Geoterms Unit 1-3

Question 1

Evidence

Answer 1

Information that can be used to prove a statement or support a conclusion. For example, the Rosetta Stone was a piece of evidence used to reconstruct the past.

Question 2

Primary Source

Answer 2

A document or other record of past evens created by someone who was present during the events of time or time period in which they occurred. Primary sources help build the story in history because they come from the time of an event. It provides a POV and a possible bias to add onto the story.

Question 3

Secondary Source

Answer 3

A document or other record of past evens created by someone who was not present during the event or time period they occurred. Secondary sources can be a mix of primary sources and help readers understand the entire story.

Question 4

Point of View

Answer 4

A persons way of thinking about or approaching a subject as shaped by their character, experiences, or culture / history. Different people may have seen events differently. Having several POVs can help gain all aspects of the story.

Question 5

Bias

Answer 5

A personal learning or a preference for a particular outlook. When people study sources they must consider the bias of who made the source because it may affect their POV.

Question 6

Chronology

Answer 6

The order in which events occurs or the arrangement of events in their order. Most historians begin their investigation by making a chronology which helps provide a base for further research.

Question 7

Historical interpretation

Answer 7

The process of finding the meaning or significance of historical events. A French scholar spent years interpreting the Rosetta Stone to find its meaning. This was HI because he found the meaning behind the hieroglyphs .

Question 8

Periodization

Answer 8

The division of history into periods of time. With simplified sections of time it was easier to categorize and find reason behind events and actions.

Question 9

Spatial frames

Answer 9

Different geographic perspectives that historians apply to world events. Historians can determine strategies ands reason used by people in the past by geographic landmarks that may have altered strategic and living decisiosns,.

Question 10

Universal Standards

Answer 10

Ideas or values such as human rights that are said to apply to all people. Universal standards spark conflicts that helped shape our modern day world.

Question 11

Culture

Answer 11

The shared beliefs, practices, and traditions of a group. The understand of a culture brings history to life. It also provides us with ‘why’ people made certain decisions,, most likely affected by their beliefs.

Question 12

Cultural diffusion

Answer 12

The spread of cultural traits from one society/place to another. The spread of culture (ex: Christianity) shaped our modern day views and helps us learn what factors caused dominance among humans.

Question 13

Gender Roles

Answer 13

Customs relating to the position of women and men in society. The description of gender roles provides us understanding of a culture’s bias on gender and how gender roles are similar to our modern day ways gender plays into cultures.

Question 14

Hunter-Gatherer

Answer 14

A human who subsists by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants. Hunter-gatherers were the first significant form of nomads. Everything they had was collected, nothing was made. They moved which helped with dispersing humans acrosss the globe.

Question 15

Domestication

Answer 15

A biological process in which the physical characteristics of wild plants and animals change as a result of human intervention. Humans learning to domesticate plants and animals caused a breakthrough in history, this caused the creation of sedentary living (w/ farmers.)

Question 16

Sedentary

Answer 16

Settled; nonmigratory. Sedentary living was in one place; without constant travel and activity, people created new hobbies and games and new inventions.

Question 17

Pastoral nomad

Answer 17

Members of a group whose economy revolves around its herd of domesticated animals with which the group periodically moves to find new grazing land. Pastoral nomads solely moved for their animals and I’d assume this helped bring new plants and animals to new place.s

Question 18

Empire

Answer 18

A large political unit in which a number of different lands or peoples are governed by a single ruler. Empires can be huge areas of land which people may have trued to take over which sparked war,m or cause the overthrowing of a monarch.

Question 19

City state

Answer 19

A political unit consisting of an independent city and the lands surrounding it. A city-states geographic unit can be much larger than the city itself, providing great natural defense but also can cause war for the land.

Question 20

Hierarchy

Answer 20

A ranking of groups or people according to their importance, status, or power. Depending on your hierarchy or so-called social status your life would play put differently. The highest hierarchy typically were priests and governed.

Question 21

Civilization

Answer 21

A highly organized and complex society. Humans would still be mindless homo sapiens z if it weren’t for civilizations and the progress they provided through sedentary living.

Question 22

Direct democracy

Answer 22

Rule by the people, carried out through direct participation in government. With direct democracy people got a specific say in the government which usually caused calmer conditions.

Question 23

Republic

Answer 23

A system or government in which the people rule through representatives who govern according to law. This system is similar to ours today you vote for 1 person and they carry out laws based on your views. This made politics less complicate.d.