Lesson 7 - Guns, Germs and Steel Episode 3 PDF

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Guns, Germs, and Steel – Episode 3: Into the Tropics 1) Where does the first European settlement occur in Africa? Cape Town 2) Why was this part of Africa special? It was special because of geography, it’s similar to Europe in terms of the latitude from the equator, so climate is almost the same, which means that so is the agriculture. 3) What advantage do Europeans have because of domesticated animals? Europeans were exposed to the diseases these animals bering and therefore developed immunity. When Europeans spread around the world, people who weren’t exposed to such germs before fell victim to outbreaks of infection which resulted in death of millions. 4) What happens in the 1830's? Burst of pioneer spirit in the European expansion across North America and Australia, thousands of Dutch farmers from Cape that called themselves “The Voortrekkers”. 5) Why were Europeans able to develop advanced weapons like guns? 6) Who is encountered in 1838? The Zulus 7) Why was this group of people special? They established a sophisticated economy and society. 8) What happens on December 16th , 1838? “The Battle Of Blood River”, about 10,000 Zulus were massacred by approximately 500 settlers. 9) Why were railroads important to the settlement of Africa? Transportation of supply. 10) What great weapon adds to the power of the Europeans? Maxim gun 11) What farming troubles begin as the Europeans move north? Land became impossible to plow, shoes fell apart in mud. 12) What happens to the farm animals and what does this mean for the Europeans? Animals were dying, due to the different climate. It means that they couldn't sustain a life in a climate that is different than a European one. 13) What final blow do the settlers face? Diseases that they weren’t exposed to in Europe 14) What seasons exist in the tropics? Dry and rainy 15) What does Professor Diamond discover about African languages? What does this tell us? That they are all very similar and have one origin 16) Who were the Bantu? The speakers of Bantu language, a family languages that originated in tropical West Africa.

Guns, Germs, and Steel – Episode 3: Into the Tropics 17) Why were the settlers and animals dying of disease? They were introduced to diseases that were unique to tropical environment so they didn’t have the resistance. 18) Why were the tropical Africans able to resist small pox? Tropical Africans developed antibodies 19) How did the tropical Africans combat malaria? Their civilization was customized for preventing disease, mostly by living in a dry non-populated, places on mountains, far areas that have a lot of mosquitos. And not in dense cities 20) What begins in the late 1800's? Belgians drove millions of natives from their villages, starts enslaving them. Europeans using African labor forcibly 21) What is the result? Poverty, political instability, resources that were and are taken unfairly (eg: Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire produce 60% of the Cocoa in the world yet only get 5% of the 100 billion industry) 22) What is life like in Zambia today? Poorest country in Africa, life span is 35, disease, poverty, lack of resources. 23) Why is malaria a problem in Africa now? They live in high density cities. 24) Why are traditional immunities not working? Straints of the disease are mutations. 25) Does Professor Diamond think Africa is doomed to poverty? No, it has reasons to it’s bad state. 26) How are Malaysia and Singapore examples of what tropical countries need to do? Transform themselves by understanding their environment....