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Sometimes I wish that I already knew everything there is to know, so people wouldn’t have to go to school and work hard. But that only proves that God’s smarter then me, because if everyone knew everything already, laziness and slacking off would abound. So He created us to not know things, so we can work hard to gain more knowledge. This means that I should probably get on with the report, if you haven’t left the web page yet.

 

We’ve continued our study of Asia with the regions of Southeast Asia and East Asia. The Southeast covers a region as large as the forty-eight adjacent United States. It holds the countries of Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, and the islands of Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Islam and Buddhism are the two main religions in this part of the world, so they desperately need missionaries to come and help. And some countries are terribly poor, thanks to the Communist rulers. Burma used to be a rich, happy country, but the leaders took up Socialism to gain more wealth, and it sent Burma into a downward spiral. Vietnam groans under Communist rule, but the Christian church is growing stronger. Laos also persecutes Christians, but they grow also.

 

Eastern Asia contains the powerful countries, like China, Mongolia, Taiwan, North and South Korea, and Japan. China is an international giant, exporting billions of dollars worth to the US and many other countries. It has been conquered by many people, but the victors adopted Chinese customs, not the other way around. One interesting thing about it is its climate zones. The Qin Ling Mountains almost divide China in half, which makes the weather different. The north is dry, which is good for growing wheat and corn, and the south is soggy. The popular crops there are rice and tobacco. Japan is another internationally important country. The emperor decided to turn it from a feudal society into an industrial giant in one generation. Counselors went abroad to study Western government, education, and industry. The goal was realized, and Japan lives on as an important figure.

 

One other thing we’ve studied in class is our third Hot Topic--global warming. This is a very controversial thing in the US (hence the name), with scientists and people arguing over it. Some charts and studies seem to give evidence that it is happening, but mostly, no one really knows for sure. It might be happening, but we need to gather more evidence. In the meantime, people should not burn so many fossil fuels, because this destroys the ozone layer and lets more sunlight in. Also, if there is a lot of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere, this absorbs more sunlight and makes the earth warmer.

 

Everyone, including me, is working like crazy to finish their last project: Borders. Learning how the lines are drawn for a country is hard. The internet doesn’t come flat out and say why or how, but studying a country’s history and wars give clues. I chose Italy for my country, because my ancestors came from there, and I want to learn more about its history. Probably other popular countries like Germany, China, India, and such were also chosen by classmates.

 

So I hope you got some more knowledge from this report, because you weren’t created to know everything already, and that you do well for the last month of the school year.

 

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