ARTIFACT 13

This is an interesting analysis of 

Health, Money & Sex in Sweden

analysis of urbanization of the world.......nothing about the 19th century, but

still interesting.

http://www.gapminder.org/world/#;example=75

Looking at Gapminder, it seems to me that Great Britain was a country, and one with massive growth of positive things, including life expectancy, GDP, and Less children per women. Looking at these three factors, we can see that during Pax Britannica, Great Britain itself gained. However, only the GDP in such places as Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa rose, with life expectancy and many other factors either rising at a very slow rate or remaining constant. The worst areas of the British Empire were in Northern Africa and in India, where there was a standstill on any progress. Why? Because there is a difference between colonialism, which was what happened in New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, and Imperialism, which was the rule in places like India. The terms are used interchangeably by many people, including teachers. However, the two are fundamentally different, as Colonialism is more "hands on" than imperialism. Imperialism is rule from afar, while colonialism is much more hands on, with lots of people moving to the colonized region. This is why caucasians are a majority group in both new zealand and Australia, where colonialism took place, but a minority group in india, where imperialism took place.
The Irish Potato Famine is probably a big culprit in the 1845 to  1852 dip in everything I looked at on gapminder. Besides the potato Famine, Britain itself was a place of positive growth of GDP, lifespan, and less children.
WAIT......
I see a cholera epidemic...several cholera epidemics, upon further research. There were cholera outbreaks in 1836, 1829-1851, and other dates at various times in history. However, there was no lasting effect on british lifespan, and the minor dips in lifespan present in those years are of the same magnitude as random dips in peaceful and healthy years. Cholera had very little to do with british lifespan in the 1800s.

You can start to see that by the late 1800s, Some parts of The British empire were actually better off than Britain itself. For example, by 1890, the average lifespan in Australia topped Britain. the same thing happened in New Zealand. This was probably due to air pollution which was prevalent in Britain, but not in rural New Zealand and Australia.

1. 
a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
The artifact relates to Race, since we looked at the statistics of different countries containing different races.
b) Which other main topics does it also relate to?
West to east, imperialism.
2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?
I chose it because I wanted to do something other than nothing, and I spent 3 hours processing it
3. What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?
That you need massive outbreaks of diseases to really lower life expectancy.
4. Does this artifact reflect your best work and/or ideas? Why, or why not?
No, because it was a jumble of half formed ideas, guided by a person who shouldn't really be writing reports.
5. Rate this artifact on a scale of -5 to 5 (0 is neutral) for the following 4 criterion:
a) Impact on the quality of your Portfolio
3
b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment
5
c) Impact on your learning
5
d) Level of creativity and originality
-5
6. Any additional comments.
HAHAHAHA