Guns, Germs, and Steel Test Day

We took the test on Guns, Germs, and Steel today. For me it was pretty easy because I listened intently during the video. I had trouble on a couple questions, but the rest was very easy. The music Mr. Schick played during the test made me focus more in my opinion. It was really soothing and helped me calm my mind.

Guns Germs and Steel Final Day

Today we finished the video of Guns, Germs, and Steel. This video helped me learn a lot about why geography is so important and how it drastically effected the growth of civilization. The big thing that Jared Diamond wanted to get across was that the reason European and Asian civilizations prospered faster than the rest of the world was because of geographic luck and not that they were better than the rest of the world. I agree with this theory because of the amount of evidence Jared Diamond shows. It makes sense that the people with better crops built more powerful civilizations. I think there's more to  it, but he still has a great point.

Pow Wow Extra Credit

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Today in class we watched a video of Jared Diamond explaining inequality with his "guns, germs, and steel" theory. Jared Diamond has spent most of his life trying to figure out Ali's question of why white men and people outside of Papua New Guinea have so much money and the people on the island have close to none. He talked about how the people of New Guinea were visited by Europeans and they immediately took advantage of the native people's lack of knowledge of the outside world.