country Facts

MEXICO-

Was ruled by spain until September 16th 1810, when Mexico acheived independence. In 1521 Spain conquered and colonized the territory now known has Mexico. The post independence period was characterized by economic instability, a civil war, two empires and a domestic dictatorship.







SAUDI ARABIA-

was never ruled by another empire. Was founded in 1932. Has been and absolute monarchy since its inception.












United Kingdom-
has never been ruled, but once ruled the world at one point in time. The sun never set on the Brittish empire. The United Kingdom once ruled America and many other countries.





Venzuala-
Was colonized by Spain in 1522. Venezuala gained independence in 1821. Was ruled by Spain. Venezuala had many indigidous peoples living. Before independence Many indigeous people lived here.

Afghanistan

Gained Independence on August 19th,1919

In Afghan on December 1838 there was a war called the Two Anglo Afghan War. In the fourth and nineteenth centuries modern day Afghanistan was known as Khorasan. After the Third Anglo-Afghan war and the signing of the Treaty of Rawalpindi it became a fully independent state

They were subjects to the United Kingdom

IRAN-


 Was founded in 625 BCE by the median empire. Iran achieved independence on April 1, 1979. Iran was ruled by empires. Iran did not have a stable government before 1979. Iran was always Iran, it was ruled by many empires through the years.

Brazil

Gained Independence on September 7th, 1822

On April 22nd, 1500 a Portuguese navigator named Pedro Alvares Cabral reached the shores of Brazil. The country got its name from "brazilwood" a redwood tree found along the coast. The king of Portuguese ruled Brazil before they gained indepenence.

They were subjects to portuguese

France

They gained independence on July 14th, 1789

France used to have a monarchy until the 1700's. King Louis XIV made France at the time the leading country in Europe. France's monarchy was destroyed after a war in 1789.

France was never owned by any country

Venzuala-

Was colonized by Spain in 1522. Venezuala gained independence in 1821. Was ruled by Spain. Venezuala had many indigidous peoples living. Before independence Many indigeous people lived here.

Germany

They gained independence on January 18th, 1871

Germany was part of the thirty years war. Germany divided into numerous independent states called Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony. The northern states in Germany were protestant, and the southern states were catholic.

I couldn't find anything but im gonna guess the Dutch

India

They gained there independence on August 15th, 1947

In the 20th century Mahatma Gandhi led millions of people to gain independence from Britain.European powers such as Portugal, Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom established trading posts in India. Later then they established colonies.

They were controlled by Great Britain.

Obama's presidential characteristics

some traits that will help obama with his presidency are...

1.) Obama is focusing on laying the foundation for an economy built to last

2.) He has served many years of public service

3.) He has been raised by being taught to earn his way through life

4.) As the US senator, he reached groundbreaking lobbying reform, lock up the world's most dangerous weapons, and brought transparency to government by putting federal spending online

facts on world leaders

Enrique Pena Nieto

• lived with the president at that time during his presidency,and had friends and relatives who were involved in politics
• went to Law School, became a lawyer, and got his Master's Degree

Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

• developed a government scholarship program 
• was rated the second worst dictator in the world 

Angela Merkel

• had a goal to strengthen transatlantic economic relations 
• was awarded the Vision for Europe Award

                                               Benjamin Netanyahu

• brother was killed in Israeli Special Force
• delivered a peace address ("Bar-llan Speech")

Hu Jintao

• has a low-key leadership style
• firm believer in consensus-based rule

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

• has been criticized for attacking private "plunderers" and "corrupt officials"
• accused for indecency after he kissed the hand of his former school teacher

Hamid Karzai

• brother was at the center of the drug trade
• his family became wealthy by murky means

Francois Hollande 

• on his first trip to a foreign country his airplane was struck by lightning 

•  first President to be elected without having prior experience as a Minister and / or Junior Minister since Paul Deschanel in 1920

Pranab Mukherjee

• became one of Indira Gandhi's most trusted lieutenants
• accused of committing gross excesses 

Hugo Chavez

• homicide rates have more than doubled 
• suffering from cancer

David Cameron

• stated that the United Kingdom Independence Party are "fruitcakes, loonies, and closet racist, mostly"
• thinks of himself as a "modern compassionate conservative"

Dilma Rousseff

• first female president elected in Brazil
• she was arrested and tortured ( punching, electric shock, and ferule)

Pop Quiz

Today in class we went over our Countries, Government, and Leaders blog . We didn't really talk about what type of government the countries have be did talk about their leaders and what they do. After we went over all the leaders Mr. Schick told us he was going to quiz us on the countries and leaders at the end of class. So we each go a partner and studied together, I knew right away I wasn't going to do very well on the quiz because I can’t remember all of the countries and their leaders in just a couple minutes. By the end of class Mr. Schick ended up only testing Ryan and I. i got most of the questions right but i had to skip two. i got a 10.5/12 so after that I'm feeling pretty confident about the quiz.