Today students took a quiz on "Guns, Germs, and Steel." The questions included the following:
- Why did the Europeans spread germs to the Americas, and not the other way around?
- How does the shape of the continents explain why Europeans developed advanced technologies?
- Why was there a reversal in the pattern of germs/conquest in the tropics of Africa?
- How does colonization help explain the poverty of African countries like Zambia?
After the quiz I lectured on New Imperialism. We looked at the ways New Imperialism different from the Imperialism that began with the Age of Discovery. Then we considered some of the ways imperialism may continue in the world today. We discussed the effects of industrialization on New Imperialism. Finally, we began a series of case studies of New Imperialism.
No new homework.
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