
4. Diocletian succeeded so well because he was a old military leader so he made sure his army was good so they wouldn't get conquered when he was in power.
8. The eastern half of Rome stayed alive because they were ruled by Caesar and he was probably one of the best leaders ever.

1-25-13 Journal Activity

The difference in geography between Rome and Greece is Greece was very mountainous and has a lot of islands, and Rome had more of a flat land and is by a lot of rivers and has more consistant rainfall

1-24-13 journal

Europe has the biomes, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, scrub forest and grassland.  Most of Europe has the four seasons with a low of 2 degrees Celsius, and a high of 30 degrees Celsius.