Today in class, the students watched part of a video and took notes along with it. Jared Diamond believes that the world is divided into have's and have not's, meaning that some people have things, while some people may not have things. Papua New Guiana is a remote part of the world. Diamond is a professor at UCLA, a biologist by training, birdwatcher, and a specialist in Human Psiology. The video we watched in class about Diamond, is based on a book he wrote. People have been living in Papua New Guinea for 40,00 years. Yali (one of the men in the video) asked this question: "why do you white men have so much cargo, but we Knew Guianas have so little"? New Guianas call materials that people use in their everyday lives’ "cargo". Power is determined by race. The white men in the video made the New Guianas carry them across the river. 3 characteristics of advanced civilization are: advanced technology, a large population, and a well-organized workforce. Pre-history is before things started to be written down. 13,00 years ago, Middle-East, hunter-gatherers. That is all that the class did today.
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