Questions About the Documentary

• What were the causes of the fall of the Inca Empire?

Diseases, civil war and finally the Spanish raiders.

• What was the legend created after the fall of the Inca Empire?

A legend of a lost city.

• What was the most cultivated food in Machu Pichu?

Corn.

• What did the explorers find in the sealed tomb?

9 Inca skeletons.

• What did the American explorer document?

The city of Machu Pichu.

• What was the first monument that was documented by video?

Machu Pichu.

• How many years (estimative) did the Incas take to build the city?

15 years.

• How did they design the terraces?

They`ve built different layers with different materials to absorb the water instead of allowing it to cause mud slides.

• And how did they take the water out of the city?

Using drains all around it.

• Explain the underground water drain.

They had put the leftover of the rock cutting (rock chips) under the city in order to create a place where the water could go in easily, and the and of this rock chips trail was out of the city, creating an underground drain.

• How did they cut the rocks?

Using different sizes of rocks to mould a bigger rock for the construction.

• What did the corn cause in their teeth?

Tooth loss.

• What do the researchers think that the city was?

A royal hotel.

• What did they do to the king?

They mummified him.

• How did they do it (speculation)?

They would put him in the sun during the day and freeze him during the night.

Keep the river in your right- Documentary

We watched a documentary named ``Keep the River in Your Right``, it talked about a man(Tobias Schneebaum) that lived with some indigenous tribes and learned even their languages. But it wasn`t what we expected, it focus more on his life than on the nature and sights of the places.

Dalai Lama

We watched a documentary about the Dalai Lama and his problems with China. China wanted to annex Tibet`s territory and Tibet was agreeing, but after the president said some things the Dalai Lama didn`t like and it generated a problem with 1.200.000 casualties on Tibet`s side. The Dalai Lama and the people of Tibet are now refugees in India.

Nepal

Nepal is country in Asia officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Nepal is a country enclosed by land and recently became a republic. It has two borders: China and India.

Nepal has a very high population for its territory; it is the 41st most populated country in the world. Kathmandu is the capital and its the biggest city. In the ten highest mountains of the world, Nepal has eight, Including the highest: Mount Everest (29,029 ft high).


They had a monarchy before they became a republic in 2008, the monarchy lasted for 240 years, but now they are the most recent country to abolish the monarchy. Nepal has 11 langages, and the most spoken is Nepali.

Due to the differences of altitude, Nepal has many different biomes. For
example, they have tropical savannas but also temperate forests and montane grasslands and shrublands and even snow in the mountains.

Agriculture represents 40% of Nepal’s economy, services represent 41% and just a small part of the economy comes from industry. The agricultural products are represented by tea, rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops, milk, and water buffalo meat. The industry is represented by the processing of tobacco, sugarcane and some grains.

Kuwait- Tiny but Rich

Kuwait is a country in the Middle East, its name derived from a word in Arabic that means ‘fortress built near water’. Its area of 6,880 sq mi and has 3.4 million people. Its oil reserve is the fifth largest in the world, is the eleventh richest country globally and has the 2nd highest HDI in the Middle East, losing just to Israel.

In addition, 95% of its exportations are represented by petroleum and 80% of the money that the state earns comes from this black gold. So, what are they going to do if they run out of petroleum? They need to work out this answer fast.

The weather in March (Spring) is warm and with some thunderstorms, the best period of the year there. They have also sandstorms generated by the Shamal, a wind that comes from NW.

The architecture was very influenced by the Islamic culture, for example, the most famous landmarks of the country are the Kuwait Towers. Even though they were designed by a Swedish architect, and they blend the Islamic architecture (the one used in mosques) and the modern constructions.

Movie

We watched a movie about a woman in the Middle East. The story tells that her husband wanted another wife and was planning to divorce her, but she didn’t agree. So, the priest of the tribe came and tried to convince her that she should agree, because he was going to give her the house and all her daughters.

The husband extorted the priest saying that he knew the priest’s past, that was not clean. So the priest made to her an offensive suggestion, she didn’t accept again. So they accused her of adultery and she needed to prove her innocence, but she couldn’t.

The end is very sad, the entire village stoned her. Her father was the first, her husband the second, then her sons, then the entire village.
This movie was very sad, as the teacher said, it is a movie for us, but for millions of women it is a reality and their life.

Israel is made a country again

In the 1800s A.D. The Israelites were thinking about going back to their land and started moving there in small groups.

After the World War II, there were already 600.000 Israelites in the Land, so the UN decided to give Israel the land and the Palestinians were not happy. There are 2 revolutionary forces in Palestine: Hamas and Fatah, the first one controls the Gaza Strip and the second controls the West Bank. They went through many wars (six days war, Yom Kippur war, etc), and they keep enduring them until today.

Israel: History

Israel is an ancient country; one of the proofs for this fact is that they settled in the year of 1404 B.C. Israel was divided in 12 tribes named after the 12 sons of Jacob. The first king of Israel was Saul, after him, David and Solomon according to the Bible.

After Solomon, due to a civil war, Israel split up into 2 countries Israel (or Ephraim) and Judah, those countries had independent kingdoms. ‘Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon’, attacked Israel and destroyed the wall and the Temple of Jerusalem. He took the wisest and richest people captive and let the poor have the land.

Through a decree, ‘Cyrus, king of Persia’ authorized Nehemiah, his cupbearer to go back to their land in the year of 534 b.C, some Israelites went back to Israel with Nehemiah and rebuilt the Temple and the wall. Israel remained there during all the life of Jesus and in III century a.D they suffered the Diaspora caused by the Roman Empire.

Swedish Cuisine

Sweden is a pretty extensive country, so, Swedish cuisine varies from North to South. For example, far North prefers reindeer and game (wild animals hunted for food), also some roots from the Sami culture. However, the South prefers fresh vegetables.

In general, Swedish cuisine is centered around dairy products, crisp and soft breads, berries and stone fruits, beef and pork, seafood, shellfish, fish, pickled fish/vegetable. They also use potatoes as a side dish.

They have a lot of different types of bread, 7 types of bread ingredients. They eat also with bread the lingonberry jam. Fruit soups are also famous, one example is the blueberry soup (blåbärssoppa) which is served hot or cold.

Butter and margarine are the most common fat sources even though olive oil is becoming popular. They also appreciate some pastries as yeast buns, cookies, biscuits and cakes (with less sugar than in the U.S.A.) which are very used in the coffee brakes.

Bomb rocks iconic Malmö restaurant

A powerful bomb explosion ripped through the grand old restaurant Hipp on Kalendegatan in central Malmö shortly before 2am on Monday.
The building opposite also sustained considerable damage as the explosion could be heard across the southern Swedish city.

A fire broke out in the restaurant but was extinguished fairly swiftly. No one was reported hurt but furniture and the inside of the restaurant sustained considerable damage.

The area around the landmark Malmö nightspot remained sealed off a couple of hours after the explosion as police technicians searched for an explanation.

"There has been speculation that a bomb was placed on the handle of the restaurant door, but judging by the damage it could have been left anywhere outside the restaurant," Göran Billberg at Malmö police told news agency TT.

Police have concluded from the crime scene that the bomb attack was directed at Hipp but remain in the dark as to why.

"There are no known threats against the restaurant which can explain the incident," Marie Keismar at Malmö police to news agency TT.

The police have been in contact with a large number of witnesses who had heard the explosion but it is as yet unclear if anyone actually saw it.

The Hippodrome building, which today houses a restaurant, theatre and nightclub, was built in 1900. From the 1950s to the 1990s the Hippodrome housed a free church.

Questions

1. Was the bomb powerful?
2. When did it happen?
3. Where did it happen?
4. What did the police conclude?
5. Was anybody hurt?
6. Did the bomb inflict damage in just one building?
7. What happened to the furniture?
8. Did anybody see the explosion?
9. What is the motive why people planted the bomb in the restaurant?
10. Was the explosion very loud?
11. Did the bomb trigger a fire?
12. Where was the bomb planted, according to speculation?
13. How long did the landmark Malmö nightspot remained sealed off?
14. Is there any threat against the restaurant?
15. When was the Hippodrome building built?

Sweden's Geography and Climate

Geography

Sweden is located in Northern Europe, where some old mountains are located. Even though Northern Europe's mountains are not very high, in the west of Sweden there is a pretty high mountain chain, the Scandinavian Mountain Chain. The lowest elevation in Sweden is in the bay of Lake Hammarsjön, that is 7.91 Ft below sea level.

Man-made Beauty

A good place to visit in Sweden is the Bjursås SkiCenter, located in Falun, a city in central Sweden .The ski center has 94 KM (58.4 mi.)
of downhill skiing, 16 individual pistes and 7 ski lifts, that can uplift 7200 skiers or snowboarders per hour.

Natural Beauty

Göta älv is 93 KM (58 mi.) long, but combined with Klarälven is the longest river in the Nordic Countries (466 mi.). There is a dam, canal locks and hydropower stations in the river. It's located in the West Coast of the country.

It discharges an average of 570 m³/s of water and its basin area is 51,120 km².

Climate

Most of Sweden has a temperate climate, with four distinct seasons. Because of its high latitude, the ranges of daylight vary greatly. Daylight lasts more than 18 hours in late June, but only 6 hours in late December.

Temperatures vary greatly from north to south. Southern and Central Sweden have warm Summers and cold Winters while the north has shorter and cooler Summers and a longer and snowier Winters.

Best Time to Visit: Late May to late July for sunshine. December to March for skiing.

Sweden's air is dryer than the Global Average, since they just receive an average of 500 mm to 800 mm of preciptation per year.

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a Swedish soccer player. He plays as a striker for the club Barcelona and the Swedish National Team. He is 28 years old, married and has 2 children. He played soccer since 1987, he was a youth at this period. He also played in Internazionale and Juventus.


He along with Kaká (a Brazilian soccer player) were the highest paid soccer players in the world (9 million euros per year). When he played as a youth, his team was losing 4-0, and he came as a substitute and dramatically scored 8 goals.

He was eligible to play for Bosnia and Croatia, but he chose to play for Sweden, his home country.He scored a goal in 4-0 win against Malta on June, 10th, 2009 in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Quallifier .Even though he is a very good player, his career is just beginning.

Sweden's History

1. The vikings subsisted from the 8th century to the 11th century.
''The terrific vikings bravely subsisted from the 8th to 11th century.''

2. Sweden didn't adopt feudalism.
''Huge Sweden didn't heartily adopt feudalism''.

3. Sweden was struck by the Blank Death in the 14th century.
''Cold Sweden was massively struck by the bad Black Death in the 14th century.''

4. Sweden was influenced by German merchants.''
''Innocent Sweden was strongly influenced by the skillful German merchants.''

5. Sweden united with Norway.
'' Strong Sweden sincerely united with weak Norway.''

6. The foundation of the Modern Sweden ocurred.
''The foundation of modern Sweden ocurred quickly.''

7. Sweden had the Protestant Reformation.
''Big Sweden had the great Protestant Reformation.''

8. Sweden emerged as a power.
''Anxious Sweden fastly emerged as a great power.''

9. Sweden fought in the Battle of Lutzen.
'' The armed Sweden fiercely fought in the complex Battle of Lutzen.''

10. Sweden destroyed 2000 castles, 18000 villages and 1500 towns in Germany.
''Fierceful Sweden violently destroyed 2000 paper castles, 18000 ant villages and 1500 lego towns in crowded Germany.''

11.Sweden became the 3rd largest country of the EU.
''Angry Sweden suddenly became the 3rd largest country in the great EU.''

12.Sweden's population increased.
'' Tenacious Sweden's cool population increased bruttaly.''

13.Sweden's agrarian economy changed.
''Universal Sweden's massive agrarian economy dramattically changed.''

14.Grassroots movements sprung up.
''Huge grassroots movements arrongantly sprung up.''

15.The Industrial Revolution progressed.
''The cheap Industrial Revolution changeably progressed.''

Sweden:Why did I choose it?

Sweden is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden is the 3rd largest country in the Europe Union in terms of area, it has 9.2 million inhabitants. Sweden emerged in the 17th century.

Sweden is famous for the Germanic people that lived in it, the vikings who had invaded and settled in parts of Eastern Europe, Constantinople and the Caspian Sea in 9th and 10th centuries.

I picked Sweden because I couldn't pick another I'd like to, but I like Sweden very much because of its weather and its views.