Jeopardy

Today we watched Jeopardy. We didn't go over the test. I kind of wanted to see what I got wrong but that's ok. I was surprised when that one girl on the left one because I thought for sure that the one on the right had it the whole time. I didn't really know any of the questions that they answered. The only ones I knew were the Disney Movies category. I did knew a few of the pop culture ones but not that many. I hope we watch the rest of the second episode we stared tomorrow because I kind of want to see who wins. I was so excited to see that I was still in you're class for next semester. Anyways, that's all for today.

TEST ON GERMS, GUNS, AND STEEL

Today we took a test on germs, guns, and steel. It was only 26 questions and all multiple choice. There was really only one question that I went back to, to check it again. It was the one on why people left the Fertile Crescent because I didn't remember going over it. I was between disease and over farming and I said over farming. So, hopefully, I got it right. I remembered most of the other questions. I studied pretty well before class so, during class when we had time to study I just reviewed. I'm pretty sure I've done every blog so far this week so hopefully these will bring my grade up little higher along with getting a good grade on the test. That's all for today.

finishing the movie on GERMS, GUNS, AND STEEL

Last weekend on Saturday, there was a Pow Wow for Native Americans and if you went you got 1o extra credit points. I couldn't go though because it was my brother's birthday and my parents didn't want to drive me anywhere. But that's ok because I have a pretty good grade right now and I think I can keep it by the end of the Semester. Today in class, we finished watching the movie on germs, guns, and steel. It talked more about the Fertile Crescent. In the 16th century the same crops and animals were taken from Europe to the New World (America). And at that time there was not a single cow or ear of corn in the Americas. Now we have millions of cows/cattle and consume a lot of wheat in different products every day. That's all for now.

Animal Domestication

Today we watched more of the germs, guns, and steel movie. Animals gave people access to meat, milk, and hair and skin to make coats. Goat and sheep were the first animals to be domesticated. People made plows that made farming easier and they had horses or animals like horses pull them. The only animal that New Guinea has are pigs but they aren't that useful. The best animals to domesticate are large plat-eating animals. The 14 domesticated animals are goats, sheep, pigs, cows, horses, donkeys, bactrian camels, Arabian camels, water buffalos, llamas, reindeer, yaks, mithuns, and baldy camels. Then we saw the Fertile Crescent where civilization began. The people there were geographically blessed. That's all for today.

Watching More of The Movie

Today we continued watching the germs, guns, and steel movie. Jared Diamond found out that countries with productive crops have more productive people. The Americas grow corn, beans, and squash. China domesticated rice. He thinks that the reason why some countries are poor and others are rich is based on Geographic Luck. Because some countries are located in places that are better for growing crops, those places are wealthier. The deeper you go into the jungle in Papua New Guinea the less technologically advanced the people are. That’s all for today.

GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL continued...

Today we watched some more of the movie. Pre-history is history that wasn’t written down yet. It was about 13000 years ago. Some of the only hunters and gathers still here live in Papua New Guinea. Draa is the oldest know permanent settlement found. It’s located near the Dead Sea. They made the first granary. They stored Barley and Wheat instead of Sago like the the people in New Guinea. We also talked about how scientists cross breed plants and animals to get the best ones. That’s all for today.

looking at our exams & GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL

Today we saw how we got our exam grade. My final grade was a 96. While we were waiting for everyone to see their grade we were looking up guns, germs, and steel. I found out that it's about why some societies are better than others. It talks about societies' immunity to germs, food production, the domestication of animals, and the use of steel. It was a book first then made into a movie. We watched the first maybe 10 minutes of the movie. The main guy in it is Jared Diamond. He was was a college professor at UCLA. He was originally a biologist but his passion is studying birds. The place that they are in is Papua New Guinea. His friend, Yani, asked him a question, “Why do you white men have so much cargo and us New Guineans have so little?” That is the question that made Diamond study sociology. That’s all for today.