Name ______________ Period __ Article Summary – write a short summary of Jared Diamond’s speech including the main idea or central theme of his argument. Jared Diamond’s speech focuses on the fact that Europeans conquered the New World‚ Africa‚ and Australia before they could get to Europe thanks to the domestication of plants and animals‚ which sped up the rate of the development of civilization. Short Answer Questions 1. Why does Diamond argue that wealth and power are distributed unevenly
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(Perry 1) I believe that‚ without government intervention‚ these services could eventually become unattainable for some people. “Government [ . . . ] police do a pretty good job [ . . . ]‚ and government fire departments and ambulances save lives” (Jared). Although I think some of them would still save lives and do the things they should do because they are truly good people‚ I do not believe they would ALL do good. So far‚ the end result of this government intervention has turned out to be a good
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Why did some civilizations succeed and others fail? Why was it that some places had more resources than others? According to Jared Diamond‚ his theory‚ “Geographic Luck” is the answer. On Diamonds last trip to New Guinea‚ he proves his theory to be right. When he arrived‚ the natives ask him why the white men have so much cargo and why they had so little. The natives to the island worked just as hard if not harder than all the others but they were much less successful than the Eurasians. Geographical
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Chapter 2 Summary—Sergio Gonzalez In Chapter 2 of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ Jared Diamond uses the example of Polynesia to defend his theory whether the environments in different places can predict or determine what is going to happen in a community in the future. Since Polynesia is made up of several islands‚ it can provide several examples of communities that may differ from each other due to its isolation. That is why some countries are richer/poorer than other and what
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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
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the empty stomach is‚ and has always been‚ the first priority for the human race. So when the earliest civilizations began in China‚ it was only human nature for people to hunt down their own food resources in the least difficult way possible. Jared Diamond developed a theory that the growth of a civilization‚ starting from scratch‚ depended on its “geographic luck” - the advantages and disadvantages the region comprised of. (Type of climate‚ agriculture‚ landforms‚ i.e.) China held a decent
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Hence writing brings power to modern societies by making it possible to transmit knowledge...” Jared Diamond an American anthropologist uses longs in other words he uses logic. Jared makes a great point by stating‚ “Knowledge brings power”. Which is true in order to have power or become someone important or have a great life‚ it requires knowledge. You can’t contribute much to the world
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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
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Jared and Caleb were born in Tennessee‚ while Matthew and Nathan were born in Oklahoma. Matthew is the three brothers’ cousin. The brothers spent much of their youth travelling around the South with their father‚ Leon‚ a traveling United Pentecostal Church preacher and their mother‚ who taught them when they were not in school. According to Rolling Stone magazine‚ "While Leon preached at churches and tent revivals throughout the Deep South‚ the boys attended and were occasionally enlisted to bang
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Juliana Moran Larios Period 3 AP World History Yali’s question In the prologue of Guns‚ Germs and steel by Jared Diamond‚ Diamond seeks to explain why there were different rates of human development on different continents. The author explains and expresses this statement by many different angles‚ such as evolution‚ intelligence‚ climate‚ location and advanced technology. Why did history take such different evolutionary courses for people of different continents? In other words‚ what steps
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