Category Archives: Geography 12

Princess Mononoke Questions

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What ethic do the different main characters exhibit? What examples support this?

Lady Eboshi wanted to take over the land to mine the iron in the land and kill nature, therefor she valued what she wanted over the environment. She didn’t examine the outcomes and didn’t think in an Utilitarianism way. Princess Mononoke wanted to save the forest, but also hated humans and wanted to kill them. Prince Ashitaka wanted to cause pease between humans and nature, so they could live in peace. Then humans did not realize by killing nature they are killing are there resources and stuff they need.

What is the ethic of the writer of the film? How do you know?

The writer of the story wants to save the wildlife and preserve the forest and let it be. I know because the ethic of the story was to show the watchers of the movie what will happen when we kill the Forrest, and the negative impacts it has if we do.

Which ethic from the film do you side with and why?

I side with saving the wildlife and causing peace. We rely on nature so much in our everyday lives, and if we destroy nature, we are also destroying our resources. Let’s say we destroy nature to mine, in order to build a mine we need resources from nature, like wood. If we destroy all of nature we won’t be able to build much. Nature also provides our food.

Watching this makes me want to save wildlife.

Cascadia Subduction Zone Questions

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1. This documentary used several pieces of evidence to support their claim that we are in a dangerous location. What were those pieces of evidence? List them.

-They can trace earthquakes in banks of rivers and streams and they found evidence of a big one about 300 years ago.

-A huge forest was killed (about 300 years ago)

-Natives have stories of a huge earthquake and tsunami before the Europeans came (about 300 years ago)

-In japan they recorded a Tsunami that they didn’t know where it came from 300 years ago.

-The Japanese said they’ve never seen anything like it, and the tsunami killed whole forests.

-Subduction zone earthquakes are worse because when it slips it send huge earthquake waves.

-The fault line goes from Oregon to British Coloumbia, making it effect a big range of places, and for a long time (about 5 minutes)

-Citites like Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver have huge populations, and a potential threat is Skyscrapers falling.

2. Using the list of evidence above, explain why one of those pieces of evidence alone is not enough, but why together they make the documentary’s argument credible.

-The native story that there was a huge earthquake and tsunami, they can’t prove to us that it happend.

-But finding proof of an Earthquake in the soil of the riverbank and a forest destroyed by a tsunami (both 300 years ago).

3. This documentary comments on the destruction a seismic event could have on Vancouver. Describe what you learned from this documentary on how Vancouver could be impacted.

-Skyscrapers

-since we are sheltered by Vancouver Island I don’t think the Tsunami will reach us.

-long duration of Earthquake effecting buildings and people’s lives.

Mt St Helens Interveiw

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Mt St Helens Interveiw

I interviewed my Mom, and she happend to be in Washington state at a friends cabin when the volcano blew. The volcano woke her up when it erupted in the morning, and it sounded like a big explosion. Later that day ash filled the air, and it was all over the news.