Use the political cartoon to draw inferences as to what you believe the word imperialism means. what is happening in the picture? how does that relate to the word imperialism and what you might learn about in the upcoming unit? this assignment should be one page in length.

In the picture, England, (or United Kingdom) is occupying countries and geographical regions in order to expropriate all of its resources. Some countries or islands are closer to its hands (Ireland) which means it basically became the part of UK. Other countries are trying to mantain its sovereignty.

Explanation:

Imperialism is a political doctrine which made the United Kingdom as wealthy as it is today. It is a first empire who conquered most of the world in XVIII and XIX century. Imperialism basically means colonization of land and extraction of its resources. It also means putting those countries in dependent position from UK, because the ties between these countries are so strong that if UK were about to leave these lands, they would soon be bankrupt and desent into civil war. This is why the political anti-colonial and national movements were important in those countries in order to free themselves from the chains of UK. In the terms of resources, labor power and slavery also had an enormous importance for the development of UK, and later USA.

as university of miami psychologists debra lieberman and adam smith pointed out in a recent article in the journal current directions in psychological science, humans have social and psychological mechanisms to deter incest. with very few exceptions, marriages between brothers and sisters and between parents and their children are verboten in every human culture. the primary psychological anti-incest mechanism is the yuck response. even the idea of sex with their mom or dad, bro or sis is upsetting to most people. the psychologist jonathan haidt has found that nearly everyone is repelled by the prospect of brother-sister sex, even in hypothetical situations in which there is no chance of pregnancy).

the biological cost of incest

this raises an interesting question: just what’s so bad about incest? sure, having sex with your dad or your sister seems gross — but why? some anthropologists have argued that incest taboos are learned social conventions. this explanation, however, doesn’t make sense to me as it does not explain the widespread existence of anti-incest mechanisms in creatures ranging from cockroaches to chimpanzees. second, the incest taboo is about as close to a universal law as human moral rules get.

why should mechanisms to avoid incest be so widespread both in nature and across human societies? the answer is simple. the problem with having sex close with relatives is that there is an astonishingly high chance that your offspring will be born with a serious birth defect.

balearic sea - is a body of water in the mediterranean sea around the balearic islands. baltic sea - is a mediterranean sea of the atlantic which is enclosed by scandinavian and baltic countries. barents sea - is a marginal sea in the artic ocean located off the northern coast of norway and russia.