Guns Germs And Steel Chapter 5 Summary

In chapters 5-8 of Guns, Germs, and Steel it focused on major events in the chapters such as talking about how food is produced, what is in domesticated plants and how they evolved into crops, and if we need farmers or not.
In chapter 5 it discussed where most domesticated plants and animals originated from and how domesticated crops turned into crops for selling and eating. Some of the countries with domesticated plants are as followed: Southeast Asia, China, Eastern United States, Ethiopia, and New Guinea. Most of the domesticated crops in those countries were wheat, chickpeas, olives, rice, corn, potato, and coffee beans. While reading the chart located in chapter 5 it was interesting how all of these domesticated plants originated from the B.C time period and how we still use these crops today in foods we like to eat. In this chapter it also discussed how in certain areas of the world there is more of a production of crops then in others. In one area of the world one of the countries would be known for growing a certain type of crop and possibly another. An example of a country who primarily focuses on a specific crop would be Ethiopia. In Ethiopia they are known for growing chickpeas.
A big part of the reading was when the chapter about whether or not we need to have farmers or not. Without …show more content…
Cyanide is a poison not only found in wild almonds but in other wild fruits as well. Just because a fruit looks good does not mean he or she can take it off the vein and eat it. It also discussed that hitchhiker’s are able to distinguish between what is edible and what is not edible based on their experience with wildlife. An example that was used for this section was if the almond a person ate out in the wild was bitter or not. If the almond tasted bitter it would most likely contain cyanide which can lead to a possible