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Here is the power point from class on the introduction to Human Geography
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Directions: Before viewing the fi lm, 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. Be prepared to
discuss your answers with the class and to use them as you work on a project.
1. According to Jared Diamond, what are the three major elements that separate the world’s
“haves” from the “have nots”?
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 fi lm to support Diamond’s theory.
3. For thousands of years, people have been cultivating crops. Describe the process used to
domesticate crops and create plants that yielded bigger, tastier harvests
4. According to Diamond, livestock also plays a signifi cant role in a civilization’s ability to
become rich and powerful. How did the domestication of animals help people? Give several
examples.
5. List the animals that can be domesticated and where they can be found.
6. Looking at the list of animals and locations from question 5, discuss how Diamond’s theory
about geographic luck applies here
7. How did the movement of the early civilizations of the Fertile Crescent (Middle East) further
support Diamond’s idea that geography played a key role in the success of a civilization?
8. Do you agree with Jared Diamond when he says of a civilizations ability to gain power,
wealth, and strength, “…what’s far more important is the hand that people have been dealt,
the raw materials they’ve had at their disposal.” Why or why not?
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. Be prepared to
discuss your answers with the class and to use them as you work on a project.
1. According to Jared Diamond, what are the three major elements that separate the world’s
“haves” from the “have nots”?
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 fi lm to support Diamond’s theory.
3. For thousands of years, people have been cultivating crops. Describe the process used to
domesticate crops and create plants that yielded bigger, tastier harvests
4. According to Diamond, livestock also plays a signifi cant role in a civilization’s ability to
become rich and powerful. How did the domestication of animals help people? Give several
examples.
5. List the animals that can be domesticated and where they can be found.
6. Looking at the list of animals and locations from question 5, discuss how Diamond’s theory
about geographic luck applies here
7. How did the movement of the early civilizations of the Fertile Crescent (Middle East) further
support Diamond’s idea that geography played a key role in the success of a civilization?
8. Do you agree with Jared Diamond when he says of a civilizations ability to gain power,
wealth, and strength, “…what’s far more important is the hand that people have been dealt,
the raw materials they’ve had at their disposal.” Why or why not?