Remake of Do you agree with Jared Diamond's argument about civilizations? by Danny De Velis https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44 Question 8 from the viewing guide to "Guns, Germs, and Steel" asked if you agree with Diamond's argument that of a civilizations' ability to gain power, wealth, and strength "...what's more important is the hand that people have been dealt, the raw materials they've had at their disposal." Why or why not? Use examples from the video to support your answer. en-us 2020-10-13 13:04:32 UTC 2020-10-13 13:56:32 UTC hello@padlet.com jbutz1 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848294
Yes, because  Humans work better in numbers and, while Humans are resourceful and can survive in a variety of situations, some are going to be more accelerated by better resources.


]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848294 I do agree with Jared Diamond because it is shown that a lot of the reasons certain areas were more successful than others is because of what materials they were given. The people of Papa New Guinea aren’t advanced as modern day Americans because the resources and animals in their area don’t help/benefit them. Domestication of useful plants and animals helps civilizations move along and develop new techniques and advance their way of living. Without that people have to focus on their survival and it is difficult for them to take a step forward. https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848629 -Ashley]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848629 Maddie Beaulieu https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848669 I agree because some civilizations have much better resources or environments that help them compared to other places]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848669 I agree with Diamonds statement that the geography of where people are more important than their ability to gain power, wealth, and strength all depends on where they are located. If a civilization is poor, they can use their surroundings to improve their living conditions. They may be in a forest where they have lumber to build with, or near a river for farming. Over time the people with better raw materials will end up on top, because they are able to progress their civilization more than others. https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848743 2020-10-13 13:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848743 I agree because with these materials, they can make a better way of life or start farming and make better houses and more with the hands they were dealt. https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848870

]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848870 I think his statement makes sense because people are pretty similar. Not one group of people is just somehow “better” or more intelligent, more resourceful, or stronger. It depends a lot on what resources they had and raw materials they were exposed to such as crops and animals. As long as they had those resources any group such as people in New Guinea may have potential to advance faster. qvo5 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848891 2020-10-13 13:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848891 opeterson4 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848930 Yes, because Humans need the]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848930 jchen56 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848975 I agree with Jared Diamond because many civilizations survived based on what  were the resources they had around them. For example, the civilization on The Fertile Crescent was so successful because of the area around them. There was a good source of water, and the of the big 4 of domesticated animals were also local, so it wasn't hard to find a source of food and the animals could help them with farm work.]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824848975 Parker Impastato https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849021
I do agree with Jared Diamond because if people had the ability to farm and raise animals this would lead them out of the hunter gatherer lifestyle which would mean that they could focus on other things such as education and government which would let them become an advanced civilization. In the video it talks about how in New Guinea they where not as geographically  luckily because they lived in such a dense jungle so it was hard for them to grow crops and get out of the hunter gatherer lifestyle. 


 
]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849021 vserwatko https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849109 I agree with Diamond's theory]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849109 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849178 2020-10-13 13:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849178 I do agree with Jared Diamond and his theory. The hand that people have been dealt and the raw materials they have at their disposal will most likely impact the speed of their progress. They could spend time doing other things rather than look for food all day. This leads to great advancements, and helps civilizations grow and gain power. Some areas definitely gave the people living there an advantage because at the same time where people had a surplus of food, somewhere else, people were struggling to find food, and they were severely malnourished. https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849214 -Aiden]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849214 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849272 I agree because not everything is giving to you on a sliver platter and you have to work for things and you figure out how to do that by your past and failed mistakes. Life isn't a cut through what you are and what you do depends on your past and what you make of it. And because in the early civilizations they had to learn from each others mistakes and make better of what happened.]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849272 I agree mfbn https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849471 When you look at the major civilizations that have been able to conquer and control parts of the world, they all had some kind of reliable crop, domesticated animal, trade piece as well as special technology that gave them an edge. On the other hand places like Papua New Guinea who didn't have those things were left behind.]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849471 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849527 i do agree because without the land they were ]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849527 I agree https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849538 2020-10-13 13:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849538 Zoe Fulton https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849578 Yes because the crops that were available in the Middle East were more nutritious and could support more people.]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849578 I agree jsax3 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849733 Civilizations do not have equal resources and equal terrain. The civilization with the better resources and terrain will prosper while the other may struggle. For example New Guinea did not have good crops to feed their towns and villages, whereas the Middle East did - Julia Sax]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849733 I agree eparker416 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849837 I agree with this statement because the envirement can change how different peoples and cultures live. One big example is the example of food. The people of the mainland had many more options of food than the people of New Guinea. The people of New Guinea had limited wheat and only had pigs.]]> 2020-10-13 13:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824849837 Piotr Kierner https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824850055
I do agree because if a civilization is put in an are with vast amounts of plants that are a very good plant to grow and they have access to loads of domesticable animals its almost certain that they will technologically advance faster because it'll be easier for that civilization to make enough food for everyone in the city, this meant that not everyone had to concentrate on farming, there could be other people that invented new technologies, or people to advanced culture. This is exactly how many people in Asia had it because they had loads of very nutritious and easy to plant plants such as barley and grain and they had very helpful domesticable animals like cows which produce milk and the ox which could help with farming and many other tasks.  While another civilization that had access to almost no domesticable animals and only had poor plants to plant would have to engage almost everyone into making enough food for the colony to survive, therefore drastically slowing down the technological development of the civilization.

]]> 2020-10-13 13:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824850055 I agree with Diamonds statement because Having great resources at your disposal is worth a great deal, but it’s not everything. Culture and human adaptation definitely is an element that can not be disregarded. https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824850110 -Ricardo GV]]> 2020-10-13 13:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824850110 I agree https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824850214 2020-10-13 13:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824850214 hnguyen107 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824850313
I agree with it, because in order to gain power, wealth and strength is that you have to have raw material at your disposal. If they don’t have any materials, gaining power would be very hard, since they don’t have anything at all. ]]> 2020-10-13 13:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824850313 graeme https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824850821 Yes I agree because I think humans work better in groups, can get more done, and survive longer.]]> 2020-10-13 13:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824850821 i agree because raw materials help a civilization become more stable and humans tend to work better in groups aperson41 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824851266 2020-10-13 13:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824851266 Vivian McBride https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824851344 I agree]]> 2020-10-13 13:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824851344 opeterson4 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824851771 I agree because the raw materials help make the stable civilization and then after that the place gets to improve. In the context of New Guinea the only material they had was the trees, but the trees do not give a huge source of food]]> 2020-10-13 13:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824851771 Agree dgorman21 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824852192 2020-10-13 13:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824852192 I agree because https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824852352 2020-10-13 13:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824852352 i agree https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824853294 i agree because ]]> 2020-10-13 13:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824853294 Scarlen Vasquez https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824854762 i agree with Jared Diamonds argument about civilization´s success success depending on the geographical luck of the people because regardless if a person migrates and tries to use any and every piece of an enviornment some envionrmnts don´t provide enough, food, nutrients or supplements for large populations or generations of people]]> 2020-10-13 13:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824854762 Annabelle Casey https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824854834 I agree because these people only had for recources what was around them and I think it is based off of geographical luck and what they had to live off of and make into a civilization for themselves]]> 2020-10-13 13:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824854834 alambergs https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824854920 Absolutely! Your location and geography gave you the ability to farm better and then collect more resources. Most of todays world powers have great land for farming and have the ability to acquire natural resources easily. If you compare New Guinea to America, the American midwest is some of the best farming land in the entire world. New Guinea has nothing that could hold a candle to that. Diamond is right, it boils down to geographic luck.]]> 2020-10-13 13:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824854920 I Agree (John D'Amico) jdamicojr https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824855520 I agree it depends on where you live. If you don't have access to farmland and animals, it will be very hard to be as successful as the people who have those things. ]]> 2020-10-13 13:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824855520 vserwatko https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824855681 I agree with Jared because through the exploration of how geography affected the growth of civilizations it becomes visible that based on resources in the area it can determine how well a civilization can prosper. For example in the Middle east there was wild barley and wheat, but in New Guinean they are surrounded by jungles which makes it difficult to find good food that is enough to feed a group but also nutritious enough.  


]]> 2020-10-13 13:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824855681 Aiden Hu https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824857101 2020-10-13 13:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824857101 i agree because without the land they were on they wouldn't have been as advanced as they were thanks to the land they were on it let them advance quicker https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824859804 Devin Mullaney]]> 2020-10-13 13:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824859804 Peter https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824863275 I agree with Diamonds statement that the geography of where people are more important than their ability to gain power, wealth, and strength all depends on where they are located. If a civilization is poor, they can use their surroundings to improve their living conditions. They may be in a forest where they have lumber to build with, or near a river for farming. Over time the people with better raw materials will end up on top, because they are able to progress their civilization more than others.

]]> 2020-10-13 13:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824863275 I agree jsax3 https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824875619 Civilizations do not have equal resources and equal terrain. The civilization with the better resources and terrain will prosper while the other may struggle. For example New Guinea did not have good crops to feed their towns and villages, whereas the Middle East did - Julia Sax]]> 2020-10-13 13:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ddevelis/iem8y5cdxgpnoq44/wish/824875619