What kinds of catastrophes, natural or man-made, could have brought about the destruction of an entire civilization, sending it back to a primitive state, like that of Gathering Blue?
Use as many pronouns as you can, but be sure the antecedent is written first.
I think catastrophes that could end the world besides the sun burning out are not apparent in our day and age. I also think that one man or womens life can be set back very easily with the rest of the world moving on. For example when kira lost her moter. she did not do anything for four days. the world moved on but she did not. There are many otheer reasons like falling in love or losing a loved one. So I think catastostrophes in this world are possible but not likely. Catastrophes in one persons life happen all around us all of the time. tyver Butler
ReplyDeleteMany things could have caused distruction. Volcano, earthquake, flood, hurricane, or an avalanche. But if you think about the story, you can cross out some of these things. For example, they said that there were toxic gases.
ReplyDeleteVolcano: probuably
Earthquake: maybe, from the center of the earth, if it was really strong
Flood: it's only water how could it give off gas?
Hurricane: it's only air
Avalanche: covering the whole world? don't make me laugh
so as you can see, we can count out floods, hurricanes, and avalanches. That leaves us with either a volcano or an earthquake. Usually, I would think that an earthquake couldn't be that big, wiping out a whole civilization, but there could have been a whole series of earthquakes. And volcanos... they diffinately have toxic gases, and they do alot of damage. There could have a been either one big volcano, a series at one time, or a series at extended periods of time. But as you can probuably tell by now, we really don't know what could have caused so much distruction. Who knows if the book will ever tell us? Maybe more hints?
~*~*~*~ Lydia Leach ~*~*~*~
I was the first one to do tis so i cant say good job to anyone else so good luck for future writers.
ReplyDeleteSomething that destroys an entire civilization is the weather.Some weather is really bad and you wouldn't be able to do much. There could also be a storm that can tour the whole thing apart leaving many people homeless. Those people wouldn't have anywhere to go or know what to do next. And that's how weather can destroy a civilization
ReplyDelete~Sarah Vosler
Some catastrophes man could have made to make the village fall apart ar estuff that could happen in government such as citizens not agreeing with the leader. Some man-made diasters that have destroyed the civilazation are natural diasters, such as earthquakes or tornados.
ReplyDeleteLaura Pfeffer
A hurricane. That is very destrustive. It causes alot of damage. Like in Gathering Blue. I think also a war.
ReplyDelete~Stewy~
Well, that is hard to say since it has never happened in known history where a civilization completely goes back to a primitive state. But, I would think that some kind of a war that brings out multiple nuclear bombs could completely wipe out human life. I hope that that does not happen during our lifetime! But, if there was a GIANT atroid/meteor, like the one that theoretically wiped out the dinosaurs, we could all die from the aftershock earthquakes, the original meteor, or some kind of a tidal wav. It would kill us all!!!!! So, we could all die anyday!!! Tell your friends you appreciate them, and your family what they mean to you, because who knows when you won't get that chance again...
ReplyDelete*CARRIE WEAVER*
I like what you said Lydia! It was very inspirational!
ReplyDeleteCARRIE WEAVER
So, the catastrophe I thought of to bring us back to the primitive state would be a meter shower hit the earth only hitting the avalible resorces that we use today. Leaving behind few churches, multiple forests, and other natural resorces, this also included books. Think how this would effect our lives alot going from tall skysrapers to little cottages with dirt floors and no life. this would make people go crazy! and just get out of hand.
ReplyDeleteRiley Bednar:)
I feel that if the world was going to end it would be a nucular explotion that cut off most resources. the nucular explotion would leave select few "stations".The chemical would only destroy mental based things leaving only wooden churches ,trees and steams. This would destroy most underground things but not all pipe lines. this would kill almost all leaving less than 200 survivors.
ReplyDeleteSarah Morris
In gathering blue kira is in a dirty village where you die in the field if you do the littlest thing. Kira in her case she had a birth defect and she was going to be taken away but her mother wouldn't let her and the reason thet the civilization is so small is because there is too many deaths.
ReplyDelete~SETH~HOWARD~
The people could have got hurt from flood or, climate change. it would take a really long to rebuild the town. it would take years to rebuild all the destruction.
ReplyDeleteAlizabeth Dinsmore
Something like a flood or climate change could have killed the poeple and all their knowlege for civilization. There could have been a poisoning in the water or food that the poeple consumed also. Anything could have happened that caused great distruction in the village. Those are just a few possiblities of what could have happened that made the village end up the way it did.
ReplyDelete~Francesca DiGuglielmo(:
What the man made problem to put us back into the primitive state would be 911 all over the world made by two people in a plane driving into buildings all over the world. It was an anti animal booming so the animals and us stayed alive they destroyed forests, and buildings. So, the people had to make cotts out of straw and animal skin. The people had to wear what the Indians would wear like animal skins. So, eventually we had to eat the meat of that animal. The worlds would have to combine as one to work together.
ReplyDeleteDanielle PackardL:)
the way that an entire civilization can go back into its premitave state is a flood, fire, really big illness (like the yellow fever)
ReplyDeleteor a big war in the the civilization.
-Megan-
Have you ever seen the movie "Knowing"??? Its a great movie, and in it there the main character discovers that the world is going to end because of a natural disaster that no one could escape. The disaster was that there would be a large flare of hot gas and fire shooting from the sun that would reach (and pass) the earth ripping through the atmosphere and killing every living thing on earth. But these alien/angel things took two children and took them from the earth. They placed them on what i think we guess to be on the garden of eden (in the bible) to start over. It never showed what happened to the earth (the end was the two children running through the garden of eden), but i think maybe some of the things on the other side of the earth were not so badly destroyed (meaning maybe thats why they still have the church an stuff) and the two children started civilization all over again... leading into gathering blue. (another thing that makes "Knowing" a good comparison is that some of the main characters are very religious, and in gathering blue they worship the cross)
ReplyDelete~Kyrsten Napolitano
I dont ever think that will happen because most people know modern science by heart and will not forget it. If everyone dies then i dont think that new people will be made...just that all of our previous buildings and structures will fall and the earth will turn back into...earth
ReplyDeletefrankie caterina
I think that a bunch of natural disasters brought on the destruction. Giant earthquakes, a giant flood like in the movie 2012 could of done that. Then, if nobody survives the destruction, everybody will forget everything about that civilization and the PEOPLE and how to do things THEY did.
ReplyDelete~Jimmy Waters
Some catastrophes could be a volcanic eruption with poisonous fumes, an earth quake, a tsunami, etc. If these people weren't prepared, it could hurt THEM.
ReplyDeleteJamie Cesanek
In order to destroy an entire civilization, I think there would need to be a series of natural catastrophes, like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc. THEY would send the world into war, because of lack of resources and panic. WE would wind up destroying each other, causeing our civilizaton to disapear.
ReplyDeleteEMILY G :)
The kind of catastrophes I think that destroys the world is like 2012 "the movie". I think it will happen in 2012 with natural meteors, floods, and volcano activitys. I think the man-made destrucions are pollution in the water and food.
ReplyDeletethat was mine mrs montrose with the 2012 movie in it from anthony martin
ReplyDeleteIn Gathering Blue the book leads you to believe that the civilization before THEM was destroyed by something massive. I think the civilization may have been destroyed by a tsunami, hurricane, or maybe even an earthquake. However I think an earthquake was the main reason because if THEY had high buildings THEY could fall on everything and everyone. Or all three of these events (earthquake, hurricane, or tsunami) could have happened all at once causing a major problem.
ReplyDelete*Madison Richards*
A volcanic eruption is a natural disasters that can destroy an entire civilization. Like in Pompei, Italy. There they had a huge eruption, and most of the people died. But they didnt die of the lava, they died from the poisonous fumes that came fron the volcanoe.
ReplyDelete-Riley Fisher
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I think the worst way to wipe out a civilazation making it start over is nucular war or just war in genral. It can be really bad or just flat out wipe out socity. Some times it can be good. Well for pepole that win. No one wants to die. Well thats it.
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*Nick George*
ReplyDeleteSome type of disasters that I think could have caused the devestation was a tzianami(spelling??) or a massive earthquake. THAT would be very hard to recover from. IT would take a long time just to clean up the mess. With all the memory lost it would be very hard to reinvent everything as it took over 2000 years for us. As Mrs.Montrose said how much could you recreate if you where left alone on a new world.
I agree with Madison 100% because I thought she said what she said great.
One catastrophe that could cause the world to be destroyed could be an earthquake. IT would probably start out only affecting the places that are located where the tectonic plates meet. Although IT would soon spread to the rest of the earth effecting everything and everyone that IT passes. Distruction as massive as an earthquake could cause everything that WE have now to be distroyed and we would have to start civilization all over from square one.
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If there was event like the event "2012" (which of course isn't gonna happen) could definitely do so. It would scare a lot of people for sure. It would make them all panic as well. It would take a lot of time to rebuild the civilization back to he high quality its at now.
ReplyDeleteIan Mastroianni
There are many different kinds of catastrophes. An example of a natural caused one is if an asteroid hit the earth, and destroyed parts of it, or even a small village. It would effect that place severely. Places that it hit would have to rebuild a lot and would probably have to start old customs, like preparing for something else like that, or it could send it back to the primitive state. A man made catastrophe could be something a dam breaking, or deforestation. If forests were cut down by man, many animals would be forced to come to villages, and if a dam broke, the water could destroy many things, like places, homes, and villages. The places that are destroyed may be forced to return to old customs for survival.
ReplyDelete~~Alyssa Matchett~
I think that some catastrophes could be nuclear bombing,earthquakes,volcanoes erupting,fires,and mass destruction. Almost like the world is ending. That is what I think,now lets here what YOU think.
ReplyDeleteKatieee calvert <3
The kinds of catastrophes that could bring down a civilization could be a tsunami, tornado, global warming, ect. THESE catastrophes are all very dangerous. In Gathering Blue, it sounds like THEIR civilization was destroyed by a tsunami.
ReplyDelete~~~Kasey Williams~~~
Well a Catastrophe like lets say World War III, or a Nucliar Holocaust.These 2 things could play a huge part in the distruction of most of the Human race.
ReplyDeleteDylan R.
Many different kinds of diasters could have taken place to cause the primitive state of Gathering Blue's civilization. Earthquakes and volcanos could have become overly active. THEY may have caused deep fractures into the earth and burned the surface.Tsunamis may have started to flood the land from all angles. The people could have run from THEM but then been wiped off the face of the earth. Many, many catastrophes could have taken place to return the Gathering Blue's civilization back to the survival stage of life.
ReplyDelete-Adrian Jones
Well I'm the first one 2 post anything so, Ya there was no one to agree with. Bummer I guess, haha not really.
ReplyDeleteDylan R.
metor, sunamy volcano 2012 there could be a variety of things, countless deseases bombing. Nukular war. are all things that may happen to a civilization taking it back 100-400 years in the past.
ReplyDelete-Brad orth
sorry i didnt really have much to say
I think that catastrophes such as the ones in 2012 could destroy a civilization. People had to suffer through earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and my least favorite, tsunamis! Only a few of them survived and those are the ones who got on the ships. I think that those would be the guardians since they can read and know everything about what happen before the ruins. Manmade causes could have happen too. There could have been a nuclear explosion or other sort of high technical bomb, some sort of war could have broken out and destroyed everything in its path. There are millions of possibilities but those are some that people could barely live through.
ReplyDeleteNatalie Narkiewicz <33
The kinds of catastrophes could be, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides, and more. I bet some of these destroyed the town that Kira and her friends live in.
ReplyDelete-Sam Cuva
I think that Kira's civlization was destroyed by other people because if a tsunami, hurricane, or tornado destoyed it their wouldn't be many trees but there are in her civilization.
ReplyDeleteMichael Bresan
I think that war between humans could do that if it got that intense. Also, natural catastrophes (disasters) could obliterate a whole civilization.They could be like Mega Tsunamis, Super Volcanoes, and Mega Earthquakes. Also, if aliens came and completely devastated the human race. Ha ha sorry that last one was for fun.
ReplyDeleteRyan Stradling
I'm a little puzzled, didn't the book already say that a tsunami wipe out their civilitation? I'm just a little confused!?!?!?!?!?
ReplyDelete<3Jdub<3 AKA:Jordan W.
Nick G.-
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you wrote 100%.
*Madison Richards*
Manmade catastrophes are war, and natural catastrophes are tornados, hurricans, tsumias, floods, nuclear explosions, and meter showers.
ReplyDeleteEmily Metzger(:
I agree with natalia
ReplyDeleteDan Pavlik(PAV-PAV)
I think that if all the animals just dissapered from human-enviromental interaction. Then everybody would have to become cannables. By the time everyone on earth is almost gone, animals will start to appear again. And the whole cycle will start up again.
ReplyDeleteDan Pavlik(PAV-PAV)
If the world was going to end I think it would be because of a hurricane or the sun blowing up. Also a war could cause a lot of destruction to someones civilization.
ReplyDeleteBrad Jankowski
I agree with you Natalie good job!
ReplyDeleteBrad Jankowski
Something that could destroy an entire civilization could be natural disasters including monsoons, tsunamis or hurricanes. But man made things like nuclear weapons and rulers who don't allow freedom or kill people for not believing in what they believe in like Hitler.Hitler destroyed most of europe and it took a very long time to get it back to the way it was before.
ReplyDeleteKaylee carlin:)
A tornado is very destructive and it could damage a lot of homes and people. It could also destroy families or cars. This also relates to Gathering Blue because her family was destroyed.
ReplyDeleteJohn Williams
A catastrophe that could have changed the civilization could be a major earthquake. This is because a lot of people could become homeless. A lot of people would have to rebuild their houses and most of the civilization. Also the same thing could happen with a flood people’s houses would be destroyed. THAT would be very hard to recover from. Destruction could cause everything that WE have now to be destroyed and we would have to start civilization all over from scratch.
ReplyDelete-Carissa Novelli
I totally agree with you Mikey Bresan.
ReplyDelete- Carissa Novelli
Some of the catastrophes that might of happened could have been a tsunami,earthquake,volcano eruption,tornado and other dangerous things.It was probably an earthquake.....because that can destoy many things. Or it was a huge fire like how kira's home got half torn apart from that! Atleast she saved some of her important belongings!
ReplyDeleteNice job Francesca!!!
ReplyDeleteAlexis Kelso
(I wrote that other thing about the fire tearing her house apart)
I think that world catastrophies for natural causes could include major eathquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes ect.... Man-made ones include war, biological weapons, and air pollution. THESE if get out of hand can and will make a big impact on the way of life.
ReplyDeleteTaylor Rosales (Ro-Ro)
I think that it could be something with very high strong winds! Like a hurricane, tornado, or earthquakes!
ReplyDelete~ Brooke (M&M)
I also agree with Riley Fisher!!!!
ReplyDelete~Brooke
The kinds of catastrophes could be, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides, volcanos, fires,and more. I bet some of these things destroyed the town that Kira and her friends live in.
ReplyDelete- Adriana Walsh
I think that a big catastrophe that will happen to the people on earth is the sun burning earth. When it happens they know that there is nothing you can do about it.
ReplyDeleteP.S. i totally agree with you Mozitas
Quinn Gidzinski
Natalie I agree with what you wrote and how you worded it. :)
ReplyDelete*Madison Richards*
In my opinion I think it was a earthquake or tsuami because i ttalks about no one surviving and lots of buildings being wiped out. Michael Romanchak
ReplyDeleteI agree with you dylan Michael Romanchak
ReplyDeleteI think that what happened was not natural. The way we are going in our civalization today, gathering blue has a pretty solid concept. You see, we are fighting, not working as one. Mabey We could have fought our way to destruction from the inside out, and the only way to keep man kind alive was to revert to old times.
ReplyDeletej-woww marissa Fink
I think a catastrophe like natural causes could wipe out Kira's village.Things like earthquakes and fires kill them all.
ReplyDeletePaige Gigantiello
I think some things that could destroy an entire civilization could be a bunch of earthquakes and tsunamis or the sun burning up. If the sun burned up we would have no heat to survive.
ReplyDeleteJoe Funk
I agree with Sam!!
ReplyDeleteJoe Funk
I agree Ryan, I think a catastrophe that could make a society like the one in Gathering Blue could be a war where a nuke was dropped on the whole place.
ReplyDeleteJu$tin Cappeta
A massive earthquake could wipe out an entire civilization. They caould cause fires, damage to property, and kill people. Also it could ruin the water suply. With out water more people will die faster.It could be a very dangerous, sad, and painful moment.
ReplyDeleteRandy Roach
I agree with you Nick G.
ReplyDeleteRandy Roach
Carrie I agree with you!! Just as the dinosaur were wiped out we could be too.
ReplyDeleteEMILY G :)
In Gathering Blue, I think that the major catastrophe that could have made the villiage the way it is now, becuase I think that there might have been an earthquake. I think that this reason could be possible becuase this land seems like a rugged flat land. Sort of like a desert, but not as hot. This means dry land and a lot of open space. This is what I think could have happened to their land.
ReplyDelete*sam scarpello*
I agree with madi 100%
I definatly think that a destruction that destroyed a civiliazation is 9/11. The people didn't know where to go. They were running all over tring not to get hit by tumbling buildings. But, even though this destruction ripped up our civilazation I believe that it made us stronger preparing us for bigger and badder things that would happen in the future.
ReplyDelete-Libs Harris 7-7
Good job Natalie I really liked yours!
ReplyDelete-Libs Harris 7-7
Well I think the tsunami happened by a earthquake, which made the tsunami happen!!!!
ReplyDelete<3J-Dub<3
P.S.-I know it's late it's friday at 10:07pm....SORRY!!!!!!
I agree with Nick George 111%!!!!!
ReplyDelete<3J-Dub<3 AKA:Jordan W.
I think that natrual disasters could be global warming. The sun warms the earth and melts ice caps where some people live. This threatens marine life, human life, and animals everywhere. Polar animals have to watch out because they live on ice also. Another catatrophy could be a hurricane. This causes the earth to shake and the surface to give away. Building colapse and so do bridges. These cause many of deaths and many people who survived would often move to a more safe place. People are aghast at these horrible destructions.
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~Elizabeth Andress~
Some thing that could affect a civalizaytion is over populated deere they could eat all the crops and we would have to eat other things.
ReplyDeleteR.J.Williams
One of the many terrible destructions was hurricane Katrina it caused many people to evacuate there homes that had flooded. A couple years ago my family got my dog Ky, he was from Hurricane KAtrina and he was terrified of water.
ReplyDeleteEvie Brody
SORRY ITS LATE :(
There are lots of natural disasters that could have happened. Like Kira said in Gathering Blue, the earth could have been split open by an earthquake. There could also have been a hurricane, tornado, wild fire, tsunamis, and lots of other stuff. Kira was lucky that some of her ancestors survived els there wouldn't even be a civilization in the first place after all that happened.
ReplyDelete~Gabby magasic~
sorry it's soooo late!
p.s. Madi I completely agree with you!!!
I believe that the civilization could have been destroyed by some type of a natural disaster such as an earthquake, volcano erruption, hurricane, etc. They could have also been attacked, I don;t think this was likely to have happened but it is possible.
ReplyDeleteHailey Russell
Gabby, I agree with u!! Also, Seth I liked what you where saying with too many deaths.
ReplyDeleteHailey Russell
A massive and mammouth earthquake could wipe out an entire civilization. They caould cause some gigantic fires, damage to people's property, and kill a bunch of people. Also it could ruin the wonderful water suply. With out water more people will die faster.It could be a very dangerous, sad, and painful moment.I would feel so dumpy at that exact moment of my life!
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Pierce Adams