Film Lesson: Doctor Zhivago

How did the film Dr. Zhivago depict the Russian Revolution? What are some of the reasons the Russian people wanted a change? (In other words - why did the revolution happen in the first place)? Also - how did the film depict communism? How was Dr. Zhivago given a first hand look at communism when he returned home to Moscow?

The film" Dr.Zhivago" takes place in the mid-to-late 1950s Even thoug it does not mention it. This film "Dr.Zhivago" depict the Russian Revolution in a negative way. " Dr.Zhivago "

Causes Of WWI

WWI or "The Great War" started around 1914 it lasted four years and three months and ended on November 11, 1918.. One of the resons why this war started was because many countries such as France, Russia, and Germany were competing in building powerful armies. They wanted to have more power than the other countries. This war give birth to seven more nations but took away many people's lives. Nationalism was also one of the causes. Franz Ferdinand was assesinated by a Serb, this was the spark responsible for the first Great War. Rival nations had varioud treaties in place and possessed large stockpiles of weapons. France declared war on Servia.

"The Opium War"

The "Opium Wars" was a battle between China and Britain. This started in the 19th century, it lasted from 1839 to 1842. TheBritish decided they needed to balance their trade with Chine. They wanted not just to buy things from China they also wanted to sell. They started to sell Opium, which is a drug grown in India. At first when they started to sell this drug to china, it was used to as a medicene for some diseases such as dysentery, cholera and others such as diarrhea. Later the Chinnese government didn't want the import of Opium because of the devilitating results of the drug. This end up in what we now know as the "opium Wars". During the Opium Wars China fought Britain but the British had better weapons than the Chinnese. this was a avantage. The British won the Opium Wars. Their cannons and other avance weapons helped Gread Britain to defead China. After the British defeted China They Make them Signed a treaty in which make the Chinesse lost control of an important island of Hong Kong.

"The White Man's Burden"

The white man is burden was a poem about the United States imperialism. The word burden refers to something the bothers a person. Something he does not like. This poem was writed in 1899 by Rudyard kipling. I think that the United States is still imperialistic today in someway. This is because the Unite States is in war with Irak. The U.S want to change to democratic but i think that every goverment should decide how to govern it's people. We are still living the White MAn Is burden because sometimes the government trys to have to much control over people.

"The Scramble For Africa"

The term "Scramble for Africa" refers to a second colonisation which took place in Africa. During this period Africa saw the most dramatic colonisation. Africa has been divided as if it have been a cake between greedy Europeans leaders.This Scramble began in 1881. The main Europeans nations involved in this Scramble were France, Britain, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Italy. They were abkle to dominate Africa so easily because they have more guns. They are many reasons why this nations wanted to take over Africa. some of those reasons will be that they wanted to gaing power and prestige. They thoug that the more territory they had the more powerful and important they could become. Other reasons were that Africa was rich in natunal resourses. During this period they needed markets for theyr manufacture goods, "these could be sold in Africa for large profits". This Scramble affect the African people in the way that they were slaves. They were treated badly and were used as a trade known as slave trade.

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The Meiji Restoration of Japan

Matthew Perry bullied the japanese into signing a trade, he intentionally arrived in ports with sails down to intimidate the japanes with their technological progress. When perry dropped anchor 26 miles off the coast of Tokio the Japanes were impressed Perry wanted a trade between the united States and japan because he thoug that japan was the ideal location to stablish a trade in which Americans ships could reload on food, coal and water. Finally on march 31, 1854 a treaty was signed between the United States and japan. This trade openned two ports which connected the U.S with Japan. During the Meiji era the Japanese economic changed. They were trying to modernize and industrialize. This consisted in