GlobalStudies06

Knowledge & Understanding
1.  What did you have the strongest reaction to in the reading and why?
Application of Knowledge
2.  Amnesty International made numerous recommendations about judicial rights in Iran.  Pick one abuse pointed out by Amnesty International and show how that impacted characters in the novel.
Analyzing your reading
3.  Was this selection harder to read or easier [...]

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1.  Over the last three years, the nuclear situation in Iran has worsened.  In your view, what are the worst two events or trends that have occurred and why?
2.  At this point, there are many options on the table including opening direct negotiations, economic sanctions, referring the problem to the Security Council or even direct [...]

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This article poses a number of questions that I have tweaked slightly for the blog.  Pick two of them to answer and explain your answers as much as possible.
1.  Will this man get the bomb?
2.  What does Iran want?
3.  Is Iran close to getting the bomb?
4.  Why is Iran picking a fight?
5.  Which option should [...]

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1.  Pick two quotes from the Ahmadinejad interview and explain how they influence your view of Iran’s President.
2.  Zakaria argues that “[i]nstead of getting scared and spooked, America should view Tehran with a healthy dose of calm and confidence.”  Use an argument from either article to explain why you agree or disagree with Zakaria.

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1.  Explain how this article helped you understand a specific part of Islam better.
2.  Pick two potential areas for conflict between EITHER:
     a.  Sunni & Shiite Muslims or
     b.  Islamic beliefs and Western societies.
3.  After reading the article, list two questions that you were unclear about or would like to learn more information about.

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1.  What were your three predictions before reading?
2.  Were your predictions correct after reading the article?  Briefly explain why or why not for each prediction.
3.  In your own words, write Trudy Rubin’s thesis statement for this article and give two reasons why you agree or disagree with her conclusions.
4.  HOW ‘BOUT THEM HOOVER BUCS – [...]

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            The river Nile is the longest river in the world. It stretches from the tributaries of Lake Victoria in Tanzania to the Mediterranean in Egypt. The Nile is credited of having been the reason for the Egyptian’s ancient civilization. The ancient Egyptians depended on the yearly flood that caused the Nile to overflow it’s [...]

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Jon Bass
Global Spartan
Wild Life in Africa
 
The Elephant is one of the rulers of the African plain. Many things such as open, unregulated African markets which fuel the illegal poaching industry, and park rangers patrolling vast acres with no means of communication, have been hurting the effort to protect this wild species. There have been many [...]

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Sorry the last post was mine.
 
————Brynley Q.

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Part I; Summary
       The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), formed in 1987, has continued to send the country of Uganda into constant brutality. The groups leader, Joseph Kony, has sent his followers throughout the country to kidnap children, perform harsh attacks on villages, plant land mines, and steal the belongings from anyone they came in contact [...]

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Morocco has an interestingly diverse environment.  Morocco is surrounded by a long coastline on one sideand the Sahara Desert on the other.  THe Atlas mountains run the length of the country near its center.  While the mountains separate an area of farmable land from the desert, they have not traditionally been a barrier from invaders.  Serveral [...]

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            Agriculture is the major resource that Sudan finds to make money.  Agriculture makes up about 40% of Sudan’s GDP which is a problem because they rely too heavily on agriculture.  However the agricultures suffer in Sudan because the weather there is not great for growing crops.  In Sudan it gets very hot and goes [...]

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   The economy of Ethiopia is basically based on agriculture. The major agricultural export crop is coffee which takes up about 65-75% of how much money they make in exports. They export about 105,000 metric tons of coffee each year. Currently coffee contributes 10% of Ethiopia’s GDP. Other exports include live animals, gold, hides, pulses, [...]

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            Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome also known as AIDS has become an epidemic in South Africa.  AIDS comes from HIV which an “estimated 5.3 million South Africans…[tested] HIV positive in 2003”( Global 1).  In 2005 there were five and a half million people living with HIV and 1,000 people die from AIDS everyday.  South Africans between the [...]

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Part I Summary
     Cote d’Ivoire is known around the world for being one of the leading exporters and producers of beans, palm oil, cocoa, and coffee. These and other agricultural products help to take up about 68% of the countries economy. Cocoa takes up about 90% of foreign exchange earnings but this number is being threatened [...]

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