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Monday October 7, 2013-Thursday October 17th, 2013

•Imperialism-Building an empire by taking over a large portion of the world.
Why do countries colonize? 
1. brings military power and prestige to your country
2. naval bases and refueling stations
3. $$$- For natural resources as well as opening new mark
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Friday October 4

Gone half of the class to decorate for homecoming. We brainstormed ideas for the skit were going to do on Monday.

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Today we worked on our Chapter 10 Intro, and voted for Bladt, and did blog discussion

10/10/13-took a test and continued blog discussion

•Imperialism -  Building an empire. Strong countries go out and take over weaker countries.  Why do countries colon
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•Imperialism-Why do countries colonize?  
1. brings military power and prestige to your country. 
2. naval bases and refueling stations
3. money- for natural resources as well as opening new markets to sell your goods(trade)
4. belief in culture superior
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Monday, October 7

Chemical weapons are being dismantled in Syria. The government shut down is still going on, just ten days till it's estimated that we will hit the debt ceiling. US raids Africa looking for Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab. They had to abort the mission when t

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Oct. 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th

Key Topics:

Driving Idea: Describe US Foreign Policy in the late 1800's and early 1900's and be able to give examples.

•Imperialism-Why do countries colonize?
•Militarism
•Nationalism
•Diplomacy
•Spheres of influence
•Protectorate
•Arbitration

*Alfred Mahan

*O

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Assigned Blog Number 2.

How did the United States get the right to build the Panama Canal?  The United States supported a revolution that led to the independence of Panama in 1903. The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty allowed the U.S. to build the Panama Canal and provide control o

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10/7/13

get to take the test tomorrow. biggest test of the quarter. have to present after we take the test tomorrow. first group resented today. her our somethings.some countries that use capitalism.. Japan, USA, Canada, UK, Australasia. countries with socia

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Monday October 7

SEAL team six lead the raids in Africa. Ultimate goal was to find Al Shabab, but they failed. SEAL team six was the group who killed Bin Laden. Al Shabab is the terrorist group who conducted the mall attack in Kenya. Mixed Economy is when their is a

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October 7th 2013

We are going to take the Europe map test tomorrow, and we are going to go over it today in class. The US did an operation in Somalia that had to do with leaders of Al Shaabab and Al Qaeda. Seal Team 6 was the team that did this "attack" was the same

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Monday, October 7, 2013

The first thing we did today was discuss current events. We talked about Syria and about the government shutdown. We also watched a clip and talked about how the U.S. went after an Al Shabaab leader in Africa. Then we went over the map. Then we start

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Monday October 7th

Seal Team Six led the Somalian operation, nobody was injured but they were under heavy fire. The Seals didn't know if they had killed the target they were trying to. We are going over our presentations and presenting them today. Economic Systems was

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Monday, October 7

51 people were killed in the middle east. Syria's chemical weapons are being destroyed. The Seal Team Six went into Somalia to take out Al Shaboab leaders but came under heavy fire. Then we went over our map and worked on our presentation and present

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