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== Jonathan R. ==

== Jonathan R. ==

'''1. When and where was the [[Industrial Revolution]]?'''  It started in the early 1700s, in [[England]], and developed fully by 1760, but some historians credit the iron industry in [[China]] under the Song dynasty and the textile industry in [[India]] as the precursors of the [[Industrial Revolution]].

:Correct. Note that the Industrial Revolution lasted in England until 1840.

'''2. Pick your two favorite scientists or mathematicians from the 1800s and explain what you like about them.'''  

'''2. Pick your two favorite scientists or mathematicians from the 1800s and explain what you like about them.'''  

Marie Curie.  I find her interesting because she discovered [[radioactivity]] and used gamma and x-rays from [[radium]] for x-ray imaging.  No one knew the real danger of [[radioactivity]] back then and it was actually considered healthy to be around it.  This brought in a large amount of consumer products that contained [[radioactive]] material, which is generally a bad idea.

Marie Curie.  I find her interesting because she discovered [[radioactivity]] and used gamma and x-rays from [[radium]] for x-ray imaging.  No one knew the real danger of [[radioactivity]] back then and it was actually considered healthy to be around it.  This brought in a large amount of consumer products that contained [[radioactive]] material, which is generally a bad idea.

'''3. Do you think the [[Industrial Revolution]] was good or bad, and why?'''  I think it was mostly good.  It was good because it made it easier to produce goods at a lower cost, but, like [[inflation]], too much of this can be a very bad thing indeed.

'''3. Do you think the [[Industrial Revolution]] was good or bad, and why?'''  I think it was mostly good.  It was good because it made it easier to produce goods at a lower cost, but, like [[inflation]], too much of this can be a very bad thing indeed.

'''H2. What is your view of [[imperialism]], and whether it is sometimes good?'''  This is a very subjective question, because how good or bad whatever is influencing something is, is greatly reliant on what the motives are.  Picture it like this; [[imperialism]] is like a car going very fast: if there is a criminal in that car, well then it’s just his get-away car…but if there’s a police officer in that car, he can have a positive effect.

'''H2. What is your view of [[imperialism]], and whether it is sometimes good?'''  This is a very subjective question, because how good or bad whatever is influencing something is, is greatly reliant on what the motives are.  Picture it like this; [[imperialism]] is like a car going very fast: if there is a criminal in that car, well then it’s just his get-away car…but if there’s a police officer in that car, he can have a positive effect.

'''5. What is [[imperialism]]? Describe the four patterns of [[imperialism]].'''  [[Imperialism]] is the influencing (cultural, religious, etc.) of one country by another.  The [[imperialism]] between [[England]] and [[America]] in the 1600-1700s was in the form of [[Mercantilism]], in which the mother country would buy raw goods from its colonies, fabricate them into other objects, and sell them to other countries.   

'''5. What is [[imperialism]]? Describe the four patterns of [[imperialism]].'''  [[Imperialism]] is the influencing (cultural, religious, etc.) of one country by another.  The [[imperialism]] between [[England]] and [[America]] in the 1600-1700s was in the form of [[Mercantilism]], in which the mother country would buy raw goods from its colonies, fabricate them into other objects, and sell them to other countries.   

• Last but not least, there was “economic [[imperialism]]”, where an outside influence controls a private business in another country.

• Last but not least, there was “economic [[imperialism]]”, where an outside influence controls a private business in another country.

'''6. Describe an aspect of [[Africa]] in the 1800s, such as an example of [[imperialism]].'''  An example of imperialism in [[Africa]] was by the King Leopold II of [[Belgium]], where he exploited [[Africa]] for rubber, put large plantations, and made natives work for unreasonably low wages.  On top of all of this, they renamed this region the Belgian Congo.

'''6. Describe an aspect of [[Africa]] in the 1800s, such as an example of [[imperialism]].'''  An example of imperialism in [[Africa]] was by the King Leopold II of [[Belgium]], where he exploited [[Africa]] for rubber, put large plantations, and made natives work for unreasonably low wages.  On top of all of this, they renamed this region the Belgian Congo.

'''H6. Discuss any aspect of the lecture.'''  [[Dimitri Mendeleev]] was a [[Russian]] [[chemist]] who put together the [[periodic table]] which is still used today.  He not only put it together, but he accounted for gaps in which [[elements]] that were not discovered yet would go, he went even further when he predicted the properties of these [[elements]] using the periodic law.  An example of this was Mendeleev’s new [[element]], ekaaluminum (Ea), which is what we know as [[gallium]] (Ga) today:  his predicted [[atomic mass]] was 69, the actual [[atomic mass]] is 69.7.  His predicted [[density]] was 6.0 g/cm³, the actual [[density]] is 5.9 g/cm³.  I am amazed at the accuracy of these predictions, and in honor of his contributions, they named an [[element]] after him: [[Mendelevium]] (Md).

'''H6. Discuss any aspect of the lecture.'''  [[Dimitri Mendeleev]] was a [[Russian]] [[chemist]] who put together the [[periodic table]] which is still used today.  He not only put it together, but he accounted for gaps in which [[elements]] that were not discovered yet would go, he went even further when he predicted the properties of these [[elements]] using the periodic law.  An example of this was Mendeleev’s new [[element]], ekaaluminum (Ea), which is what we know as [[gallium]] (Ga) today:  his predicted [[atomic mass]] was 69, the actual [[atomic mass]] is 69.7.  His predicted [[density]] was 6.0 g/cm³, the actual [[density]] is 5.9 g/cm³.  I am amazed at the accuracy of these predictions, and in honor of his contributions, they named an [[element]] after him: [[Mendelevium]] (Md).