more...guns...more...germs...(coughs and dies)

1. Describe the difference between bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states.
[these go from smallest to largest as well]
Bands-small groups of people, mainly single families, usually nomads, lacks bureaucracy, police, and taxes
Tribes-families that have come together to form a larger group, probably have fixed settlements and villages, also lack bureaucracy, police, and taxes
Chiefdoms- much larger than tribes(a few thousand to tens of thousands of people), has a leader, or chief. has a bureacracy, police and taxes. these are the basic lines; however, chiefdoms are very different
States-populations range from one million to one billion, normally have a leader, in some cases a democracy. much more complicated in their inner workings than any before mentioned groups.

It can be argued that these are also in order of least to most civilized, but I don't really feel like arguing right now. :)

2. What is something interesting - to you - that you take away from this chapter? Explain.
The part about the Fayu people. I don't know whether I'm just sheltered or something, but the fact that killing people is a common practice kind of scares me. How the immediate reaction to meeting your father's killer is "I have to kill him," well, I can understand that. But it was more of a scoreboard then an actual remorse- I owe you because you took one away from me. It's like freaking Lord of the Flies.

PoP

in this world
made of land and water
there are four seas
seven continents
one hundred and ninety five
and six billion people
but only one you.

pop! goes the poetry

L-O-V-E is a four letter word
then again, so is hate
and I don't want to wait
for you
to learn how to spell.

this is aroma

this is awkward
this is delirium

this is shroud