Monday- work day
Tuesday- presentations
Lusaka Peace accord Signed
- 1999 July-African countries sign ceasefire accord in Lusaka. MLC and RCD sign as well
- 2000- UN Peace Council authorizes UN forces to monitor ceasefires fighting still goes on
- Gorillas is being killed
- Elephants
- Lot of diseases and famine in the Congo
- Malnourished children
- military control do what they want
Wednesday- no school
Thursday- french revolution video, work day
Friday- presentations
Panama
- connects north and south america together
- Juan Carlos Varela is the president since July 1st 2014
- Native Tribes
- Kuna
- Dakota
- Bocas Del Toro
- Panama Canal
- took ten years to build
- 30 million lbs of explosive to clear the way for the canal
- 48 miles in length
- August 15, 1914 was the first day it was for use
- Why was it built
- President Roosevelt wanted canal to be more efficient to go around Central America
- Currently being widen because of the boats now are so much bigger then they used to be
- 1502
- Christopher Columbus landed in Panama fourth and last voyage
- 1800's
- Panama becomes independent from Spain
- Joins the confederacy
- Panama railway which is the first transcontinental railway of the New World to cross Isthmus from Colon to Panama city
- Henry Morgan
- Crazy dude who destroyed everything
- 1900's
- Panama splits from Columbia becomes fully independent
- US buys rights to build Panama canal 1903
- Panama ceases to be a US protect ant 1939
- Bridge of the Americas Open 1952
- Opened October 12, 1962
- Span across the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal
- 5245 feet long
- 2000's
- Control of the canal passes from USA to Panama by the Torrijos-Carter treaty
- September 7,1977
- Panama would have full control over the panama canal by 1999
- Treaty was named after President Jimmy Carter
- and the Panama's national guard General Omar Torrijos
- It was passed January 1st, 2000
- Control of the canal passes from USA to Panama by the Torrijos-Carter treaty
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