Key Concepts

Question 1

What are the key concepts for unit two?

Answer 1

2. 1 The development and codification of religious and cultural traditions
   - codifications and further development of existing religious traditions
   - emergence, diffusion, and adaptation of new religious and cultural traditions
   - belief systems affect gender roles
   - other religious and cultural traditions continue
   - artistic expressions show distinctive cultural developments
3. 2The development of states and empires
   - Imperial societies grow dramatically
   - techniques of imperial administration
   - social and economic dimensions of imperial societies
   - decline, collapse, and transformation of empires (rome, han, maurya)
4. 3 emergence of trans-regional networks of communication and exchange
   - The geography of transregional networks communication and exchange networks
   - consequences of long-distance trade

Question 2

What are the key concepts for unit three?

Answer 2

3. 1 expansion and intensification of communication and exchange networks
   - Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices in their influence on networks
   - linguistic and environmental contexts for the movement of peoples
   - cross cultural exchanges fostered by networks of trade and communication
   - continued diffusion of crops and pathogens throughout the eastern hemisphere
4. 2 continuity and innovation in state forms and their interactions
   - empires collapse and were reconstituted
   - greater interregional contracts and conflict encourages technology and cultural transfer
   - 3.3 increased economic productive capacity and its consequences
   - increasing productive capacity in agriculture and industry
   - changes in urban demography
   - changes and continuities in labor systems and social structures

Question 3

What are the key concepts for unit four?

Answer 3

4. 1 globalizing networks of communication and exchange
   - intensification of regional trade networks (Mediterranean)
   - trans oceanic maritime reconnaissance
   - New maritime commercial patterns
   - technological developments enabling transit oceanic trade
   - environmental exchange and demographic trends: Columbian Exchange
   - spread and reform of religion
   - Global and regional networks in the development of new forms of art and expression
   - 4.2 new forms of social organization and modes of production
   - Labor systems and their transformations
   - changes and continuities in social hierarchies and Identities
   - 4.3 state consolidation and Imperial expansion
   - techniques of state consolidation
   - Imperial expansion
   - competition in conflict among and within states

Question 4

What are the key concepts of unit five?

Answer 4

5. 1 industrialization and global capitalism
   - industrialization
   - New patterns of global trade and production
   - transformation of capital and finance
   - revolutions in transportation and communication e.g railroads. Steamships
   - reactions to the spread of global capitalism
   - social transformations in industrial societies
6. 2 imperialism and nation-state formation
   - imperialism and colonialism of transoceanic empires by industrializing powers
   - state formation and territorial expansion and contraction
   - Ideologies and imperialism
7. 3 nationalism revolution, and reform
   - The rise and diffusion of Enlightenment thought
   - 18th century peoples develop a sense of commonality
   - spread of enlightenment ideas propel revolutionary movements
   - enlightenment ideas spark new transnational ideologies and solidarities
8. 4 global migration
   - demography and urbanization
   - migration and it’s motives
   - consequences of and reactions to migration

Question 5

What are the key concepts of unit six?

Answer 5

6. 1 science and the environment
   - rapid advances in science spread assisted by new technology
   - humans change the relationship with the environment
   - diseases, scientific innovation, and conflict led to demographic shifts
7. 2 global conflict and their consequences
   - europe’s domination gives way to new forms of political organization
   - emerging ideologies of anti-imperialism contribute to dissolution of empires
   - political changes accompanied by demographic and social consequences
   - military conflicts escalate
   - individual and group oppose, as well as, intensify the conflict
8. 3 new conceptualization of global economy, society, and culture
   - States, communities and individuals become increasingly interdependent
   - people conceptualize society and culture in new ways
   - popular and consumer culture become club

Question 6

What are the key concepts for unit one

Answer 6

1. 1 big geography and the people of earth
   - paleolithic migrations lead to the spread of technology and culture
2. 2 The Neolithic Revolution and early agricultural societies
   - neolithic revolution led to the development of new and more complex economic and social systems
   - agriculture and pastoralism began to transform societies
3. 3 The development and interactions of early agricultural pastoral and urban societies
   - location of early foundational civilizations
   - State development and expansion
   - cultural development in the early civilizations