Introduction: First Contact Flashcards
globalization
interpretation
meaning
social evolution
social memory
What economic and political circumstances led the Europeans to go out in search of the new worlds that weβve described? How is this related to the history of globalization?
How did the culture of his own time influence how Columbus saw the Native Americans?
How did what the Europeans found in those new worlds influece perception of the history of their own societies?
How would you go about understanding and interpreting things like Hawaiian βtabooβ practices? What else would you need to know in order to understand them?
What is the relation between storytelling and memory?