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1)According to Jared Diamond, what allowed Europeans to develop the power necessary to conquer (take over) large portions of the world?  Geography-having the most productive crops and animals allowed Europeans to develop guns, germs, and steel, and ultimately, to conquer the world. 2)Why were the Europeans who settled the South African cape(tip) so successful? Describe two reasons.  The temperature and the climate in the South African cape is the same as what the Europeans had at home. Because the Cape and Europe have a similar latitude they can grow the same types of crops and raise the same types of livestock in Africa as they did back home in Europe 3)How did disease allow the Europeans to conquer the native populations in the Americas and in the African cape?  The Europeans had been exposed to the disease over the centuries of living there so, their bodies had built up a natural resistance to these diseases. When the  Americas and the South African cape c...

1. At the time that the Spanish conquistadores invaded the Inca Empire, they were armed with state of the art weaponry. Describe this weaponry. Weaponry involved, steel swords, steel body armor and helmets, horses, military strategies, and guns. 2. What is Jared Diamond’s explanation for why the Spanish had advanced to steel swords while Inca’s were still making tools and weapons from bronze? Spain gained around 7000 years ahead in steel, of Inca due to the proximity id the fertile crescent. 3. How did the battle tactics used by the Spanish conquistadors help the small army defeat the  Inca army that outnumbered it by the thousands? They used the tactic, element of surprise, the they inherited from Cortez. This tactic was more organized than the incas tactic. 4. According to Jared Diamond, what made the Europeans “accidental conquerors”?  By their geographic position from nature, the Europeans inherited thousands of years of technological advances and inovation. ...

Ella Steck 11/25/19 Human Geography 1. According to Jared Diamond, what are the three major elements that separate the world’s  “haves” from the “have nots”? Guns, germs, and steel 2. Jared Diamond refers to the people of New Guinea as “among the world’s most culturally diverse and adaptable people in the world”, yet they have much less than modern Americans.Diamond has developed a theory about what has caused these huge discrepancies among different countries, and he says it boils down to geographic luck. Give several examples from the film to support Diamond’s theory. Discussion of people living in the Middle East and all of their resources compared to the small amount of resources provided by the jungle areas of New Guinea, by having more  food resources and the ability to store them led people to become more agrarian and less reliant on being hunter-gatherers etc.  3. For thousands of years, people have been cultivating crops. Describe the process use...

1. Two fundamental aspects of Japans aging crisis are, Increase in the proportion of the elderly in the total population, slower growth in the population arising because of the fertility rate. 2. 1 in every 3 people will be elderly dependents 3. The impact of Japans aging population is  “A rapidly aging population and shrinking labour force are hampering growth,”   4. To address the labor shortages the Japanese government is encouraging more employment of women and older workers and by using more robots

Ella Steck 1. The general nature of all animated life is to, "investigate the causes of which have hitherto       impeded the progress of mankind towards happiness. Also to examine the probability of the  total or partial removal of these causes in the future." 2. The most positive check on human population growth is it increases according birth rate and is potentially exponential. 3. When unchecked population increases geometrically at the rate of 1,2,4,8,16,32 etc Food growth will increase following arithmetic series of 1,2,3,4,5,6 4. Preventive checks are equal to or greater than reduce birth rate. The preventive check he disapproved was called, "vice" Positive check was equal to or greater than increase death rate. Famine, disease and war. 5.Yes he was right.

1. It's the program initiated in the 1970s by the central government of China, the purpose was to limit the great majority of family units in the country to one child each. It was a method of controlling population. 2. The central government of China created it in September 25 1980 3. The purpose was to limit the great majority of family units in the country to one child each.An expectation was two singleton children had  to marry and have two children. 4. The 3 consequences were it reduced the fertility rate, skewed chinas gender ratio and resulted to labor shortage.