Guns,+Germs,+and+Steel+-++Brief+Overview

= Quick Overview: =


 * Diamond’s thesis is: “geography is destiny.”
 * The world is unequal – poor developing area and wealthy developed regions.
 * People who had the right geographic conditions – crops, farm animals, and landmasses conditions (East-west axis) – prospered and developed
 * They conquered and enslaved the poorer regions through “guns, germs and steel.”

=Key Ideas=
 * Food Crops & food surpluses
 * Wheat & barley of the Fertile Crescent – much more productive and nutritious than things like taro and bananas
 * Wheat & barley can be stored for long periods of time
 * Wheat & barley plus other cereal crops and farm animals, are mutually beneficial

__Key Terms or Concepts:__
 * Jared Diamond
 * Geography is destiny
 * Yahli
 * Papua New Guinea
 * “Cargo”
 * Development
 * Hunting and Gathering
 * Sago
 * Granary
 * Plant domestication
 * Animal domestication
 * Farm animal benefits
 * Distribution of large farm animals
 * Food Surpluses
 * Fire and smelting technology
 * Cultural diffusion along east-west axis
 * Inca Civilization
 * Atahuallpa – Inca Emperor
 * Cajamarca – Inca town
 * European diseases and their effects