Last Americans : Environmental Collapse and the end of civilization
Explanation:
Jared Diamond is born in Boston on 1937. He is a physiologist, ecologist, and a prolific writer. Diamond has published hundreds of articles that is about science. Not only that Diamond is a writer, but he also received his Bachelor’s Degree at Harvard University in 1958 and PHD at Cambridge University in 1961. Diamond is currently working at UCLA as a professor of geography and physiology. He has done many research about ecology and the evolutionary of biology in New Guinea and many other southwest Pacific islands.
he published hundreds of articles, but he also wrote many essay in his life. One of his essay that he shared to the public is called, “The Last Americans: Environmental Collapse and the End of Civilization.” Diamond wrote this essay on June 2003. The essay that Diamond wrote is about the environment and how it is failing miserably.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION: Collapse can occur when societies overshoot the carrying capacity of their environment. ... As population increases, the supply of labour outstrips demand, workers become cheap and society becomes top-heavy
Which (if any) of the perspectives in the provided texts rings most true for you? Why?
- The change in conditions for african americans not happened in the south post civil war, as they became free. the enactment of the jim crow laws still discriminates african americans until the civil rights movement.
- In politics, hiram revels became the first african american to be in the u.s. senate. some wealthy african americans were allowed to own property and work, but the majority were poor and still faced a harsh reality until the 1960s.
Do you believe that history repeats itself? Why or why not?
History has a tendency to repeat itself. As memory fades, events from the past can become events of the present. Some, like author William Strauss and historian Neil Howe, argue that this is due to the cyclical nature of history — history repeats itself and flows based on the generations
D. John C Calhoun. He was a major advocate for states rights, partly because he believed that states could decide for themselves if they allowed slavery, separated from the federal’s governments legal power.
Answer:
true i think
Explanation:
The fourth most widely practiced religion is Buddhism, with approximately 500 million followers worldwide and more than 250 million in China alone. Although Budda is not a God he was though to be the Messiah sent from God to guide the people.
Ancient Greece and Rome had very similar government systems. One of the reasons why these empires are remembered is because they strayed away from letting one individual rule. Rather, they relied on the citizens of the empire to have some control over who would run their empire.
For example, in Ancient Rome the two consuls were elected by a group of Roman citizens. These consuls were responsible for running the government and the military. In Ancient Greece, the origins of a democracy are found. In Athens, their was a system where Greek citizens got to directly vote on laws and individuals within the government. This is known as a direct democracy. This was the first of it's kind and provided a model for countries like the United States.
