You are to write a 50+ word response to each question below. Be sure to maintain a more formal, academic style throughout (write using complete sentences, correct grammar, etc.). Once completed, upload the completed assignment for Videos #1-3 on a single word document onto its corresponding Turnitin link.

VIDEO #1
Prof. Jared Diamond (UCLA):
What question does Diamond grapple with in the video?

According to Diamond, what kind of crops and animals are more advantageous?

Which areas of the world had them?

Prof. Niall Ferguson (Hoover Institute; formerly at Harvard University):
What is The Great Divergence?

According to Ferguson, what is not very useful in explaining the Great Divergence?

According to Ferguson, what is useful in explaining it?

According to Ferguson, why has the Great Divergence recently been coming to an end?

VIDEO #2
Prof. Victor Davis Hanson:
Jared Diamond argues that geography or environmental determinism explains why some human societies have developed and become prosperous and influential, while other societies have not. What is Hansons argument in response to Jared Diamonds?

According to Hanson, what values or qualities has the West developed that have fostered a particular culture (expressed, for example, in warfare)?

What are some examples that Hanson cites to support his argument?

Modernization Theory (W.W. Rostow) & Structuralism (Dependency Theory, World-Systems Theory)
What is meant by W.W. Rostows modernization theory?

What does Immanuel Wallerstein mean by World-Systems Theory?

What criticisms does the video suggest or imply against Structuralism (i.e. Dependency Theory and World-Systems Theory)?

VIDEO #3
Rush Doshi, Old Geographies, New Orders China, India and the future of Asia
1. According to Doshi, why are China and India so big?  Why do they have so many people?

2. According to Doshi, China and India used to be rich, but theyre not anymore. Why?

3. How does Doshis understanding of Chinas and Indias past inform his thinking of what is going to happen in the future?

4. In sum, why does Doshi regard geography as so important to understanding the world?

Parag Khanna, Why Asia is the center of the world (again)

Khanna asserts that people across Europe think of themselves as Europeans yet those across Asia do not think of themselves as Asians. Historically, how does Khanna explain why they do not?

Historically speaking, how does Khanna argue that his audience should think of themselves as Asians?

What does Khanna mean by Asias natural state of multipolarity?