Guns Germs & Steel Studyguide – Flashcards
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What is "Yali's Question"?
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Why you white men have so much cargo and us Newgineans have so little.
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How far back did Diamond have to go to find a time when there was equality among human societies?
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Diamond had to go back to the early mankind to find equality among human society.
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What comparison does Diamond make between the ancient Middle East and modern New Guinea?
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The Middle East had a good water source, domesticated crops and animals, advanced in technology. New Guinea dose not do those things, they hunter and gather.
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What are the main disadvantages of relying on hunting and gathering for sustenance?
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Hunting and gathering is not a very reliable source of food because it can at times be full of food, or bare with nothing.
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What archaeological evidence revealed that the people of the Middle East (Fertile Crescent) had moved from hunting and gathering to farming/agriculture?
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Structured homes and rooms to hold food showed that they had domesticated crops and were able to store them year round.
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What is domestication?
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To tame something, and have it contained and under their control.
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How might agriculture help answer Yali's question?
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Agriculture shows that the foods we ate long ago could have gave us different amounts of protein that could have influenced how people grew stronger.
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What parts of the ancient world developed agriculture and what were their crops?
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Asia grew rice, the Americas grew corn and wheat, and the Middle East grew wheat and barley.
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How long do archaeologists now believe the people of the New Guinean highlands have farmed?
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Millions of years ago, they could have been some of the first farmers.
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What is the second piece of the puzzle relating to Yali's question?
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What began occurring in human societies 9000 years ago and why was this important?
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What are the pig's disadvantages as a domesticated animal?
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They don't provide milk, or leather, or physical labor unlike cows, goats, and horses.
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What are the best animals to farm or domesticate?
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Cows, goats, horses, and sheep.
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Why did the Middle East become known as the "Fertile Crescent"?
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They were the first to start farming and domesticate plants.
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When archaeologists found plaster on the interior of ancient houses of the Fertile Crescent, what could they infer?
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They grew bigger and stronger along with there technology, like heating up rocks to make the plaster.
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What prevented the New Guineans from developing metal tools?
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They would have needed people to be making enough food for they're to be specialist like metal workers.
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What caused the Egyptian civilization to "explode"?
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According to Diamond, which civilizations benefited from the migration of plants and animals from the Fertile Crescent?
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What are the criticisms of Diamond's arguments?
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How does latitude impact the development of civilizations?
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In your own words and complete sentences, summarize Diamond's answer to Yali's question:
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