Ideas or Things IDS

Question 1

Human evolution

Answer 1

adaptive changes in the Homo sapiens (humankind’s) ancestral lineage

Question 2

Biological evolution

Answer 2

the change over time in populations of related organisms

Question 3

Cultural evolution

Answer 3

Cultural change over time

Question 4

Paleo anthropology

Answer 4

Study of human origins

Question 5

Colonialism

Answer 5

Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.

Question 6

The scramble for Africa

Answer 6

The European’s flurry of colonializations in Africa.

Question 7

The Berlin conference

Answer 7

Meeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing Africa (1884-85)

Question 8

Ethnocentrism

Answer 8

Belief in the superiority of one’s nation or ethnic group.

Question 9

Nationalism

Answer 9

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country

Question 10

Triangular trade

Answer 10

A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s
Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa

Question 11

Middle passage

Answer 11

A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas

Question 12

Cold war

Answer 12

the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War I

Question 13

European Union

Answer 13

An organization of European nations that has reduced trade barriers within Europe

Question 14

The euro

Answer 14

European currency

Question 15

NATO North Atlantic treaty organization

Answer 15

military alliance formed to counter Soviet expansion (1949-)

Question 16

Warsaw pact

Answer 16

An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO. 1955-1991

Question 17

UN United Nations

Answer 17

an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security

Question 18

MAD (mutually assured destruction)

Answer 18

the idea that the superpowers will not use nuclear weapons in war because they would destroy the world

Question 19

Universal declaration of human rights

Answer 19

A 1946 United Nations covenant binding signatory nations to the observance of specified rights.

Question 20

UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees)

Answer 20

An organization that handles immigration and emigration of refugees and IDPs.

Question 21

IDP

Answer 21

someone who has had to leave their home but stays within their country

Question 22

Malnutrition

Answer 22

Lack of proper nutrition

Question 23

Monotheistic

Answer 23

the religious belief in one god/deity

Question 24

Polytheistic

Answer 24

the religious belief in many god/deity

Question 25

Refugee

Answer 25

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

Question 26

Democracy

Answer 26

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

Question 27

Theocracy

Answer 27

A government controlled by religious leaders

Question 28

Monarchy

Answer 28

A government ruled by a king or queen

Question 29

Egalitarian society

Answer 29

A society in which people have about the same rank and share equally in the basic resources

Question 30

Hierarchical society

Answer 30

A society in which some people have greater access than others to wealth, rank, status, authority, and power.

Question 31

Dehumanization

Answer 31

The deprivation of human qualities, rights, or understanding.

Question 32

Columbia’s exchange

Answer 32

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.

Question 33

Mosque

Answer 33

A Muslim place of worship

Question 34

Quran

Answer 34

The holy book of Islam

Question 35

Torah

Answer 35

First five books of the Hebrew Bible (Jewish religious text)

Question 36

Muslim

Answer 36

A follower of Islam

Question 37

Hinduism

Answer 37

A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who täkes many forms

Question 38

The Silk Road

Answer 38

An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea

Question 39

Animism

Answer 39

Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.

Question 40

Urbanization

Answer 40

People movie to cities.

Question 41

Caste system

Answer 41

A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life

Question 42

Literacy rate

Answer 42

The percentage of a country's people who can read and write.

Question 43

Developed countries

Answer 43

countries with strong economies and a high quality of life

Question 44

Developing countries

Answer 44

countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life

Question 45

Archipelago

Answer 45

A group of islands

Question 46

Isthmus

Answer 46

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

Question 47

Population pyramid

Answer 47

A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex in a country.

Question 48

Migration

Answer 48

A movement from one country or region to another