GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL.

RECAP

If I learned one thing from Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel it is that geography is the answer to everything. Geography impacts every aspect about the earth. Geography determines how rich an area is or even how many people are about to survive there. The geography determines how rich an area is by what resources the geography gives them, such as a lot of water or steel. Geography affects if some people live by diseases. Such as when Europeans went to Africa, the Europeans were carrying diseases and they did not know about it because they were immune. The Africans were not so lucky, they were not immune. The Africans got really sick and there was no cure. They got sicker and sicker and they were dying. But eventually the Europeans luck ran out, they started getting really sick too because they made a civilization near water in Africa and they were getting deadly diseases from misquotes. A lot of people started dying and it became an epidemic.

REVISIT

Algeria is a country in Africa that suffers from poverty today. Algeria was ruled by France for more than a century. They fought hard against France and then finally got their independence in 1962. Algeria's poverty is rooted at the end of France's rule over them. When Algeria gained their independence things were looking good for them with opportunities in employment and extending social benefits. Then the economic conditions were not looking so hot. The oil prices were falling and for years the state was not under control and it all caught back up with them. Then now unemployment is starting to increased and it has seriously afffected the countryside. It is more serious among younger people and unskilled workers.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ag.html

http://www.arab-api.org/cv/belkacem-cv/belkacem/wps0103.pdf

http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Africa/Algeria-POVERTY-AND-WEALTH.html


REFLECT

When I think of "geographic luck" I think of how lucky I am to not have to face the problems other countries have to. The impacts of it can be not noticeable or severe. Some people are just unlucky. They have great resources and everything, but they don't have enough money to get to it all because of the geography. Africa is one of the main ones affected by this. The poverty is so great over there because of the "geographic luck."