...How did guns germs and steel impact civilizations? What impacted the development of civilizations the most? Why did some civilizations develop faster than others? Is there a simple answer? There is a very simple answer. That answer is guns, germs, and steel. So how exactly did guns, germs, and steel affect the course of history? Guns had a major part in our history and are part of the reason why some civilizations were superior to others. "You know, the flintlock rifle, it was, you know, I shouldn’t really say this but it was nearly like as important as a cellphone is today. You can’t go without your cellphone; in those days you couldn’t go without your flintlock rifle.” (ggs) This passage shows how important guns were and how much it was necessary to have one to survive. “They would shoot, hand the gun over, take the next gun, fire, hand the gun over. So every five or six seconds you could fire a shot. See that, that was the important thing.” (ggs) This shows how easy it was to kill somebody and how effective it was because it takes longer to kill somebody with a sword or arrow and you are more guaranteed to kill your enemy with a gun. ”This is a Maxim gun. What made this weapon such a great weapon, as opposed to the old single-shot weapons that had been used in years before, is this gun could fire continuously for up to 500 rounds a minute. It had the equivalent firepower of probably 100 men in a company with single shot weapons.”(ggs) This passagfe is more proof as...
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...Winter is coming up quickly and we all know what that means: GERMS. Yes that dreaded five letter word that seems so much more prevalent in winter months. For years the question has been asked, why do viruses spread so much faster in winter than in summer? There are many different theories as to why germs seem to spread faster in winter months. 1. Many of us are stuck indoors in tight quarters 2. The lack of sunlight makes a person lose vitamin D, an important vitamin to our immune system 3. People touch surfaces, then another touches the same surface, and another and another, until it spreads Then everyone brings that home. They touch cabinets, open drawers, pet their dogs or cats, use the television remote, and the germs continue to spread....
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...Why is good hygiene important? Good hygiene stops the spread of germs and parasites. Germs are very small microorganisms which cannot be seen with the naked eye, this means you need to use some form of magnification to see them. There are two main types of germs; viruses and bacteria, and when they enter the human body they can sometimes cause diseases and make people sick. Parasites are animals or plants which must live on or in another plant or animal to survive. Examples of germs and parasites which can cause health problems include: * Salmonella (food poisoning) * Shigelia (dysentery) * Neisseria (gonorrhoea) * Chlamydia (trachoma or sore eyes) * Tetanus (lockjaw) * Head lice * Hookworm, ringworm and threadworm * Tinea * Scabies * Hepatitis (liver disease), gastroenteritis (diarrhoea and vomiting) and meningitis (brain disease) can all be caused by germs. Diseases enter a person's body by: * mouth (drinking or eating contaminated water or food) * nose * broken skin * eyes * genitals (sex organs) Some diseases can be treated by medicines at home; however others may require hospital treatment. How are germs and parasites spread? Many of the diseases above occur because of poor environmental health standards which make it easier for germs to enter a person's body. Germs can be spread by: * not washing ones hands regularly, mainly after going to the toilet. When hands are put on the face, in the mouth or on...
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...University of Phoenix In today’s society we come in contact with many different germs. Germs are everywhere, they’re in on door knobs and countertops to name a few. Germs can be contracted from a person who hands are dirty or a person who is sick. If a person sneeze or cough it’s important for them to cover their mouth and wash their hands to keep from spreading their germs. It’s important to use universal precaution and it’s important to educate yourself on the diseases that are being spread today. Ebola is one of the most talked about viruses that is going around today. It is so very important that everyone uses caution when coming in contact with people and it’s also important to educate yourself on the virus its self. This essay is to persuade everyone that Ebola is a deadly virus and to persuade everyone to educate themselves and lately take precaution to stay clear of this virus and other viruses that are around. The United States has many viruses going around that can be passes from one person to another. Some viruses are curable and some are not. The HIV virus is a virus that has been around for many many years. This disease is passed through body fluids, sharing needles, unprotected sex with a person who is infected, and child birth to name a few. There is no cure for HIV nor is there a vaccine used to prevent anyone from getting it from an infected person. This is why it is very important to protect yourself from people who are in increased risk groups for HIV or people...
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...Inequality [pic] An Overview of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel Why do some nations have so much material wealth while so many others have so little? This was the question Jared Diamond posed in his book Guns, Germs, and Steel. After identifying a point in time when all societies were roughly equal (over 13,000 years ago), Diamond identified the key variables that allowed some societies to develop highly complex, material-rich societies, while others developed at much slower rates. Guns, Germs, and Steel uncovers how Europeans came to dominate every other group on the planet by virtue of their access to what Diamond terms the “Agents of Conquest”: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Jared Diamond’s journey of discovery began on the island of Papua, New Guinea. There, in 1974, a local named Yali asked Diamond a deceptively simple question: "Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo (material goods), but we black people had little cargo (material goods) of our own?" Diamond realized that Yali's question penetrated the heart of a great mystery of human history -- the roots of global inequality. Why were Europeans the ones with all the cargo? Why had they taken over so much of the world, instead of the native people of New Guinea? How did Europeans end up with what Diamond terms the Agents of Conquest: Guns, Germs and Steel? It was these agents of conquest that allowed 168 Spanish conquistadors to defeat...
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...proper hand washing skills, children will understand that being clean is very important to good health. ? Children will pledge to be in charge of their own health. Lesson Time Frame Approximately 30 minutes. General Information ? ? ? ? Germs are everywhere Germs are so small that you cannot see them Germs can make you sick You can get rid of germs by washing your hands When To Wash Your Hands ? ? ? ? ? After going to the bathroom After coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose After feeding or playing with animals After playing outside Before eating or touching food or drinks How To Wash Your Hands ? Use soap and warm, running water ? Make bubbles by rubbing your hands together ? Scrub your hands and under your fingernails for 20 seconds (sing the “Happy Birthday” song two times) ? Rinse your hands with running water ? Always use a clean towel to dry your hands ? If you use a paper towel, throw it away in the trash Learning Activity “Germ Prints” Use a spray bottle filled with clean water. Spray water on children’s hands. Explain that the water on their hands represents germs that come out of their mouths when they cough or sneeze. Now have the children touc h an object (table or chair). Ask them what happened to the object they touched (it became wet). Explain that this is what happens when we sneeze into our hands and then touch an object (the germs on our hands get on the object). Discuss what might happen if one of their...
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...Esha M Drinkard Theory Of Humoral, Anatomical, and Germ Diseases HW215-07 Models for Health and Wellness The history behind the theories. The world is made up of hypothesis and theories for why we acquire what diseases, and who was responsible for finding the answers. It is relative to say that history has taught us a lot about who, what, when, where, why and how of health and wellness. Some common concepts and theories of disease are humoral, anatomical, and germ. The humoral concept is one that describes how four elements are noticeable in disease deterioration, while the anatomical theory describes how our insides show us what disease is what, now the germ theory basically brings about the fact that bacteria is one of the leading causes for disease. All three of these theories are different in style as well as theory, but similar in many ways as well. They all come together with one common purpose, to find the disease and rid the human body of it. Now, let us get into more detail about the humoral theory a bit. What is so humorous about a disease? Nothing, because disease is no laughing matter, but something that is a fun fact is how the humoral disease came about. The humoral disease started out about the four elements: Earth, Air , Fire, and Water. What I feel is a bit comical is who brought together the humoral theories, Greeks during the Renaissance era. They felt that if one of the four elements in a persons body was out of balance, then whatever physically happened...
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...Information about the Book: Guns, Germs, and Steel was written by author, anthropologist, ecologist, geographer, and physiologist Jared Diamond and published in 1997 by W. W. Norton & Company. It has 480 pages, and has won the Phi Beta Kappa Award in 1997 for Science and the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for General Nonfiction. Later in 2005, a documentary based off the book was produced by the National Geographic Society and was broadcast on PBS. What is the book about? Guns, Germs, and Steel starts off with a simple question asked by Jared’s friend, a local New Guinea politician named Yali: “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo [goods] and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?”[p.14]....
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...foods they serve are safe and wholesome. This study guide is designed to give you a basic understanding of how you can store, prepare and serve food safely. Almost all foodborne illnesses can be prevented by following the procedures outlined in this guide. Please take what you learn here and use it in your workplace. Part A of this guide examines how to prevent bacteria, viruses, toxins, and chemical poisons from transferring into food while it is under your control. Part B examines ways you can control the growth of harmful bacteria and viruses that may already be present in the foods you prepare. Part A: Keeping the Contamination Out Personal Cleanliness Washing your hands thoroughly and frequently is the most important thing you can do to keep harmful germs out of the foods you prepare. Most of us first learned how to wash our hands as small children. Unfortunately, many food service workers fail to put what they ve learned into effective practice. Teach yourself to be aware of where your hands are at all times. Avoid bad habits like touching your hair or face, or wiping your hands on your clothes or apron. When you wash your hands, wash them thoroughly. Use hot water and soap, and scrub vigorously for at least 20 seconds, including forearms and under the nails. Use a paper towel or an air dryer to dry your hands. WHEN: • when you first arrive at work, and when you return to work after breaks • before you touch clean utensils or work surfaces • after you touch your face...
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...We have heard a lot of questions about how safe our cell phones are, but nobody seems to have a clear answer about the issue. Some of the things we do know about cell phones and other wireless devices are that they emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR). They not only carry important data, but they carry germs as well. They are a cause of car accidents due to driver distractions. Among these issues the effect of EMR on people has to be the biggest. There’s a huge public health crisis looming from the threat of EMR from cellular phones. This radiation comes from both the handset and the tower based antenna that carries the signal. There have been studies that have linked the cell phone EMR to health issues in people. These issues include the development of genetic damage, brain tumors, and other conditions related to EMR exposure. It is uncertain how serious the effects are on people, especially for long-term cell phone users. These same users are the cause of another issue. This issue would be the germs that are carried on the cell phones we use. These germs come from use laying our cell phones down on different surfaces and from not having clean hands. These germs can range from fecal matter to E Coli bacteria on a person’s cell phone. E Coli if swallowed could cause a person to become very sick with fever, vomiting, and diarrhea. Another issue that cell phones cause is accidents due to driver distractions. We have all been driving on the road when we get behind someone that...
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...increase people’s awareness and encourage individuals to promote healthy behaviors for all ages. Therefore, everyone is entitled to promote their health by practicing proper hand hygiene. According to statistics, 80% of communicable diseases are spread by touching food, and then the mouth, eyes or nose since contaminated hands spread foodborne illnesses: Salmonella, E-Coli, Staph and diarrheal infection (B4 Brands, 2014). The Virginia Department of Health, 2011 states that touching the face with contaminated hands spreads diseases like pneumonia, flu and the cold. It is extremely devastating that approximately 922,000 children died in 2015 of pneumonia and that pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children (WHO, 2015). It is very important to educate children of proper hand hygiene since diarrhea is second most common cause of death in...
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...Us Who We Are By: Marlene Zuk Book Report By: Alex Strickland What made me choose this book? Growing up learning about the precedence of keeping clean and remaining germ free to prevent diseases, I was intrigued, when reading through the book list descriptions, that this was a book based solely upon the usefulness and signification of diseases and how they are really living organisms partner in this world. The odd and unique title caught my attention and after I read more into Riddled with Life I was set on learning just how diseases could possibly have a positive impact on life itself. I figured this book was enriched with so many interesting facts that I could learn from and hopefully benefit from and after reading this book I found out that I had made the right decision! This book had me hooked beginning to end with interesting facts and concepts I had never even fathomed being true. Synopsis of Riddled with Life Marlene Zuk does a great job in this book describing not only how parasites are not a bad thing to live amongst and we should not be focused on the unreasonable act of destroying them but also just how much they benefit organisms human beings and flies alike. All living things benefit from parasites, they are part of what makes us who we are. However, diseases and germs are not necessarily short-term beneficial for one personally due to chronic diseases and illnesses, but the picture Zuk is aiming to create here is rather long-term benefiting...
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...Why is the world so unequal? While people in america are eating three meals a day but people in Papua New Guinea are struggling just to have one .Inequality and geography are related because of the climate, everything to the domesticated animals to the weather so where you can't grow certain crops, or you can't have the certain help the animals provide. The world is so unequal because other places have different climates,food,animals, and geography. The more food there is and how efficiently it grows on a continent is more successful and technology advance in their culture. Papua New Guinea has no surplus in food and with technology and always worrying about food because “geography” the climate there is wet and tropical which crops can not grow in that...
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...Abstract: The Title of our Investigatory Project is Aloe Vera Sanitizer. This days people are really prone to diseases just by simply touching a dirty thing, and commonly our hands are particularly one of the suspects on why we usually has germs in our body that sometimes causes us to be ill, that’s why our group decided to make an Aloe Vera Sanitizer. Aloe Vera gel has alleged to be useful for dry skin conditions, cosmetic ailments, hair and scalp problems and many more. First we scrape the gel out of the Aloe Vera so that our sanitizer would be sticky .We used Alcohol, Aloe Vera Gel, and essential oil to make up to that sanitizer. We mixed all the materials and then after that we stirred it and come up to a Aloe Vera Hand Sanitizer. Aloe Vera Hand Sanitizer is more effective at killing microorganisms than soaps. Aloe Vera Hand Sanitizer helps us to kill germs and bacteria`s in our hands. Aloe Vera Hand Sanitizer will help us stay our hands clean and far from diseases that can harm us and lead us to serious problems or even death. Introduction Hand Sanitizers have been credited with reducing the impact of several worldwide epidemics involving influenza and other infections. Our Aloe Vera Hand Sanitizer Background of the Study *Aloe Vera *Alcohol -Aloe Vera has been used for a host of purposes since the ancient Egyptians called it the “plant of immortality”. Aloe Vera is a cactus plant that belongs to...
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...From the opening line of the preface, Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel is nothing if not an ambitious work: “This book attempts to provide a short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years” (Diamond, 9). This is a bit misleading, however, as Diamond’s motivation is not simply to provide an overview of our species since the dawn of civilization; his aim is to answer the question of “why history unfolded differently on different continents” (Diamond, 9). In the near five-hundred pages of the book, he makes a valiant effort to answer the question in terms of geography (with the adjoining environmental explanations). Indeed, his argument is exceptionally persuasive, and provides strong evidence that Eurasia’s dominance over other parts...
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