Google earth tour (Artifacts 5)

British Empire in the New world
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Reflection questions:

1) a. What main topic does the artifact relates to? In what way?

ans: This artifact relates to the main topic Nationalism and Liberalism: creation of the nation state. It is about the British colonies and about them leaving British Empire's control and become a country itself.

b. Which other main topic does it also relate to?

ans: It also relates to Globalization through Imperialism.

2) Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and /or processing it?

ans: I chose this topic because I think it is important to know about the British colonies if you are studying British history, and to understand why are those colonies what they are like. Such as having english as the official language. It took me around 1.5 hours, because there is a little research to do on each colonies.

3) What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?

ans: I understanded how important it is to have control on the sea, if you have control of the sea, you basically control the big picture during that time. You will have more colonies, and have more resource.

4) Does this artifact reflect your best work and/or ideas? Why, or why not?

ans: I think this artifact reflects my best work. I tried to pick out the essence information on each colonies, trying not to make it sound verbose.

5) Rate this artifact on a scale of -5 to 5 (0 is neutral) for the following four criterion.
a. Impact on the quality of your portfolio. 4
b. Impact on your level of enjoyment and happiness. 5
c. Impact on your learning. 5
d. Level of creativity and Originality. 4

ans: 4.5

6) Any additional comments.

ans: no comment.