Guns‚ Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond Prologue 1. Summarize Yali’s question. This requires mentioning race‚ intelligence‚ and development of technology. Yali asks "why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?" What Yali is asking is about the origins of inequality between countries and societies in the world. He wants to know why people of European descent are rich and powerful while people like him
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and led to the development of specialized roles. The Neolithic Revolution drastically altered the way people lived. During the Neolithic Revolution‚ people began to gain knowledge about animal husbandry and how to cultivate various crops. Animal domestication was important because animals provided food‚ assisted in farming‚ and aided in travel. Animals such as cows provided meat and milk‚ oxen were used for transportation and to plow fields‚ and dogs aided in hunting. The ability to grow various crops
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Agriculture had many effects on the way of life of the Neolithic people. The Neolithic people produced their own food through farming and domestication. They farmed grain crops such as wheat‚ rye‚ and barley. They also domesticated their own animals. The first animals they domesticated were the wolf/dog‚ sheep‚ goat‚ pigs‚ and cows. They domesticated those animals because they were easily fed‚ they bred/grew fast and produced a lot‚ they recognized human dominance‚ and they had pleasant behavior
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Name: __________________________ World History Unit Two: Global Inequality An Overview of Jared Diamond’s Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Why do some nations have so much material wealth while so many others have so little? This was the question Jared Diamond posed in his book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel. After identifying a point in time when all societies were roughly equal (over 13‚000 years ago)‚ Diamond identified the key variables that allowed some societies to develop highly complex‚ material-rich
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were equal because they had a equal amount of roles. Then the Neolithic age hit and the roles of men and women changed. However‚ when the Neolithic Revolution occurred when gathering and hunting was no longer necessary because farming and the domestication of animals meant they didn’t need to hunt or gather anymore. Therefore‚ the women’s role in society became where they stayed home‚ did chores‚ and took care of the children. When I thought about this‚ I thought that in the Neolithic era they first
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heading best completes the partial outline below? (1) Economic Development in Ancient Egypt (3) Cultural Diffusion in Mohenjo-Daro (2) Features of the Old Stone Age (4) Characteristics of Civilizations 5. During which period did the domestication of animals and growing of crops first occur? (1) Iron Age (3) Old Stone Age (2) Neolithic Revolution (4) Scientific Revolution 6. Where does the archaeological evidence gathered by Lois and Mary Leakey suggest the earliest
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food is plentiful they take in 2‚140 calories. After this he goes into how we as humans have decreased in size because of malnutrition (you can read about this in paragraph two). Then on page three of the article he talks about how thanks to the domestication of animals that has led to a greater interaction with them has led to some specific diseases such as small pox‚ flu‚ measles‚ and the bubonic plague. And at the end of the article he states a quote that goes like this‚ “pretend that the entire
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Instructor: Judith L. Tucker‚ M.S Class: Crim 174 In this video‚ Guns‚ germs‚ and steel are a fascinating perspective taken by Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA‚ Jared Diamond. His purpose was to explain why Eurasian civilizations have had such immense success conquering people and land other than their own. Why Europeans were the ones to conquer the world? As Diamond states that questions asked based on guns‚ germs‚ and steel are the biggest‚ most fascinating
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The explanation of why there is such a distinct difference between poor countries and wealthy countries lies in their geography and their access to guns‚ germs‚ and steel. The answer seems too simple to many people who disagree with Jared Diamond. However‚ it doesn’t change the fact that it all makes complete sense. The lines between successful civilizations and unsuccessful ones are all based on the resources the landscape provides. The New Guineans‚ Incas‚ and Africans never had the opportunity
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between these two types of animals is important because the first category of animals‚ those that were born in captivity‚ can be considered somewhat domesticated because they have never known a life outside of human care‚ which is essentially what domestication is. The second category of animals is more at risk for suffering from mental damage because going from living in the wild to living in captivity is a big change and as much as zoos try‚ they simply cannot
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