History Flashcards
Mythical period when Aboriginal peoples believed that Australia was created, during which beings like the Rainbow Serpent ruled
Dreamtime
Series of wars in which, upon arriving in Australia, the British persecuted the Aboriginal people and seized their land
Frontier Wars
Term for the many Aboriginal Australian children who were taken from their families in the 1900s
Stolen Generations
National holiday celebrating European mistreatment of Aboriginal people in Australia, first taking place in 1998
National Sorry Day or National Day of Healing
Ethnically distinct from Aboriginal Australians, an indigenous people that live north of mainland Queensland
Torres Strait Islanders
Indigenous peoples of Hokkaido, generally taller with long beards and distinctive facial tattoos, particularly among women
Ainu
Animal native to Hokkaido, traditionally hunted and worshipped by Ainu communities
Bears
Wealthy region in Spain that includes Bilbao and San Sebastián
Basque Country
Language-isolate spoken in northern Spain and southwestern France that emerged earlier than Proto-Indo European
Basque
Battle at which the Basques defeated Charlemagne, forming the Kingdom of Navarre
Battle of Roncevaux Pass
Terrorist group supported by Basques in the 20th century to fight for independance from Spain
ETA
Indigenous peoples from the Arctic portion of North America, particularly the Canadian territory Nunavut, distinct from the First Nations
Inuit peoples
First full-length documentary to depict a somewhat-accurate version of Inuit life, premiering in 1922
Nanook of the North
Term now considered offensive, used to refer to the Inuit peoples of North America and the Yupik peoples of eastern Siberia
Eskimo
Indigenous peoples native to a mountainous region between Turkey, Iraq, and Iran, against whom Saddam Hussein committed genocide
Kurds
Native Māori word for New Zealand
Aotearoa
Peace accord signed by Māori people and British settlers in 1840
Treaty of Waitangi
Indigenous people of southern Mexico and Central America, which developed in the Yucatan peninsula and built Chichen Itza
Mayans
Country in which most Mayan people life today, and where thousands were killed during a U.S.-backed genocide in the 1980s
Guatemala
Guatemalan human-right’s activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for advocating on behalf of Mayan people
Rigoberta Menchú
Collection of indigenous people in western South America, predominantly living in the Andes Mountains in Peru, who were the first to domesticate potatoes
Quechua peoples
Spanish explorer who conquered the Quechua people in the early sixteenth century
Francisco Pizzaro
Indigenous people of Easter Island who first settled there around 1200, many of whom live in the city of Hanga Roa
Rapa Nui people
Island to which rats were introduced in the 18th century, leading to deforestation and a large decline of the Rapa Nui population
Easter Island
Indigenous peoples of northern Scandinavia, who lived by herding reindeer and other animals, many of whom migrated south following the Black Death
Sami people
Traditional Sami folk singing style, which inspired the opening number of Disney’s Frozen
Joik
Native name for Basque, the autonomous community in northern Spain
Euskadi
Ruler defeated by the Basques at the Battle of Ronceveaux Pass
Charlemagne
Island to which the Ainu people of Japan are native
Hokkaido
Region from where the Mayan civilization originated
Yucatan Peninsula of southern Mexico, northern Guatemala, El Salvador
Region to which the Rapa Nui indigenous peoples are native
Easter Island
