Introduction to Global History Flashcards
What is history?
History is the study of change over time.
What does a primary source mean?
A primary source is any type of materials that specifically talk about a certain topic and won’t talk about anything else, but may reference other things that happened in history.
Why is a primary source important to make history?
A primary source is important to make history because historians can get a more detailed understanding of what caused an event and the consequences of that event.
What does a secondary source mean?
A secondary source is one that was created later by someone that did not experience firsthand or participate in the events in which the author is writing about.
Why is a secondary source important to make history?
A secondary source helps you to understand more about a person’s life as well as how and why an historical event happened.
How does geographic perspective and using continents impact your world view?
Geographic perspective and continents impact my worldview because I was brought up and taught a different way compared to people across the world. I can have different opinions on where I think somewhere is, or what it’s called.
What is the Neolithic Revolution and why was it important?
The Neolithic Revolution was an agricultural revolution, and was significant/important because the revolution changed people’s mindset on how we as humans live our normal days.
What is the difference between hunting and gathering vs. agriculture/farming?
The difference between hunting and gathering vs. agriculture/farming is that hunting means using things like spears and/or bows and arrows, and man made weapons to hunt animals, and gathering means collecting berries from bushes and trees, and agriculture/farming is like growing crops and raising livestock.
What is the concept of civilization?
A civilization is a complex human society, usually made up of different cities, with certain characteristics of cultural and technological development.
What does revisionist history mean?
Revisionist history means writing coexisting, diverse, and sometimes sharply clashing accounts of various subjects, accounts that challenged and sought to alter what had been written about them before.
Who was Otzi?
Otzi was an iceman that was found on a mountain and has currently been the most examined corpse in the world.
What was the Mercator projection?
The Mercator projection was a projection of a map of the world on to a cylinder in such a way that all the parallels of latitude have the same length as the equator, used especially for marine charts and certain climatological maps.
What does worldview mean?
Worldview means a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world.
What does archaeology mean?
Archaeology means the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
What does anthropology mean?
Anthropology means the study of human societies and cultures and their development.
