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Collapse: Causes

Ninth grade social studies learners investigate Jared Diamond's hypothesis that societies choose to fail or succeed, as delineated in his 2005 book, Collapse: How societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.

List of Causes

  • Trade balance
  • Forested/reforestation
  • Environmental policy
  • Nonaggressive foreign policy
  • Trade imbalance
  • Overpopulation
  • Water shorage/drought
  • Deforestation
  • Environmentally wasteful
  • Tension with neighbors
  • Failure to adapt

The Long List of Causes