Agronomy
Study Guide for Section 4
1. Compare and contrast reciprocity and redistribution economic systems, and the kinds of societies that use them.
2. Explain what happened to the Moriori when the Chatham Islands were discovered. Why were the Maori from New Zealand such fierce warriors? * When the Moriori moved to the Chatham islands, they could not farm due to the cold climate and became hunter. They learned to live peacefully because their resources were so limited. * Mori from New Zealand were fierce warriors because of dense population, so they had to compete for agricultural societies. 3. What elements led to the conquest of the Incas by Pizarro? What advantages did Pizarro have that the Incas did not? If it had been the other way around, would the Incas have invaded Spain? * Sophisticated weapons * Superior oceans going ships * Superior political organization of European states * Superior knowledge of human behavior * From thousands of years of written history
3. Why do hierarchies and inequity develop in agricultural societies to a much greater extent than in hunter-gatherer societies? Explain. * When warriors conquest a new nation, land, salves, resources follow
4. What advantages does Jared Diamond argue that Agricultural societies have over hunter-gatherer societies? Explain. * Domestic animals * Transportation * War and trade * Sedentary(앉아서 있는) Existence. * Higher population densities * Grain Storage
5. Explain Jared Diamond’s main arguments about why East-West continent orientation is the ultimate (first) cause of human patterns that have lead to inequity in the world.
6. From the video on Guns Germs and Steel, what was the role of writing in the conquest of the Incas? Why did Pizarro have the advantage and not the Incas?
7. From the video on Guns Germs and Steel, what was the role of domestic
1. Compare and contrast reciprocity and redistribution economic systems, and the kinds of societies that use them.
2. Explain what happened to the Moriori when the Chatham Islands were discovered. Why were the Maori from New Zealand such fierce warriors? * When the Moriori moved to the Chatham islands, they could not farm due to the cold climate and became hunter. They learned to live peacefully because their resources were so limited. * Mori from New Zealand were fierce warriors because of dense population, so they had to compete for agricultural societies. 3. What elements led to the conquest of the Incas by Pizarro? What advantages did Pizarro have that the Incas did not? If it had been the other way around, would the Incas have invaded Spain? * Sophisticated weapons * Superior oceans going ships * Superior political organization of European states * Superior knowledge of human behavior * From thousands of years of written history
3. Why do hierarchies and inequity develop in agricultural societies to a much greater extent than in hunter-gatherer societies? Explain. * When warriors conquest a new nation, land, salves, resources follow
4. What advantages does Jared Diamond argue that Agricultural societies have over hunter-gatherer societies? Explain. * Domestic animals * Transportation * War and trade * Sedentary(앉아서 있는) Existence. * Higher population densities * Grain Storage
5. Explain Jared Diamond’s main arguments about why East-West continent orientation is the ultimate (first) cause of human patterns that have lead to inequity in the world.
6. From the video on Guns Germs and Steel, what was the role of writing in the conquest of the Incas? Why did Pizarro have the advantage and not the Incas?
7. From the video on Guns Germs and Steel, what was the role of domestic