Unit 2 Guns, Germs, and Steel

Recap:
Every poor or wealthy country all came about due to geographic luck. Whether it was meant to be or not, nobody can control the family are born into. This is why those who are born in a stable family are considered lucky. It is the same concept with geography. Early citizens of the world were the same way. They were as prosperous as the land they lived in would provide.Europeans were able to make advancements due to the fact that their geography was more favorable than other lands. They were able to grow wheat which proved to be the most useful crop in history next to tobacco (just kidding about the tobacco.) While the rest of the population of the world was trying to feed themselves Europe was so advanced it had a surplus of food so artists and craters were able to work on inventions and still be fed. Other places like Africa however were not as lucky so they became a poor country so they have been in a hole ever since other parts of the World began to prosper.

Revisit:
The sad thing about today is that wealth is so unevenly distributed. There are people who live in Beverly Hills all the way down to people that live in the streets in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is the second poorest country and the average yearly income is $500. This is obviously not enough money to live off and the sad thing is that most of the people in Zimbabwe are forced to live off. In fact, there are nearly 2 million citizens that need food assistance in Zimbabwe. You may think that we should be helping them but for some reason President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is denying all outside help. Its seems the only way we can help is by replacing that delusional leader with one who actually wants to improve the quality of life for their citizens.

Reflect:
In my opinion, geographic luck is completely unfair. It is the root of all the uneven spread of wealth throughout the world. However, I believe that the geographic luck may have put certain places in deep holes but it is not impossible to overcome the hardships of poverty. If the wealthier countries pitch in then the third world countries can finally claw themselves out of the deep hole they have found themselves in.


http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/world-top-ten-poorest-countries-map.html

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=87373

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/state_of_change/416927/gop_gov_likens_obama_policies_to_zimbabwe_s