Ap World History

In Chapter 11, Diamond talks about how infections from diseases carried by animals where the “killers of humanity”. Diseases would start in animals and then get transferred to humans where it would mutate and spread across human populations killing almost anyone it touches. When Europe went to conquer the New World, disease such as smallpox, measles, and the flu, killed up to 95% of the population of Native Americans. Syphilis, however, may have been brought back to Europe from the New World, even though no one knows how.

The Europeans were said to be thoroughly diseased by the time Columbus set sail on his first voyage (Cowley, 1991). Through the domestication of such animals as pigs, horses, sheep, and cattle, the Europeans exposed themselves to a vast array of pathogens which continued to be spread through wars, explorations, and city-building. Thus any European who crossed the Atlantic was immune to such diseases as measles and smallpox because of battling them as a child.

In the early 1880’s, the powers of Europe started to take control of regions in Africa and set up colonies there. In the beginning, colonization caused the Africans little harm, but before long, the Europeans started to take complete control of wherever they went. The Europeans used their advanced knowledge and technology to easily maneuver through the vast African landscape and used advanced weapons to take control of the African people and their land. The countries that claimed the most land and had the most significant effect on Africa were France, England, Belgium, and Germany. There were many reasons for the European countries to be competing against each other to gain colonies in Africa. One of the main reasons was that the

During the age of exploration, the population of the earth dramatically increased in most places. Although it increased globally, the population of African decreased. This was caused by the slave trade going on between the Americas, Africa, and Europe. The Americas were in need of cheap labor, but the Native Americans were sick and dying due to the diseases brought from Europe. So, America sent slave ship to Africa to bargain with tribal leader for slaves. This caused most of the strong generations of African

After the Europeans came to Africa, there were the terrible effects that the Africans had to deal with. Some of the terrible

When europeans had gone to the south tip of Africa it was just like Europe. It was between 30-50 latitude and their crops could grow. They were not ready for the diseases that the Africans had. The Africans have been exposed to these diseases for a long time to eventually they had built up resistances to them. The Europeans were never exposed to these diseases so the farther north they went the more diseases they encounter. They fell to diseases like malaria and small pox. Europeans has their own resistances to diseases too but they were in Africa now and not Europe.

Europeans didn’t have a very positive influence on Africa, because they destroyed the African culture. Most things they loved were gone. Feelings like freedom were taken from them. Other things like their ways of life were completely destroyed. Europeans’ actions left Africa poor and weak. About three fourths of AIDS-related deaths come from Africa out of the whole world (Brown). There are also many child soldiers who now have no families because they were taken away to help kill (Brown). Now Africa is on a long journey to get back on their feet. Europeans could not have had a long-term good affect on Africa because almost everything they did was detrimental to society in

Poverty is a very big issue in Africa, North of South America and Asia. This is because these countries in these continents are less economically developed (LEDC). Due to this the people are more vulnerable to catching diseases and dying. Africa has the highest amount of poverty leading to 91% of death to be cause by malaria. The reason for these deaths is because the government is finding it difficult to come up with the money to buy the correct medicine. Countries around the Sub Saharan region spend 40% of its health budget on Malaria. The area of that has the highest amount of death due to malaria and poverty is the Middle East with 38,000 annually, closely followed by Asia with 36,000.

As for question 1, According to Diamond, the main historical factors that shaped much of modern Africa today are, Geography, Germs, and Steel. Germs are still shaping modern Zambia today. Not just the scourge of AIDS, but also the ancient tropical disease that defeated the Europeans- Malaria. The 1% negative growth each year in Africa over the last half century attributed entirely to malaria. Immunities and antibodies they developed over thousands of years to protect them from the disease no longer provide sufficient protection. The strains of Malaria are mutating, and standard drugs are becoming less effective. In the high malaria season, up to 7 children a day die in the hospital.

Many parts of the world can be viewed as wealthy, economically developed and sustainable. Although there are parts of the world that are economically advanced, other countries through out the globe are underdeveloped. Due to this, it results in disease, which ultimately affects the wellbeing of people. Due to a lack of medical practices and resources, death can be inevitable. When reviewing disease in developing countries one must look at he contributing factors, that lead to the malady and death of many individuals; Such factors are, malnutrition, a lack of education and poor sanitation.

The animals carried bacteria and germs which were passed on to people. The people became ill from these germs and the weaker people died while the stronger people developed an immunity to the germs. This concept of germs is what directly affected the development of stronger societies and wiped out weaker societies. Thus, the Natives

The African government will have to go off the limits for tackling the issue of poverty here. Despite the intensity of the debate on causes and solutions to Africa’s poverty, no universal set of solutions has been developed. This is

The last aspect of this issue is the economic part. Africa is already a poor continent, having a poor economy is not helping either. They do not have enough money to circulate and this stops Africa growing, having sick people also stops the economy from growing because it is another matter they have to face. Child labor increases due to the fact that the adults are sick and are unable to work and the poor people have no way in getting better because there aren’t enough doctors.

The African nations are facing the severe problems in the food and health issues. The health issues were the main concern of these nations. The issues are increasing day-by-day and the people are dying from these diseases and causes. These things like Ebola, HIV AIDS, etc have attracted the world’s focus on the African nations. The help is coming from around the world for these countries in terms of food and money both. The health issues which these countries were facing for so many years were HIV AIDS, TB, and now the latest epidemic disease of Ebola which is also making a sever issue for the Saharan countries. (KOUTONIN, 2013)

However, globalization has had negative effects on health as well. When the Europeans first traveled and colonized the world, they brought with them terrible diseases, killing over 90% of the population. The Aztec, Maya, and Inca tribes were the most affected by these diseases. International travel and globalization has brought many diseases, previously native to certain countries, all over the world. For example, Chagas Disease, a disease spread by insects brought over from Mexican immigrants, has infected more than 500,000 citizens of America. Illegal drug trade, another result of globalization, is also having a negative effect on health.