Guns,Germs and Steel

 Even though Papua New Guinea is located in the same region as Australia and New Zealand, why is it that Australia and New Zealand became technologically advanced and wealthy? One of the reasons is because Australia and New Zealand had settlers coming in from Europe and at that time Europe was technologically advanced so they bought everything with them. Another reason is, if you look at a map you can see that Australia and New Zealand were located in an easy place were ships could come and trade with them. One last reason is because Papua New Guinea only have hunters/gatherers because they lived in the jungle and they were busy everyday making sure they had food so they never had the actual time to discover new technology unlike the Australians which started farming and growing crops.


  One of the reasons is because Australia and New Zealand had setters coming in from Europe and at that time Europe was technologically advanced so they bought everything with them. The first settlers that came to New Zealand were the Dutch in 1642, and the first settlers that came to Australia were actually the Dutch but they failed in settling so the British came in 1688. The English were already occupying other countries and they had a lot of criminals in the other countries so they decided to make Australia a "Prison Island" were all of the English criminals were sent to.  When the Dutch came to New Zealand other European countries started to follow the Dutch and they bought with them the newest type of technology. Also the setters found very rich natural resources from Australia and New Zealand so a lot of them came to buy from them. Now moving on to trade and geography.


  Another reason is, if you look at a map you can see that Australia and New Zealand were located in an easy place were ships could come and trade with them. If a country is located as a island and is perfect to be able to sail around, then a lot of people will trade with that country. Foreigners wanted to sail to New Zealand and Australia so they could trade and Papua New Guinea were not able to have foreigners come to them since there would not be enough space and the foreigners mostly cared about Australia and New Zealand since they were bigger and there were setters already there. New Zealand and Australia were close so it was handy for the foreigners because they could go from one country to the other and trade with them. Papua New Guinea didn't get much technology since all of the foreign countries were going to New Zealand and Australia. Now on to farming and jungles.

One last reason is because Papua New Guinea only had hunters/gatherers because they live in the jungle and they were busy everyday making sure they had food so they never had the actual time to discover new technology unlike the Australians and New Zealander's which started farming and growing crops. In Papua New Guinea their is only jungle, so there are no cows or goats that can survive in the jungle and that means that they didn't have animals that could give more then just one thing. For example cows and goats can give milk and meat but boars (which live in the jungle) can only give meat. When the Australians started farming then they lived healthier since they could domesticate animals and get more than one food source. Those were three reasons to why, even though Papua New Guinea is located in the same region as Australia and New Zealand, why is it that Australia and New Zealand became technologically advanced and wealthy?

Papua New Guinea and Australia/New Zealand are three very different countries. New Zealand and Australia are more of tourists sites and attractions to foreigners and on the other side Papua New Guinea is more of a jungle,tribal type of place. Even though two countries are technologically advanced doesn't mean people should treat Papua New Guineans differently.

Sources:www.wikipedia.com

Mud skipper's Adventure

It was a nice sunny day, and I was doing the normal routine of a mud skipper. Skipping around the mud having feasts with other mud skippers and enjoying some family time. Now you see I have a very big family. Six children! Of course they need to eat something. My family and I live deep down in the mangrove forest. So the only tasty crabs are far away by the mangrove planting areas. Those are the areas were big giants stomp their feet around and help the environment. So I always have to be careful and make sure none of them stomp on me! But the giants do not come often. So basically what I do each day is go out and fetch crabs for my family and I to eat. The skip from my house to the mangrove planting area is about and hour. Which means I have a very hard job to do. Being a mud skipper is not so bad actually unless you get smashed and hurt. That's not fun.


So I was on my way to the mangrove planting area when I stopped for a rest and started hearing strange voices. Not like my language but like a totally different language. I was thinking  what it could be because this morning was high tide and I wouldn't think that any giants would be coming now. But I just continued hearing them from all over. Shrieks and screams. As I got closer to the area there were more and more coming. they wouldn't stop. I was very close now and I really wanted to know what these weird voices were. I was hiding behind a mangrove tree curiously looking  out to the area. I few of my friends joined me because they didn't know either what these voices were. We were not at the front of the area but more in the back. We were waiting and waiting.


I decided to take a risk and cross to the other side. I bolted of. I was about half way through, when a big black boot stepped right in front of my eyes. Another scream came from the boot. I turned around and started running to the right. Then another boot stopped me. I looked back at my friends which looked undecided. I panicked and started running in circles. My ears were bursting. Screams everywhere. Finally I had the guts to look up. And there I saw a beautiful face of a giant. I knew it was the giants! But these giants were friendly they didn't try to smash me or destroy me. I Just sat there speechless looking around at all the muddy smelly giants. There were about forty of them! But they were all smaller then I expected, except for maybe three or four of them. I was thinking what I should do next but then my thinking got interrupted by my friend telling me that these giants were a class which were planting saplings. Now I was understanding everything. I peacefully walked out of the area and on the way got a few crabs and went home. When I reached home I told my family about my adventure today and about the big group of giants, and they were all very interested.

Sources: www.bountyfishing.com/blog/2007/...fishing/