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Yali’s Question

Yali’s Question . Prologue . Group 1: Read pages 13-15. Summarize your pages. Answer: What was Yali’s Question? On page 14, 3 rd paragraph, how did New Guinean’s know to value the tools or “cargo” that white Europeans brought to Australia? . Group 2: Read pages 15-17.

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Yali’s Question

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  1. Yali’s Question Prologue

  2. Group 1: Read pages 13-15 • Summarize your pages. • Answer: • What was Yali’s Question? • On page 14, 3rd paragraph, how did New Guinean’s know to value the tools or “cargo” that white Europeans brought to Australia?

  3. Group 2: Read pages 15-17 • Summarize your pages. • Answer: • How does Diamond re-phrase Yali’s Question? (he does it a few times, make sure to note all). • Why does Diamond rephrase Yali’s Question?

  4. Group 3: Read pages 17-19 • Summarize your pages. • Answer: • List and explain the several reasons given as to why even asking Yali’s question posses a problem? • What were some of the first answers, given by Europeans, to Yali’s question? Why are they so wrong?

  5. Group 4: Read pages 19-23 • Summarize your pages. • Answer: • Why are IQ tests a terrible way to judge intelligence? • Why does Diamond believe New Guinean’s are smarter than Europeans? • What does Diamond believe is the reason why Europeans developed technology? (not because they lived in cold climates! )

  6. Group 5: pages 23-28 • Summarize your pages. • Answer: • Although Diamond recognizes that there is no accepted answer to Yali’s question, what does he state as a true fact? • What answer does Diamond propose to Yali’s question? • Why is Diamond well suited to take on the task of attempting to answer Yali’s question?

  7. Group 5: Read pages 28-32 • Summarize your pages. • Answer: • How does Diamond break down his book? • What impact does food production have on the advancement of early societies? • What does Diamond call “ possibly the most important single invention of the last few thousand years”? And Why?

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