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HONR 229L: Climate Change: Science, Economics, and Governance
Prologue and The Maya
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9 September 2015
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The prologue works in a theme that history is often distorted by the bias of those
who tell the story. Relate your impression of how this theme is woven into the
prologue.
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The prologue states “eventually, I arrived at a five-point framework of possible
contributing factors that I now consider in trying to understand any putative
environmental collapse”.
Please prepare a slide (or two) that lists these five-points, and contains a phrase or
two under each of the points explaining how it will be used in the book
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The prologue works states “climate change was even more of a problem for past
societies … than it is today”. Summarize the reason Diamond states this is the
case.
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Please address using bulleted phrases, organized as you see fit, the main points
Jared Diamond conveyed about The Maya in this chapter
In other words, what was the chapter about !
Feel free to use illustrations, either from the book, included here for
convenience or from another source. If from another source, please
use proper attribution
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Please address using bulleted phrases, organized as you see fit, something new
you learned upon reading this chapter.
Be specific if you can … i.e., nearly all of us have heard of The Maya, but
what about The Maya was new to you upon reading this chapter
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Describe how the history of the The Maya may be applicable to the situation faced
by the world’s population may face in the future, with respect to global warming
(hint: climate change will induce changes in precipitation patterns)
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