Video on Guns, Germs, and Steel

We watched a video today about guns, germs, and steel. We took many notes on it, so ill get to the notes.

• Jared Diamond is the main guy in the movie.
• He is on a quest for inequality in Papua New Guinea.
• His real passion is the study of birds.
• the quote he got asked by a Papua New Guinean was "Why do white men have so much cargo, and we New Guineans have so little cargo." (Cargo=Material goods)
• Power was determined by race. the Guineans thought.
• White men's theory was they thought they were superior to the New Guineans.
• Jared doesn't agree with the white men's theory.'
• Civilizations that have advanced had advanced technology, large populations, and are well organized.
• In Papua New Guinea, they are still living in the paleolithic/neolithic era (hunting/gathering etc.)
• One tree has 70 pounds of sago (food stuff from the sago tree).
• In Mesopotamia, they grew barley and wheat.
• Draa is the name of the site the Canadian person traveled to.
• First granary in Mesopotamia (A place to keep grain stored).
• The way crops are changed by humans is called Domestication.