Guns Germs and Steel Thursday Quiz

According to Diamond, the number one factor in determining a society's success is what?

• guns

• germs

• steel

• geography

what part of Africa did Europeans first settle?

• Ancient Egypt

• the Gold Coast

• South Africa

• The part closest to Europe--the north

What did Europeans use to defeat the Khoisan

• guns

• germs

• steel

• diseases

what did the europeans use to defeat the Matabele and the Zulus

• germs

• diseases like smallpox

• guns

• steel--rails

one of the world's poorest nations is

• egypt

• south africa

• zambia

• Tunisia

malaria makes zambia's economy crippled because

• malaria has not mutated

• parents can't work because they must care for kids

• children labor in the fields

• Africans have immunities to malaria

Is central Africa condemned to a future as poor as its present?

• no, look at malaysia and singapore

• yes, geography does not change

• no, anyone can acquire guns germs and steel

• yes, the germs have mutated

So what did Malaysia and Singapore do right with their governments?

• they abandoned guns germs steel and went with gold

• the abandoned guns and germs and went with steel

• they brought guns to the fore

• the governments eliminated malaria

the government of Zambia has followed an example of malaysia and singapore by

• acquiring guns and steel

• tackling malaria

• expanding its geography

• mass migration

Guns, Germs, and Steel are the biggest questions of human history...but what determines who gets the guns, germs and the steel?

• who is the smartest

• who migrates the farthest

• geography--where you live

• government-how your government is set up