Physical Geography’s Effect on Culture
Physical geography has affected humans, human societies and cultures in many ways. In the video Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond, a native from New Guinea named Yali asks an America why he has so much cargo and why he doesn’t have as much. I believe that when he said that he actually meant why is America so much more advanced than New Guinea. This is because of physical geography. One of the ways physical geography has helped America become more advanced was because it allowed for better crops to grow such as wheat. On the other hand all New Guinea had to eat was sego palm for nutrition, it could not be preserved and only seventy pounds came out of each tree. Since America had food that could be
Physical geography has affected humans, human societies and cultures in many ways. In the video Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond, a native from New Guinea named Yali asks an America why he has so much cargo and why he doesn’t have as much. I believe that when he said that he actually meant why is America so much more advanced than New Guinea. This is because of physical geography. One of the ways physical geography has helped America become more advanced was because it allowed for better crops to grow such as wheat. On the other hand all New Guinea had to eat was sego palm for nutrition, it could not be preserved and only seventy pounds came out of each tree. Since America had food that could be