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Why do they call New York the big apple?
The nickname "The Big Apple" for New York City was popularized in the 1920s by a sports reporter for the New York Morning Telegraph named John J. Fitz Gerald. He used the term in his horse racing column, "Around the Big Apple." According to Barry Popik, a prominent etymologist and historian, Fitz Gerald reportedly first heard the term "The Big Apple" from African-American stable hands in New Orleans, Louisiana who referred to New York City's racecourses as "The Big Apple."
In the 1970s, a promotional campaign by the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau helped reinforce and popularize "The Big Apple" as a nickname for the city itself, aiming to improve its image during a time of financial crisis. The nickname stuck and is now one of the city's most recognizable monikers. The phrase suggests that New York City is a place where one can achieve "the big time."
Why are Jamaicans so fast?
The success of Jamaican sprinters could be attributed to a combination of factors, involving both nature and nurture.
1. **Genetic Factors**: There's some evidence to support the idea that Jamaican sprint success may be linked to genetics. A significant portion of the Jamaican population has West African heritage, where people tend to have a higher percentage of fast-twitch muscle fibers. Fast-twitch muscle fibers are known to contribute to the sprinting speed.
2. **Cultural Factors**: Track and field sports are deeply ingrained in Jamaican culture, beginning from an early age at school. There's also the nationwide Champs competition in Jamaica, where young athletes compete and the whole country watches. This level of societal passion and support for track and field creates a conducive environment for nurturing talent.
3. **Environmental Factors**: The lifestyle of many Jamaicans includes physical, outside activity from a young age, and the Jamaican diet, rich in complex carbohydrates and other nutrients, may also play a role.
4. **International Recognition and training**: Initial success by athletes, like Usain Bolt, puts Jamaica in the international limelight, attracting resources like top-notch coaches, better training facilities and methods, and even sponsorship for the athletes.
Of course, these theories don't guarantee that every Jamaican will be a fast runner, but they provide a helpful context for understanding Jamaica's sprinting success at an international level.
What has a bigger impact on your chances of making it to the nba, race or height?
Becoming a professional athlete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) involves a wide variety of factors, including not only physical attributes like height but also skills, determination, and the availability of resources and opportunities for training and development.
As for the specific comparison between race and height:
1. **Height**: Height can be a significant factor in basketball because it can provide advantages in reaching the basket, blocking shots, and rebounding. According to official NBA statistics, the average height of an NBA player is approximately 6'7''.
2. **Race**: While it's true that a large percentage of NBA players are Black, race isn't a determining factor for making it to the NBA. Rather, sociocultural factors can influence exposure to and participation in the sport. It's important to note that skill, work ethic, talent recognition, training opportunity, and physical attributes like athletic ability and height, are key factors in reaching the NBA level.
It would be incorrect to state outright that either height or race is a bigger "impact" factor. Someone could be tall and not possess the skills or opportunities to make it to the NBA, just as someone of a particular race may not have access to the training or resources needed to make it to the NBA.
Remember that correlation does not imply causation. While there may be a correlation between certain racial groups and NBA participation, or between height and success in basketball, these correlations do not necessarily mean that either race or height directly cause or guarantee success in the NBA. Other factors such as skill level, training, and opportunity are also hugely important.
As people with African heritage draw from a bigger gene pool does that mean they have more really tall people and more really short people?
Africa is considered the birthplace of humanity, which does result in a much more diverse gene pool. Genetic diversity can lead to a broader range of physical characteristics across a population. However, it's important to remember that height is influenced by a multitude of factors, not just genetics. These include nutrition, health, and overall lifestyle, to name a few.
In regards to whether people of African heritage inherently have more extremely tall or extremely short people due to this genetic diversity, there's no specific scientific evidence to suggest this. While certain populations, like the Tutsi of Rwanda or the Dinka of South Sudan, are known for their tall stature, there are also populations within Africa with average heights that are not particularly tall. Similarly, there also exist populations that may be below the average height.
In short, while there might be a larger range in heights among people of African ancestry due to genetic diversity, it doesn't equate to a direct correlation of having more extreme heights. Other factors such as diet, environment, health, and more, also play significant roles in determining height.
What percentage of African slaves were sent to the United States?
The transatlantic slave trade was a horrific period in human history that occurred from the 15th to the 19th centuries, where millions of African people were kidnapped and forcibly transported to the Americas and the Caribbean to be sold as enslaved workers.
Regarding the specific percentage of these enslaved Africans who were brought to what is today the United States, historians estimate that it's approximately 4-6%. According to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, around 12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World from the 16th through the 19th centuries. Of these, an estimated 10.7 million survived the dreadful Middle Passage, disembarking in North America, the Caribbean, and South America. And only about 388,000 were shipped directly to North America (today's United States).
The majority of enslaved Africans were transported to the Caribbean and South America, especially to the Portuguese colony of Brazil. However, the population of enslaved Africans grew rapidly in North America due to the natural increase, ultimately resulting in a large African slave population by the time of the American Civil War.
It's important to remember that these figures only represent the direct transatlantic trade and do not account for the children and descendants of the African people who were born into slavery in the United States over the centuries.
What did Europeans discover first, north or South America?
The first area of the Americas to be discovered by Europeans was North America. More specifically, it was the island of Newfoundland in present-day Canada. This was achieved by the Viking navigator Leif Erikson around the year 1000 AD, almost 500 years before Christopher Columbus' transatlantic voyage.
However, Erikson's discovery did not lead to widespread awareness or colonization of the New World by Europeans. His explorations remained largely unknown to the majority of Europeans.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus, sponsored by the Spanish monarchy, made his first voyage across the Atlantic. He landed in the Bahamas in the Caribbean, thinking he was in Asia. Subsequent voyages by Columbus and other explorers gradually revealed that these lands were part of two previously unknown continents, which we now know as North and South America.
The first verified landing on South American soil by a European was in 1498, during Columbus's third voyage, when he reached Trinidad.
So, if we're talking about widespread recognition leading to significant historical impact, it was the areas of the Caribbean and South America that were discovered and colonized first by Europeans after Columbus's voyages. But in strict terms of what was first reached by Europeans, it was North America by the Vikings.
When did Maori arrive in nz?
The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. According to Māori legend and oral histories, their ancestors originally came from "Hawaiki," a mythical land that roughly corresponds to the Polynesian parts of the Pacific.
The exact timeframe for their arrival in New Zealand is debated among scholars. However, most agree that the first Māori explorers arrived in a series of canoe voyages at some time between 1250 and 1300 AD from East Polynesia.
These first settlers quickly established themselves in their new land and there emerged tribes, subtribes, and socio-political territories, giving birth to the culturally rich Māori tradition that continues till today in New Zealand.
It is worth noting that these estimates of dates are largely derived from the analysis of archaeological sites, oral histories, and genetic data, as the Māori did not have a written language until the arrival of Europeans much later.
So there’s less than 200 years between Maori arriving in nz and Europeans arriving in America? That’s wild.
Was nz the last country to be inhabited by humans?
Yes, that's true. The timeline of human history is filled with fascinating close calls and unexpected overlaps like these.
As for New Zealand being the last major landmass to be inhabited by humans, that is indeed widely accepted among historians and anthropologists. The exact timing, as mentioned, is still subject to some debate, but the first human inhabitants (the Polynesian ancestors of the Māori) were thought to have arrived between 1250 and 1300 AD.
The islands of New Zealand were some of the last large landmasses to be discovered and settled by humans, partly because of their remote location in the South Pacific. Despite its late settlement, New Zealand has a rich and complex history, marked by the unique culture and traditions of the Māori and later the impact of European colonization. Remember, historical timelines can vary based on new research and understanding, but this is the consensus according to current knowledge.
What happened to the moa hunters?
The term "Moa Hunters" refers to the early Māori people who hunted the Moa, a large flightless bird that was native to New Zealand. These people are also called the "Archaic" or "Colonizing" period Māori.
When the early Māori arrived in New Zealand, around 1250-1300 AD, many species of Moa were present. The largest could stand up to 3.6 meters (12 ft) tall with neck outstretched, and they proved to be a valuable source of food for the early settlers. The hunters not only hunted moa but also fished, gathered, and cultivated gardens.
However, the Moa were quickly hunted to extinction within about 100 years of human arrival, based on the most recent and precise dating. This was likely due to a combination of hunting, habitat destruction, and the introduction of the Polynesian dog, or kuri. The extinction of the Moa, in turn, brought an end to the "Moa Hunter" period of Māori culture.
Māori society then transitioned to what is known as the "Classic" period, marked by the development of fortified villages, or pā, increased horticulture, especially of kumara, more complex social structures, and the proliferation of distinctly Māori cultural artifacts and practices.
So, to answer your question directly, the "Moa Hunters" didn't disappear but rather evolved and adapted their way of life in response to the changing environment and resources, forming the foundation of the later Māori society.
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