Home > Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary & Study Guide > Guns, Germs, and Steel Group > Question and Answer

Ask a Question

Post a question to thousands of students and teachers.

• 
  In regards to Guns, Germs, and Steel, what are five factors contributing to the rise of food production?

  Posted by jaelle0896 on Nov 10, 2009 at 05:57 PM

• 
  In "Guns, Germs, and Steel," what is Yali's question? Why do you think Yali is interested in the answer?

  Posted by kent56 on Nov 8, 2009 at 05:39 PM

• 
  What is an article that agree's with Jared Diamonds Thesis?

  Posted by swimchick857 on Oct 28, 2009 at 05:06 PM

• 
  What are FIVE major supporting points or examples Jared Diamond uses to prove his thesis or support his argument in his book Guns, Germs, and Steel?

  Posted by swimchick857 on Oct 25, 2009 at 03:15 PM

• 
  What are five major supporting points/examples Jared Diamond's uses to support his thesis on the book Guns, Germs, and Steel?

  Posted by swimchick857 on Oct 24, 2009 at 04:20 PM

• 
  What advantages did the Ancient Near East and the Middle East have over other areas in the development of agricultural societies?

  Posted by paulsmarj on Oct 12, 2009 at 11:43 AM

• 
  What was the region/country was the book Guns,Germs and Steel from? What did you learn about the region/country of where this book was set?

  Posted by josephchen27 on Sep 23, 2009 at 09:09 PM

• 
  what impact did the Inca and conquistadors do on the geography to develop civilization?

  Posted by anuno on Sep 20, 2009 at 12:41 PM

• 
  How does Diamond explain China's unity and Europe's disunity?

  Posted by yankees78 on Sep 11, 2009 at 07:13 PM

• 
  **PROLOGUE**WHAT ARE THE OTHER COMMONLY ESPOUSED ANSWERS TO YALI'S QUESTION AND HOW DOES JD ADRESS AND REFUTE EACH ONE OF THEM??**********************

  Posted by lane7895 on Sep 11, 2009 at 07:08 PM

• 
  what factors do all great civilizations share?

  Posted by xxxxspxxx on Sep 10, 2009 at 02:39 PM

• 
  **WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ORDER OF THE CHAPTERS IN GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL? EX. Y IS COLLISION AT CAJAMARCA PLACED IN NON CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER?

  Posted by yankees78 on Sep 9, 2009 at 06:32 PM

• 
  **Chapter 13** How does Diamond's theory that invention is, in fact, the mother of necessity bear upon the traditional "heroic" model of invention?

  Posted by lane7895 on Sep 9, 2009 at 06:15 PM

• 
  How does civilization lead to epidemics?

  Posted by yankees78 on Sep 7, 2009 at 07:37 PM

• 
  In Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared diamond, how does comparing mutations help one trace the spread of agriculture?

  Posted by lane7895 on Sep 7, 2009 at 07:31 PM

• 
  What are the other commonly espoused answers to “Yali’s question,” and how does Jared Diamond address and refute each of them?

  Posted by lvargas1234 on Sep 7, 2009 at 09:13 AM

• 
  According to Diamond, how does religion evolve along with increasingly complex societies?

  Posted by lane7895 on Sep 6, 2009 at 05:13 PM

• 
  How is linguistic evidence used to draw conclusions about the spread of peoples in China, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Africa?

  Posted by yankees78 on Sep 6, 2009 at 05:05 PM

• 
  What were the advantages of the Fertile Crescent that made it the earliest site of development for most of the building blocks of civilization?

  Posted by yankees78 on Sep 5, 2009 at 11:43 AM

• 
  In Guns, Germs, and Steel, what is the significance of the differing outcomes of Austronesian expansion in Indonesia and New Guinea?

  Posted by lane7895 on Sep 5, 2009 at 11:22 AM

• 
  what are some of the multi-piece weapons that have been found at cromagnon sites

  Posted by thisguyoberhere on Sep 4, 2009 at 08:10 PM

• 
  In Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond, what are the other commonly espoused answers to "Yali's question," and how does JD address and refute each

  Posted by lane7895 on Sep 3, 2009 at 11:00 AM

• 
  Where do scientists think that the first humans came from?

  Posted by xxxxspxxx on Sep 1, 2009 at 06:48 PM

• 
  How does the role of germs figure in answering Yali's question?

  Posted by starlight101 on Aug 31, 2009 at 06:10 PM

• 
  What factors contributed to hunter-gatherers becoming farmers?

  Posted by starlight101 on Aug 29, 2009 at 11:20 PM

• 
  What is Jared Diamond's definition of world history in Guns, Germs, and Steel?

  Posted by fplaxitup on Aug 24, 2009 at 09:38 AM

• 
  Are there emaples of bias in the book? Where? Explain.

  Posted by storieflav4 on Aug 24, 2009 at 08:03 AM

• 
  What is the overall thesis of the book "Guns, Germs, and Steel," by Jared Diamond?

  Posted by poppy-gold on Aug 23, 2009 at 04:58 PM

• 
  In Parts II & III, how did Jared Diamond’s analysis account for & fail to account for the importance of “systems of production"?

  Posted by thomasthegreat on Aug 23, 2009 at 04:01 PM

• 
  How did environment determine the time line of the development of man?

  Posted by speedmachine9116 on Aug 21, 2009 at 05:48 PM

• 
  Chapter 7: Why is it important to understand when and why people became farmers?

  Posted by donahue on Aug 21, 2009 at 02:02 PM

• 
  Why is important to understand when and why people became farmers?

  Posted by xiaoshen on Aug 20, 2009 at 10:32 AM

• 
  In the book guns, germs ,and steel,  What is the significance? (in the first and second bullet)

  Posted by fershoo on Aug 18, 2009 at 12:44 PM

• 
  What is Jared Diamonds thesis in Guns, Germs, and Steel

  Posted by hunterj44 on Aug 17, 2009 at 11:33 AM

• 
  In Guns, Germs and Steel, who are Atahualpa and Pizarro, and why was their meeting important?

  Posted by conankun on Aug 17, 2009 at 09:35 AM

• 
  What is an autocatalytic process? (In the book Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond)

  Posted by yankeeman4life01 on Aug 17, 2009 at 09:23 AM

• 
  How does the book Guns, Germs and Steel demonstrate continuity or change over time?

  Posted by alex-b on Aug 15, 2009 at 05:35 PM

• 
  My questions is from Guns Germs and Steel. ITS: HOW DID POPULATION DENSITY AFFECT ECONOMICS, SOCIAL COMPLEXITY, AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION?

  Posted by monicacr7 on Aug 13, 2009 at 06:41 PM

• 
  What are the characteristics of the “Anna Karenina Principle”?

  Posted by chuckdplayer on Aug 12, 2009 at 09:47 PM

• 
  What are four reasons why large populations require complez centralized political organization?

  Posted by peace12 on Aug 12, 2009 at 10:59 AM

• 
  In "Guns, Germs, and Steel", why did Diamond begin chapter 2 with story of Maoris and Morioris?  

  Posted by lobo on Aug 11, 2009 at 03:07 PM

• 
  Guns germs and steel: why did hunter gatherers evolve to become farmers in some places and not others?

  Posted by peace12 on Aug 10, 2009 at 08:46 PM

• 
  Can someone explain five theories on the development of writing in chapter 12 of Jared Diamond's book Guns, Germs, and Steel?

  Posted by ak4777777 on Aug 7, 2009 at 10:10 PM

• 
  How does Diamond explain China's striking unity and Europe's persistent disunity? What consequences do these conditions have for world history?

  Posted by joyceyhoho on Aug 6, 2009 at 01:21 AM

• 
  How were the conditions affecting the diffusion of crops between the areas of Eurasia different from conditions in the Americas?

  Posted by hassanmmalik on Aug 3, 2009 at 05:33 PM

• 
  Why does Diamond hypothesize that New Guineans might be, on the average, "smarter" than Westerners?

  Posted by arani94 on Aug 3, 2009 at 10:34 AM

• 
  What would be Jared Dimond's definition of world history? Explain why?

  Posted by firefly2094 on Aug 2, 2009 at 09:16 PM

• 
  How did the basic geographical layout of the continents impact the development ofcivilizations according to Diamond?

  Posted by sjsalerno on Jul 31, 2009 at 03:26 PM

• 
  How does Pizarro's capture of Atahuallpa explain why Europeans colonized the New World instead of Native Americans colonizing Europe?

  Posted by trace15 on Jul 30, 2009 at 07:35 PM

• 
  Please explain the historical connection between human diseases and diseases carried by animals.

  Posted by fireburning123 on Jul 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM