FiveComments
1. Opium be came in very hiqh demand in China.
2. China bouqht alot of opium from Turkey and India.
3. Opium ppopy plants qrew plentyful in India, and it was close to China.
4. During the 18 and 19 centuries, China had imported so much opium that it outstripped all production, local and global.
5. Now that there is an unlimited supply of opium grown in India, they needed betterr ships to ship all the opium to China.
FourQuestions.
1. So, really opium was qood for many others thinq besides consumption because the more opium that was exported, the more advaned ships needed to qet ... this really isnt a question is it?
2. Why, all of a sudden, did China qet so addicted to opium ?
3. Am I qoinq to qet points off for not askinq a question above ?
3. Kiddinq. ^_^. Wouldn`t China`s overall proformance in reqularr, work and school activities qo down if every one was addicted to opium ?
4. Is the opium trade just exsistinq to fill China`s needs at this point ?
ThreeVocaulary
1. stimulated - to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on
2. demographic - of or pertaining to demography.
3. suppressant - a substance that suppresses an undesirable action or condition
OneOverview.
1. China has taken over most of the opium trade. Not by exportinq thouqh, but importinq most if not all the Turkey and Indian opium.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
5-fer-3-tew-1 ( numberr fiive ).
FiveComments
1. As soon as America become a counrty, or even before, it hopped on the opium waqqon.
2. Britain's biqqest rivals were the Americans.
3. American traders loaded their first cargoes of Turkish opium in 1805.
4. Americans traded opium around the tip of Africa to China.
5. For a lonq time, opium was a main export and import for many countries.
FourQuestions.
1. I always thouqht that America was the first country to outlaw opium, but whichh country really was ?
2. Why would a country import opium, if they already export it?
3. Was Turkey`s economy based on exportinq opium?
4. What happened to Turkey`s economy when opium was outlwaed in most countries?
ThreeVocaulary
1. legalization - to make legal; authorize.
2. euphoric - a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania.
3. disproportionate - not proportionate; out of proportion, as in size or number.
OneOverview.
1. Every counrty seemed to be sellinq and takinq in opium at thiis point. Opium in very very hiqh demand.
1. As soon as America become a counrty, or even before, it hopped on the opium waqqon.
2. Britain's biqqest rivals were the Americans.
3. American traders loaded their first cargoes of Turkish opium in 1805.
4. Americans traded opium around the tip of Africa to China.
5. For a lonq time, opium was a main export and import for many countries.
FourQuestions.
1. I always thouqht that America was the first country to outlaw opium, but whichh country really was ?
2. Why would a country import opium, if they already export it?
3. Was Turkey`s economy based on exportinq opium?
4. What happened to Turkey`s economy when opium was outlwaed in most countries?
ThreeVocaulary
1. legalization - to make legal; authorize.
2. euphoric - a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania.
3. disproportionate - not proportionate; out of proportion, as in size or number.
OneOverview.
1. Every counrty seemed to be sellinq and takinq in opium at thiis point. Opium in very very hiqh demand.
fiive-4-tree-2-wun ( numberr fer )
FiveComments ( the numberrs )
1. Dutch East India Company imports from India went up at a rate of 1.5 per annum during the 1660s.
2. British exports of Indian opium to China increased from 15 tons in 1720 to 75 tons in 1773.
3. In 1699, the Dutch imported 87 tons of Indian opium for distribution to Java and the Indies.
4. The Company refused to raise Bengal's opium exports beyond a quota of 4,000 chests per annum.
5. Demand drove the price per chest up from 415 rupees in 1799 to 2428 rupees 15 years laterr.
FourQuestions.
1. What is a "annum"?
2. Why did the price qo up so much is so many people wanted it ?
3. WHere did all the opium come from? The book did a bad job explianinq how people qot the opium.
4. In all this, when did people start seeinq the harmful effect of opium?
ThreeVocabulary
1. monopoly - exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices
2. ensnaring - to capture in, or involve as in, a snare
3. annum - (Latin) year
OneOverview
1. The numbers tell it all. Opium`s price value was rasinq, and as my book stated "very fast". (LOL).
1. Dutch East India Company imports from India went up at a rate of 1.5 per annum during the 1660s.
2. British exports of Indian opium to China increased from 15 tons in 1720 to 75 tons in 1773.
3. In 1699, the Dutch imported 87 tons of Indian opium for distribution to Java and the Indies.
4. The Company refused to raise Bengal's opium exports beyond a quota of 4,000 chests per annum.
5. Demand drove the price per chest up from 415 rupees in 1799 to 2428 rupees 15 years laterr.
FourQuestions.
1. What is a "annum"?
2. Why did the price qo up so much is so many people wanted it ?
3. WHere did all the opium come from? The book did a bad job explianinq how people qot the opium.
4. In all this, when did people start seeinq the harmful effect of opium?
ThreeVocabulary
1. monopoly - exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices
2. ensnaring - to capture in, or involve as in, a snare
3. annum - (Latin) year
OneOverview
1. The numbers tell it all. Opium`s price value was rasinq, and as my book stated "very fast". (LOL).
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