What is Human Geography

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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?  Since the Europeans geographically had the most productive crops and animals this allowed them to produce guns, germs, and steel which led them to conquer most of the world. 2)Why were the Europeans who settled the South African cape(tip) so successful? Describe two reasons.  First, they almost had the same exact temperature that they had at home so they were very used  to tis and it didn't take them by surprise. Second, they could grow the same crops that they did back home that were so successful causing them to be as successful there. 3)How did disease allow the Europeans to conquer the native populations in the Americasand in the Africancape?  Europeans have slowly been building up a tolerance  too  diseases that they have already been introduced to making it much  easier  for them ...

1. At the time that the Spanish conquistadores invaded the Inca Empire, they were armed with state of the art weaponry. Describe this weaponry.  H orses that made them appear like god-like half man, half beast warriors, body armor, guns, and steel swords. 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? Because Europe was geographically close to the Fertile Crescent, they had many more advances than  the  other people. Their metal technology was so advanced for them it helped them create much stronger swords. They were also a diverse society which helped them  advanced in different things. 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? The first thing they did to help them defeat the bigger army was they caught them by surprise ...

Name:_____________________________________________ Date:_____________________ Viewing Guide:  Guns, Germs, and Steel: Episode 1 Directions: Before viewing the film, read each question below so you know what information and ideas you should be looking for as you watch Episode 1. Record your answers to each question by providing as many facts, details, and examples as possible to answer each question. 1. According to Jared Diamond, what are the three major elements that separate the world’s  “haves” from the “have nots”? Germs, Guns, 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. . Because of the more  foo...

1.) According to the article, what are the two fundamental aspects of Japan's aging crisis?  One aspect is the increase in the proportion of the elderly in the total population.  The other is the slower growth of the population, arising directly from the declining fertility rate   2.) By 2030, what percentage of the Japanese population will be elderly dependents (aged 65+)? In the article it says that by 2030 1 in 3 people will be over the age of 65 in Japan. This is also equivalent to .33%. 3.) What is the direct economic impact of Japan's aging population? The latter has a direct impact on economic growth by reducing the labor force, which is a major factor in production. This is telling that with their population being this old many of them can't work and this leaves many jobs open and it is really making it hard for Japan. 4.) How is the Japanese government attempting to address the labor shortages? Some of the things they are doing are taking s...

1.   The general nature of all life is the constant tendency of all animated life to increase beyond the nourishment provided for it.Through the animal and vegetable kingdoms Nature has scattered the seeds of life abroad with the most profuse and liberal hand. 2. He thinks the best checks on society and population is the check that nature does on everyone. He says this is the most efficient way to do this this and it works the best. 3. Malthus argues that increased arithmetically are limited by the availability of New land. He believed population could not increase beyond the food supply. Positive checks increase mortality rate and decrease life expectancy. Preventative checks limit reproduction and fertility. Malthus was right when he said that the population cannot exceed the the food supply

The official definition of China's one child policy is the  official program initiated in the late 1970s and early ’80s by the central government of China, the purpose of which was to limit the great majority of family units in the country to one child each. The rationale for implementing the policy was to reduce the growth rate of China’s enormous population. It was announced in late 2015 that the program was to end in early 2016. The official policy was creates in the late 1970's and the early '80s by the central government of China. But it was just recently announced in late 2015 that this would be no longer a rule in 2016, they were able to go away with it because their population decreased a little and is flattened out. This program was enforced throughout all of China. At first there was a two child limit but they soon realized this was not doing much to help the population so they took it down to one so the population would slowly decrease. There were some excep...