Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Study Guide Questions Yali’s Question to Jared Diamond was as follows: Why did the Europeans have superior technology‚ and thus conquer the New World‚ rather than the other way around? Many answers have been put to the query‚ but a couple stand out. A common answer to this question is that because the Europeans got the guns‚ germs‚ and steel‚ they were superior. Diamond refutes this by asking about the ultimate cause: why did the Europeans get the guns‚ germs‚ and steel‚ rather
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tools for themselves. Although these communities are referred to as iron-age people‚ they only used iron tools if they needed to. Apart from the manufacture of spears‚ they used tools such as hoes and axes for clearing the natural forest as they extended their arable area. They would also require axes for cutting trees for firewood‚ and other daily needs. Another use for iron was in ploughing fields. With better implements‚ the farmers were able to grow more crops. Better crops lead to a larger population
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The haunting and vivid double exposure scene at 19 minutes highlights the idea of two independent worlds‚ in which there is no direct influence on one another. The scene is an example of Death collecting dead people’s souls. At first‚ a transparent carriage stops in front of a house. In this house‚ a man just committed suicide. Death‚ a transparent figure‚ slowly climbs down his carriage and walks past the closed door. This depiction of a phantom walking directly through a physical image suggests
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RESEARCH PAPER Submitted To: Miss Analyn P. Apsay‚ MAEd Instructor Submitted By: Jojie B. Gallo BSME3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Topic Outline 1. Introduction (Gear terminologies‚ definitions and identifying the parts) (Identifying the types of gears) (Gear applications or uses) 2. Body (History of gears) (Gear calculations or formula) (Materials for manufacturing gears) 3. Conclusion (Advantages of gears in the industry) (Advantages of gears compare
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C1 MOCK PAPER 1. Solve the inequality . (3) 2. Find . (4) 3. Find the value of (a) ‚ (b) ‚ (c) . (1) (2) (1) 4. A sequence is defined by ‚ where k is a constant. (a) Write down an expression for a2 in terms of k. (1) (b) Find a3 in terms of k‚ simplifying your answer. (2) Given that a3 = 13‚ (c) find the value of k. (2) 5. (a) Show that eliminating y from the equations 2x + y = 8‚ 3x2 + xy = 1 produces the equation x2 + 8x - 1 =
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weaving the cloth‚ the wooden frames of his loom broke. He took an axe and went to the forest to bring wood in order to make new frames. He went round the forest but didn’t find the adequate wood for the frames. From the forest‚ he drifted towards the seashore where he saw a huge tree. He thought that if he could cut wood from the tree‚ he would have enough wood for all frames and would stay throughout his life. As the weaver raised his axe to cut the tree‚ a spirit living on that tree said‚ “O weaver
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Activity 2.1.2 Student Response Sheet Part I: Answers Example 1: Prosthetic‚ Inc. and Orthotics and Prosthetics had almost identical profit increases between the years 1998 and 2009. The yaxis on Orthotics and Prosthetics’ graph has been altered to have a larger range than the range used for the yaxis on Prosthetic‚ Inc.’s graph. If the same range was used for both graphs‚ they would look as follows: Example 2: ABC.com presented that the average blood sugar level before meals for Americans is 142 mg/dL
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melting point‚ malleability and luster are all properties that come as a result from alloyed metals. For example‚ carbon and manganese form an alloy called carbon steel‚ which is very hard and can therefore be used to make things such as tools and axes. Without these metals being alloyed‚ they would be too brittle to use for structural materials. 2. A) Describe the uses of brass‚ steel and solder and 2 other alloys of your choice‚ and explain how these uses relate to their properties. Brass: The
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Fire Fighting: Fire Prevention While volunteering at my fire department‚ I picked up on allot of tricks and trades. There is much to learn about firefighting and to understand what it means and what it takes to be a firefighter. I chose this topic because it is good for the public to know what is needed and required. I want to explain to people the job requirements‚ danger‚ and the technology used. The term fire fighter is exactly as it sounds: a person who fights a fire. But the history behind
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1 )Thousands of people have been wrongly locked away and have falsely admitted to many murders‚ but we will never know the real truth behind it all. Although we wish to see inside the mind of a killer‚ we may never get to. The real reasons people get murdered‚ are simply beyond our knowledge. Since we cannot dive into the psychological and mental reasons people murder others‚ we can stick with diving into the fascination of the unsolved cases. For many years now‚ people have been obsessed with creepy
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