LA Homework 17 - Brazil vs Ancient Rome.

Name:	LA Homework 17 Due May 30th, 2016	Date:
Follow the Instructions: (   ) In class, in our speaking activities, we did most of this discussions. So now, print out this activity. (   ) Read the paragraphs about “The Decline and Fall of Dilma”, the former president of Brazil.” Then, create and add to each paragraph a topic sentence and a summary sentence of your own. (   ) Write the topic sentence where it’s yellow and summary sentence where it’s green. (   ) Reread about “The Fall of Roman Empire” in the sites. Remember and find some reasons that caused the fall of it. (   ) The Political Worker’s Party (PT) has just fallen in Brazil. Check some reasons and events, that happened in Brazil, against the ones that happened in Ancient Times: Rewrite them in the lines below. (   ) Write the reasons (in the lines) where they best match or when they are similar or, in a way, they appear to be the same. See the example on the very bottom. Ask your for clarification if needed. (   ) Any sentence you write must have an adjective and an adverb, just like you did in class. (   ) Do not forget to see the example before you start (see it on the bottom). All should be done in pencil. “The Fall of Roman Empire”. (Revisit the sites). http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient-rome/the-fall-of-ancient-rome/ http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/romefallarticles/a/fallofrome.htm http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-reasons-why-rome-fell We already studied and wrote answers for these questions: 1-       What Was the Fall of Rome? 2-       How Did Rome Fall? 3-       Why Did Rome Fall? 4-       What were the Reasons for the Fall of Rome? 5-       What Happened When Rome Fell? Now, we must make some more connections to: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF DILMA ROUSSEFF
# 01 Brazil vs Ancient Rome.           ___________________________________________________________________________. In 2015 and 2016, a series of protests in Brazil were held against corruption, denouncing the government of President Dilma Rousseff. The protests were triggered by revelations that numerous politicians, mostly from Brazil's Workers' Party, were being investigated for accepting bribes from the state-owned energy company Petrobras from 2003 to 2010, while Rousseff was on the company's board of directors. ________________________________________________.           ___________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ # 02 Brazil vs Ancient Rome.           _____________________________________________________________________________. Standing on a truck on Avenida Paulista, adorned with banners calling for an end to corruption, an activist shouts a familiar refrain to thousands of protesters gathered on São Paulo’s main thoroughfare: “Worse than the actions of the bad is the silence of the good!” The demonstration in early April followed another in March in which more than 1m people took to the streets. ________________________________________________________________________________.           ___________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ # 03 Brazil vs Ancient Rome.           _________________________________________________________________________. Popular opposition to the government of President Dilma Rousseff is increasing, provoked by the scandal at Petrobras, the state-owned oil company, in which politicians, mostly from the ruling coalition, are accused of colluding with company officials and contractors in a vast bribery scheme. Last month, the company reported R$6bn ($2bn) in losses directly related to corruption. ________________________________________________________________________________.           ___________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
# 04 Brazil vs Ancient Rome.           _______________________________________________________________________. In December 2015, the Supreme Court halted a decision by the head of the lower house, Eduardo Cunha - a bitter rival of Rousseff - to start procedures for the impeachment of the president. Cunha has also been severely weakened by a corruption investigation against him, which could end up costing him his post. Although Cunha is no longer the leading figure of the impeachment drive, he retains the capacity to obstruct the government agenda. He has appealed the ruling of the Supreme Court on the impeachment, meaning that nothing can be decided on that front until his appeal is addressed. ______________________________________________________________________________________.           ___________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ # 05 Brazil vs Ancient Rome.            ______________________________________________________________________. Dilma Rousseff. In terms of the economy, her presidency was a succession of errors. She insisted on placing Guido Mantega as finance minister despite having no credibility among economic actors. Meanwhile, she intervened constantly in the economy’s direction, forcing interest rates to go down and controlling both energy and oil prices. The government began to employ measures meant to mask a growing deficit, all in the name of reelection. ____________________________________________________________________________.           ___________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
# Example: Brazil vs Ancient Rome.            The approval ratings for President Dilma Rousseff dropped to record lows due to a slowing economy. It happened also because of increasing unemployment, a weakening currency and rising inflation. Upper-class Brazilians stated that Rousseff could not manage the Brazilian economy. They also said that she used class tensions to benefit her political campaign by stating that her political opponents were "enemies of the poor," when, in fact, the poor felt betrayed. Dilma had passed policies to avoid an investment-grade downgrade, which ended up supposedly hurting lower-class Brazilians.            Diocletian frequently faced more than just administrative problems. More and more military defenses had to be built across the whole empire. This cost money that Rome did not have. To pay for these, taxes were increased and extra coins were minted. This lead to inflation causing prices to rise. Therefore, the people of Rome were less than favorable towards those who led them. Social, financial problems, and a civilian population slowly becoming discontented, Roman Leaders could not avoid the fall of the Roman Empire.