Research Proposal

I plan to research about the history, development, and uses of Jujitsu in today's Japanese society. I plan to to present my presentation in a Power-point slide show. My "audience" will people planning to join Jiu-jitsu.

The World Fair History

The first World Fair was held in 1851 and took place in the Crystal Palace. The fair was designed to inspire new scientific inventions and advancements. The Fair's goals were to entertain and the fairs include amusements parks and great big pavilions.
However, "since World War II, there have only been four official world's fairs: in Brussels, Belgium, in 1958, Montreal, Canada, in 1967, Osaka, Japan, in 1970, and Seville, Spain, in 1992."
World Faris/Expos were used to show off a countries inventions. Usually it is the country that is hosting the fair.

Sanyo Solar Ark in Japan

Film Reflection

The crew included a lady from Spain who expressed her motivation of climbing Mt Everest in about 2 sentences. First, she would be the first Spanish woman to ever make the ascent up the mountain. Second and most important, her passion for climbing gave the strength and motivation to make the arduous trek up the mountain.
Next was the man named Ed. Ed was somewhat of the leader for the expedition. I personally like this climber/hiker the most because from seeing the clip with him mountain biking, he became a kind of role model to what I want to do when I grow up. He also did not take an oxygen tank up to the summit just for the challenge and this just made him more hardcore. But anyways, I believe that his motivation came from the adventure and challenges that climbing the mountain would offer him.
Last but not least, there was the Oriental man whose name I cannot recall. But I believe his motivation came from the will to be like his father. His father climbed the mountain when his was a child.
I believe Norgay climbed to show that he can be just like his father and ascend the mountain.

Exploring Extremes

1) At 3:00 pm, on Friday, December 14, 1911 the Terra Nova Expedition headed by Roald Amundsen and four others.


2) On April 6, 1909, Commander Robert Edwin Peary was said to reach the North Pole in just 53 days. There is much controversy about this.

3) The British Mount Everest Expedition was lead by George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. They disappeared on the mountain and Mallory's body was discovered in 1999. There was no evidence of them reaching the summit. The summit was finally reached in 1953 by Hillary and Norgal for Nepal.

4) I believe that someone would want to take the risk and climb Mt. Everest because it would that person boasting rights for one and it would give that person a great pride in this extreme accomplishment. I would most definitely make the climb because I love the outdoors and I love to climb. I have been climbing since I was seven or eight and I am very experienced sport. I would take the risk and climb Mt. Everest because it is pretty hardcore and extreme and I take enjoyment in those activities. I would say it is definitely worth risking your life to do because that makes the experience more hardcore and wicked.

More Than 100 Years Later, the World I Live In Still Displays the Impact of the New Imperialism

The world today, in my opinion, is being dominated by the United States and China....mostly by China though. The United States has, or should I say had, one of the world's strongest economies as well as China. We have the strongest army in the world and could dissipate any country in the world. However, Europe's new imperialism had a major impact on China because China today is a very strong world leader and is expanding everyday. China is one of the most populated countries of the world and the state of its economy is better than the United State's. In my personal opinion, China will expand its culture into the United States and soon we will be seeing more of the Chinese culture. There are already many Oriental communities in the United States and other parts of the world and I know we will see more of a Chinese expansion over the years.

Positive Effects of New Imperialism

The positive effects of the New Imperialism were mainly for the merchants and manufacturers. They were able to expand their business and markets overseas. This brought in more profit and the manufacturers and merchants eventually became wealthly. The positive effects for the New Imperialism were also for Europe as a whole. This continent was able to expand overseas as well and conquer many cultures as well as countries. Many European states were able to expand their territory and wealth as well. Soon, Africa was divided up among Europe and mostly each state got its fair share of Africa. I am only talking about how Europe was positively affected by this imperialism because they were conquering everything else which included negative effects.

Negative Effects of the New Imperialism

Countries like Mughal India and Qing China were weaker than the strong unified European states. Europeans came in and conquered or dominated these countries and new African states were not yet ready to resist this conquering. Africans tried to resist but this created something of a genocide in different parts of Africa. The Europeans had their Maxim guns while the Africans had their spears. When the Africans would try and resist, they would be slaughtered by the Maxim gun.

The New Imperialism had negative effects on the Asians and Africans. After most of the resisters were slaughtered, the ones that were conquered had to follow under European rule. This would dishearten a person's spirit and make them forget what country they were living in before they were dominated. Slavey had already drained most of the African spirit and this kind of worldly domination would bring these people down even more.

What was the New Imperialism?

The New Imperialism is when Europe, inspired by their growth in previous centuries, decided to shoot for "aggressive expansion in the 1800's. This is like when a business has experienced major growth and now wants to increase the business size to increase their overall profit. The Industrial Revolution had played a key role in increasing the wealth of European economies. Europe had not made an impact on places like China, India, and Africa, but with this new power, they were ready to expand in these areas.

The Industrial Revolution played a key role in overseas expansion of Europe. Europeans manufacturers and other foreign ones wanted the materials to sell in their markets, but also wanted new markets to sell these items.
Humanitarians, however, tried to resist the new imperialism. These westerners wanted to protect their "little brothers" or the West African people.