1. BIG HISTORY By: Brittany Robb

3. David Christian explained this concept using coffee. He went back and explained where the coffee was made, how it was used for trade and how production and farming came about as the demand for coffee became more adamant.

6. This film’s main focus was the way we ask questions on society around us and are able to challenge old ways of doing and lean more towards new ways that are more modern

7. One of James Burke’s examples of change that I thought was extremely interesting was how in 1420 we discovered a new style of art that eventually evolved into the modern university degree.

9. Our biological history was traced through our DNA in blood that Wells called our “time machine”.

10. A single marker in a man’s DNA in India had provided information on the migration of our ancestors where previous evidence was never found.

12. I believe that researching the DNA all over the world where history information is needed to be proved is a great way to find evidence from the past. This movie proved that conclusion as Wells traveled all over inspecting the Y-chromosome.

14. They started the research by evaluating tree rings that would show how the climate was year after year. If the ring size was large it meant that that year had a good weather condition compared to if the ring was small that meant there had been drought.

15. Through research, David Keys among other historians found that in 535 AD there was a huge volcano that erupted. With research they have determined that it most likely the Krakatoa volcano that caused such damage.

17. During the devastating sickness that continued to spread, ½ million people died before the civilians stopped counting. This is a huge marker in human history because climate change can develop new diseases that could possibly occur in our current lives.

20. When looking at what areas were able to thrive or not you have to consider location, wildlife, climate and vegetation. These four key factors are what contribute most to how a society will flourish in certain areas. When a country is upset that they are not able to grow as much as other countries you need to look at those four factors and then compare intellectual advances.

22. Columbus decided to directly trade with China eliminating unnecessary costs from a merchant

23. Some of the major spices that explorers brought back to America that became very profitable was potatoes, coco, tea, and mocca. These items began to be used to gain profit in trade to other areas of the world that also did not grow these spices.

25. Trade continued from the Old World to the New World in many different forms. When Columbus brought horses and cattle over to the Americas he then lead the Native Americans to then have a more reliable source of transportation.

26. Even though the introduction of the new food, spice, cattle, and technology brought along disease and death to America, the world today would be vastly different without those supplies making all that has happened turn out for the greater good for society