why were the European the one to conquer most of our planet?

The biggest reason why European had so much power is because of their Geographic luck. Geographic luck means European were lucky to exist in the land of Europe. Because Europe had such great raw resources and the position on the planet, where It’s close to the eastern part of globe but also the western, that’s why they know so many information around the world. European’s geographic luck can be separate into 3 smaller parts, and they are steel, animals and Guns.

Steel was one of the reason How European had so much power, Steel provides a lot of things relates to technology, such as vehicles, buildings, guns, and other weapons/ technological crafts. That made other countries couldn’t invade Europe easily, because Europe had so much technological technologies from steel that the enemies couldn’t break through. Steel also can make into infantry weapons/ tools, such as swords, guns, horse shoes, and armors. That made European good at both defense and offense, which is a really big advantage for conquering other nations and countries.

Steel can also be make into guns. Guns were the most advanced weapon during that age, and european were the only ones had that technology, because they did a lot of sailing to explore the world, and eventually explored gun powder from China. And when the Europeans are fighting with their guns, especially with the countries that have low technology, they will think Europeans are god because they never seen anything like guns before. Therefore it will probably lead to that they giving up because most of the poor/low technology country’s people are superstitious, and they will probably pass this information to other nearby country to just surrender when Europeans come. Also during that age, not even one kind of weapon could defend the power of guns, because the weapons are only swords and shields.

The third advantage for European be the world power is because of their germ. When they travel to another country to have war, the germs and virus from Europe will spread through that country, but the European doesn’t get effected because they’re already used to it, and grew an immune system generations ago. So Germs are just like poisons, to make your opponent weaker during the war. And plus European don’t really get infected by other country’s germs, because European were almost always the first one to attack, and they also have high technology to produce cures from other country’s germs.

The three facts guns, germs and steel are the major reasons discovered by Dr. Jared Diamond of how European had such great power around the world. The European had these three advantages were because they are geographically lucky, because Europe was the perfect place for trading and sailing. And they’re also located between the eat and west globe made there the best spot for exploring western and eastern culture.

Humanities: Parrot saved a 2 years old girl's life

The link to the news:

What is the article about?
-Megan, a baby sitter in State Colorado. Megan was showering, the 2 years old girl choked by eating a cookie in the livingroom, as soon as the parrot in the house saw the girl fell on the floor, and face started to turn purple, the parrot started to flap his wings and yelled: "MOM, BABY" Megan heard the call and ran to the baby and saved her on time.

What is its significance?
-To let people around the world know this strange event happened in Colorado, and also to let people know some facts that they didn't know about parrots.

Can you detect any bias?
-There are hardly any bias. It can be that the people didn't award the parrot for saving that girl's life.

taiwan social study: different country's food culture

1.Compare food cultures between Taiwan and one Western country. Answer the following questions.
-Scotland food culture and Taiwanese food culture.

(1)What affects each food culture?
-Scotch people started to use wheat, bread and potato as a huge part of their food culture by the 1800s. One of the most common dish in Scotland is broth/ stews.
The climate in Scotland is really cold and wet, so their food’s taste are mostly to keep you warm, also whiskies.

(2)What are similarities or differences between two food cultures in terms of characteristics of cuisine, cooking techniques, the art and etiquette of dinning and local snacks?
-Scotland potato soups and stews’ cooking techniques are similar with Taiwanese’s soups, because they both needs to boil in a pot. Since Scotland is so close to england, i think they also have a typical english table manner.


(3)What is your reflection?
-I think i will be really interested in Scotch food because now it’s a bit cold in taiwan, so a warm meal would be a ideal choice during this kind of weather. And through out my research it makes me feel that western countries cares more about the taste of the food then the manner, except for Great Britain. And eastern countries especially China and Taiwan’s traditional food’s tastes aren’t as strong as western countries.

and here is a really good website of local foods in Scotland:

making energy bar

Today is the first time our group try to make an energy bar. We planned to mix oat, raisins, dried banana pieces, and nuts together and then use malt sugar to fix it into a bar shape. So we first poured right amount of oat, raisins, dried bananas and nuts into a bowl and mix it together, then we started to cook malt sugar in a pot. Because the malt sugar was too sticky to make it spread in to bowl. But it turns out the malt sugar started to scorch and stick on the pot, so we changed our mind and added some water in there, wanting it to be a sugar water instead of liquid malt sugar. And then we poured the malt sugar water into the bowl, the mixture of oat absorbed all the sugar water and turned into a half-oat meal state. So we pressed the mixture with sugar water into a bar shape, and we were finished.

We learned that next time we shouldn't boil the malt sugar in water, instead we will put the malt sugar in a bowl and boil the bowl of malt sugar in a pot of water. That will make the malt sugar become liquid instead of sticking onto the pot. We will also add more malt sugar then last time, because it didn't taste so sweet.

China's food safety crisis deteriorates

China pulled eggs off shelves and stopped exporting the eggs, because it was detected to have the chemical-melamine in it. The China food toxin was far more widespread then we knew.

This article is really important because it warns people to be careful with the eggs they sell in market, so it will decrease the possibilities of people dies from the toxin.

There are no bias in this article.