Today’s Inequality Jared Diamond gets asked an important question “Why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little”. To Diamond‚ the question seemed obvious‚ yet he didn’t have an answer. That’s why in “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: Episode 1” Jared Diamond discusses the problem of why some countries have so much while others rarely enough to survive. Also how those rich countries start developing and inventing new technology to help them thrive. At first‚ during the age of the
Premium Agriculture Poverty United States
Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Episode Three: Into the Tropics This episode was actually rather interesting. In general‚ it basically discussed how guns‚ germs‚ and steel have affected and influenced the shaping of African societies as it is today. Diamond’s main quest is to answer the question: why did the world become so unequal? In the mid-1600s the Europeans first arrive at the southernmost tip of South Africa. The southernmost tip of Africa and Europe are almost identical in latitude‚ with
Premium Tropics Equator Northern Hemisphere
Book Review Katrina Yurkiw Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond W. W. Norton and Company April 1st‚ 1999 480 Pages ISBN: 0393317552 Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is a fascinating perspective taken by Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA‚ Jared Diamond. Diamond’s purpose was to explain why Eurasian civilizations have had such immense success conquering people and land other than their own. Diamond’s aim is to answer Yali’s question: Why is that white people
Premium Environment Natural environment Black people
I first read Jared Diamond’s Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel in the Fall 2003 based on a recommendation from a friend. Many chapters of the book are truly fascinating‚ but I had criticisms of the book back then and hold even more now. Chief among these is the preponderance of analysis devoted to Papua New Guinea‚ as opposed to‚ say‚ an explanation of the greatly disparate levels of wealth and development among Eurasian nations. I will therefore attempt to confine this review on the "meat and potatoes" of
Premium Europe Continent Papua New Guinea
Name:_______________________________________________ Viewing Guide: Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: Episode 3 Date:______________ Directions: Before viewing the film‚ read each question below so you know what information and ideas you should be looking for as you watch Episode 3. Record your answers to each question by providing as many facts‚ details‚ and examples as possible to answer each question. Be prepared to discuss your answers with the class. You will use some of the information collected to create a class project. 1. According to Jared
Premium English-language films Art Critical thinking
Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Video Questions/ Answers Episode 1 Name: Cindy Liu Per______ Jared Diamond has a theory about what causes huge discrepancies among different countries‚ and he says it boils down to geographic luck. What was great about the “Fertile Crescent”? The big four livestock animals; cows‚ pigs‚ sheep‚ and goats‚ were native to the Middle East. Also‚ due to its fertile land‚ the Fertile Crescent housed the best crops in the world. The great crops and animals it had benefited the civilizations
Free Agriculture Inca
Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Quineshia Tucker August 19‚ 2011 AP World History 30 Block Jared Diamond was born on September 10‚ 1937 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He was raised by two highly intelligent people. Mrs. Diamond‚ his mother‚ was a linguist while his father‚ Mr. Diamond was a physician. He grew to love science due to his intellectual upbringing. He was born to a Bessarabian Jewish family. His father attended Harvard University of Medical. Though Jared attended
Premium White people Question Black people
Guns‚ Germs and Steel Jared Diamond‚ author of the Pulitzer Prize Winning‚ National Best Selling book Guns‚ Germs and Steel‚ summarizes his book by saying the following: "History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples ’ environments‚ not because of biological differences among peoples themselves." Guns‚ Germs and Steel is historical literature that documents Jared Diamond ’s views on how the world as we know it developed. However‚ is his thesis that
Premium Domestication Environment New Zealand
Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies‚ by Jared Diamond‚ attempts to explain why history progressed differently for people from various geographical regions. Diamond introduces his book by pointing out that history followed different courses for different people because of differences among peoples’ environments‚ not because of biological differences among people themselves. Through his convincing explanation for how civilizations were created and evolved throughout the course of history
Premium Agriculture Civilization Human
Honors: Guns‚ Germs and Steel Name: Title of Text: Chapter 2: “A Natural Experiment of History” pp. 53-66 Prediction/Background Knowledge: Vocabulary Words: Focus Question(s): 1. Identify and evaluate the environmental‚ political‚ social and economic factors and outcomes of the clash between the Moriori and Maoiri peoples. Concrete Detail/CD (Text‚ page #) (Specific quotes that address FQ) Commentary (CM) (Explain how your CD answers the FQ. Provide context.)
Premium Question Economics Sentence