Today in class....

Today in class we called Sarah, who is located in Egypt. We asked her question about the recent revolution. Egypt currently through out their leader and is now being ruled bu the military. They have not yet selected a new leader.

Questions to ask Sarah?

1. What part of Egypt are you from?
2. How many people are in your family?
3. How old are you and what do you do for a living?
4. Were you a part of the protest?
5. Did you like Mr. Murabek ?
6. Do you think that the protest was at the right time, or could it of waited or was it too late?
7. Did you help with the protest?
8. Do you like how Egypt is as of right now?
9. Do you think some people actualy did like Mr. Murabek but chose to go with the rest of Egypt?
10. What was your family's view on Mr. Murabek?

Rap

Let me tell you a lil somethin

This is how it goes

it talks about that Pharaohs than God only knows.

I was walkin by the Nile I was so in denial

Bout the protest going on down town

Than I came to found that he went down

He quit, with a fit, his money in the pit

Egypt was done with only the military to run .

Mr. Mubarak resigned with o so little time for Egypt to figure everything out.

all the mummies is what its bout

See them walkin around with all their heads covered out

and everyone just wants to shout in fear

All the drunks be waitin for their one beer

The Egyptians, the ancient civilization

Made such a great creation with no hesitation

It was such a sensation

They were a miracle to every nation

I am about to wrap this up it kind of seemed tough

Isn't that enough .

Peace. 

Today was Mr. Schick's first day back, we are very glad to have him back again ! We went over one power point today. We will continue to work on them tomorrow (:

The Nile  River is about 6,670 km (4,160 miles) in length and is the longest river in Africa and in the world. Although it is generally associated with Egypt, only 22% of the Nile’s course runs through Egypt.  In Egypt, the River Nile creates a fertile green valley across the desert. It was by the banks of the river that one of the oldest civilizations in the world began. The ancient Egyptians lived and farmed along the Nile, using the soil to produce food for themselves and their animals. The River Nile is in Africa. It originates in Burundi, south of the equator, and flows northward through northeastern Africa, eventually flowing through Egypt and finally draining into the Mediterranean Sea. The River Nile is formed from the White Nile, which originates at Lake Victoria and the Blue Nile, which originates at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. These rivers meet in Sudan and then go on their long journey northwards towards the sea. The White Nile is a lot bigger than the Blue Nile, but because of losses along the way the it only contributes about 15% to the flow of the combined Nile. The Blue Nile, rising in Ethiopia, contributes about 85% to the flow of the Nile that passes through Egypt to the Mediterranean. Many Ancient Egyptians live near the river for water, food, transportation and excellent soil for growing food.  Ancient Egypt could not have existed without the river Nile. Since rainfall is almost non-existent in Egypt, the floods provided the only source of moisture to sustain crops. Every year, heavy summer rain in the Ethiopian highlands, sent a torrent of water that overflowed the banks of the Nile. When the floods went down it left thick rich mud (black silt) which was excellent soil to plant seeds in after it had been ploughed.

Today in class we took our test. I think I did pretty well !

Essay (Letter C)

C. Analyze Jared Diamond's theory of geographic luck.

          Jared Diamond was once asked: "Why do you white man have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little?" Diamond never knew how hard it was to answer that question until he was asked himself. He was surprised by the question and he was caught of guard. He did not know how to answer the question, so he decided that he was going to find out. New Guineans use the word 'cargo' to describe the material goods first brought to their country by western men. They thought the power was determines by race, it was normal for them to have less cargo than the white men.

          Jared Diamond thought of the New Guineans as very intelligent people. He stayed there to do an experiment with them for a long period of time and came to the conclusion that he could not of survived without the help of the New Guineans. So he wondered, "How can they be so intelligent but still be stuck in the past". He had come to the conclusion that geographical luck was the answer. The New Guineans could not have the tools they needed to keep up with the rest of the world for a very long time. They could not do this because the New Guineans were located on an island named Papua New Guinea North of Australia. They could not have the food or the animals transported to their country because of the ocean in between where the animals and crops were being domesticated.

          Animals that were domesticated were all most large carnivores that were domesticated from South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. All four places that could not transfer the animals to the small island of Papua New Guinea, simply because of how the world is set up. Papua New Guinea had the Atlantic Ocean separating them from the rest of the world. Where all the new inventions, animals, and crops could not be transfered to them, especially in the period of time when the first civilizations had started. Jared Diamond was asked a question. This one question was  a very big part in Diamond's life. Diamond lived in Papua New Guinea with the New Guineans for different periods of times trying to figure out why this country is so far behind in technology than others. Papua New Guineans were living the same way as their ancestors did thousands of years ago. Diamond finally came up with a theory that Geographical luck was why Papua New Guinea is so far behind. He tested his theory and there is nothing that makes it not true. Diamond wrote a book about Papua New Guinea and his theory. He is truly cares about Papua New Guinea and its people.

We went over the material for the test tomorrow!

Population

6,064,515

Population Growth Rate

2.033%

Birth Rate

26.95 births/1,000 population

Death Rate

6.62 deaths/1,000 population

Net Migration Rate

0 migrant(s) / 1,000 population

Urbanization

Urban population: 12% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization: 1.95 annual rate of change (2005-10)

Sex Ratio

At birth: 1.05 male(s)/ female

Under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/ female

15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/ female

65 years and over: 1.2 male(s)/ female

Total population: 1.06 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total: 44.59 death/s 1,000 live births

Country comparison to the world: 58

Male: 49.47 deaths/ 1,000 live births

Female: 40.52 deaths/ 40.52 deaths

Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 65.99 years

Country comparison to the world: 162

Male: 63.78

Female: 68.31 years

Total Fertility Rate

3.54 children born/woman

Country comparison to the world: 47
 

Major Infectious diseases

Degree of risk: very high

Food or waterborne diseases : bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

Vector borne diseases: dengue fever and malaria

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 57.3%

Male: 63.4%

Female: 50.4% (2000 census) 

   Lama's were the only  domestic animal that came from South America.  The other thirteen were only from Asia, Africa, and Europe. The island of Papa New Guinea is an island that is remote from the rest of the world. They don't have wheat or barley. The are constantly harvesting, spending so many hours growing things so they can eat. Papa New Guinea doesn’t have many useful domestic animals because of where they are located on the map. Where you are from determines weather or not you are going to progress or not. New Guinea people did not have the right animals, or the right food that grows to support them. Surplus  means when there is more supply than demand. Papa New Guinea barely had a surplus of anything. People in the Middle East can just plant seeds and have an overwhelming surplus of wheat. Specialized labor is when you can have people have other jobs other than hunting, gathering, or farming.  Papa New Guinea did not have geographic luck. It begun with growing of wheat and the pinning of goats in the Middle East was leading to the growing of the first Civilization. As villages grew, more people were there to support their civilization. People were able to discover new skills and new technologies. They made plaster from limestone . They were coming up with a bunch of inventions. By contrast , people like New Guinea never developed New technology. From working in the highlands people are working in ways from century's ago. Why didn't New Guinea develop metal tools themselves? No specialist, no workers, no metal tools. People didn't advance in technology  because they were spending too much time feeding themselves. The Europeans came in and decided to take them over. But for thousands of years they were good to go. They weren't getting cancer or dying of heart attacks. They were living the life that the ancestors did. It wasn't Europe's place to say "O what a horrible life to plan" Europe came along with guns, and knifes and planes they were easy to conquer because they didn't have anything to fight back with. They other countries developed things that they hadn't which resulted in them not being able to fight back. They were not progressing like other countries. Wherever the domesticated animals went they had the power to transform people's society's. Suddenly there was enough food to feed the pharos and generals in Egypt. The people built pyramids. The same is true of the European civilization. Food came to the artists and upper class of Europe. The same crops and animals were brought to the New World. There are more than 200 million cattle in America and an overwhelming amount of wheat. What about culture, power, and religion in Diamond's theory. Diamon's years in New Guinea he has found people that are smart, resourceful and dynamic unlike other society's. Ultimately what is far more important is the tools that the New Guineans have. They make therre own tools and the only domesticated animals they have are pigs. The towns of Papa New Guinea has come up to date with the rest of the world lately. Unfortunately for them they still have a long gap to overcome. Geography is the answer to Diamond's theory. They did not have the amount of geographical luck as the other countries. In Diamond's way of seeing the world change the lives of others. 

The Middle East : They domesticate plants and spend a lot of time doing so. These people are very intelligent and have to learn how to do a lot of stuff. They learn how to do things that will advance you. 

As well as meat, animals could be used for their milk providing protein. Their skins and hair would be used for clothing and warmth. After the harvest period the animals were allowed to eat the remainder of the plants. Goats and Sheep were the first animals to be domesticated by humans. Pigs and cows also were domesticated by ancient civilizations. The people wanted goats because they can provide milk and clothing. At a certain point you can slaughter them and get meat, that has an over whelming amount of protein. Big animals, anything you can hook a harness to were some of the most powerful machines on the planet.  They  would hook a plow up to a horse, or a yacht, or something like that. By this they could transform the land allowing farmers to grow more food and feed more people.

A big domestic animal in New Guinea was the pig. Pigs can not be used for muscle power. The only muscle power in New Guinea were human power. New Guinea had animals but not animals that they could domesticate.

Large plant eating mammals:

The elephant has never been domesticated. In South Asia some elephants are used as work animals but not for great purposes. It doesn't make sense to farm an animal that takes 15 years to mature.

Behaviorally they need to be sociable animals. If humans can control the leader they will usually be able to control the whole herd or the same flock.

The animal has to be able to get along with humans.

Zebra - could be a high domesticated animal but they have become nervous creatures because of the other animals in Africa that prey on them. They have a vicious streak that humans have never been able to obtain. That is why they can not be domesticated.

Animals that were domesticated

Cows, horses, pigs, Arabian camels, Bactrian camels, Goats, Sheep, Donkeys, Water Buffalo, lamas, Reindeer, Mythons, Bali cattle, Yax

Diamond realized that the question was far more complex than it appeared.

The question is old as history itself

How could Diamond possibly solve the great puzzles of human history...

To understand  where inequality came from he had to turn back the clock 1000 years back into pre history before inequality existed to figure out what inequality actually meant

The world was becoming warmer and wetter.

Humans were thriving the Middle East.

People hear lived like people everywhere at this time in small gatherings and groups.

They were frequently on the move.

Wherever they could find animals for food and caves for shelter they would go.

As seasons changed and animals migrated they would move onto another valley for food

The rainforest of New Guinea is a place present day where Diamond can see how people lived thousands of years ago

You have to be quite smart to be a hunter

13 thousand years ago people in the middle east hunted the same way tracking down what animal they could find

Hunting has never been a very productive way of finding food

You didn't always come back with someone

The people of New Guinea used  a bow and arrow just like they used to

Because hunting is so unpredictable particular society's had usually relied on gathering

A gathering is done by women an important part of food there is Sago

The have to get the pulp of the center

Gathering is usually a more productive way than hunting but doesn't provide enough calories to provide for New Guinea

One tree only yields about 70 pounds of sago

The sago starch is low on protein and can not be stored for long periods of time

In the Middle of East there were very dif. Plants together

Barley and Wheat much more nutritious than sago

12 and a half thousand years ago the world climate became colder

Global temps. Dropped and ice age conditions returned the world become colder and dryer

The middle East suffered an environmental clasp

Trees and plants and animal hers died out

The drought lasted thousands of years

Despite the conditions they would somehow survive

 middle east ^

Mr. Kite specializes in the stone age history of the middle east , work focused on The Jordan Sea a place known as dry

Part of a team of archeologists

This village of 40, 50 people living in the same place

they found that the city emerged 11 and a half million hears ago

When the drought ended in the middle east

At some point during the drought of the missile east people started growing their own food, they planted new fields of plant and barely around them , they were growing these next to their villages

People in the Middle East were becoming farmers. The first farmers in the world

These new farmers were changing the nature of the crops around them

The interrupeted the normal environemtnal cycle and elected certain plants that would be most useful to them

People were starting to control nature

Domestication -

Not so dif. Than what the first farmers were doing thousands of years ago in the middle east.

The people of New Guinea could not produce as much food as marmers

They were at a disadvantage

Diamond traveled to a new place where there were early farmers

China came along and started farming after the Middle East

They started growing rice

Than Africa

Than was an exception to the rule of farming spreading around the worlld the highlands of New Guinea

The highlands of New Guinea were said to be uninhabited

They ended up producing their own cargo

New Guineans crops can not be stored for years like we can. And they have to be planted one by one

People have so little protein that sometimes they eat giant spiders

Farming was clearly crucial but something just as crucial was the type of farming. Ultimately it game down to geographic luck.

Geographic luck is the very basis of Diamonds theory.

The people of Papa New Guinea were just as talented