MMW:GGS #3, 9A+9B Tues 4/12, 9C Wed 4/13

Directions: Finishing watching  Guns, Germs, and Steel: Episode #3 Into the Tropics and answer the following questions. Be sure to write a well-developed paragraph for each.

Guns, Germs, and Steel: Episode #3 Into the Tropics

  • Why were  the first European settlers in South Africa successful? How did the Industrial Revolution enable the Europeans to move into the interior of Africa?
  • Why did Europeans do so poorly in the tropics of Africa? How were African civilizations adapted to life in the tropics? What happened to these tropical civilizations?
  • Does Jared Diamond believe that geography has doomed Africa to poverty?

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