Unit 1 Questions Flashcards
What is worldview?
Worldview is the complex of motivations, perceptions, and beliefs that we internalize and that strongly affect how we interact with other people and things in nature
What are three ways of obtaining information from the past?
- Archaeology- study of human society through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data
- Written history- written documents by people who have witnessed events back then
- Oral history- stories passed down from generation to generation
What are the common cultural characteristics of all aboriginal groups in history?
- religion/spirituality
- communication with spirits
- use of materials in natural world
- emphasis on trade relationships
- women held higher social status then European women
- child rearing was more relaxed with no punishments
How do the two theories of how aboriginal Canadians arrived on the continent help explain the diversity of prehistoric and historic aboriginal nations?
Both the Beringia and coastal route theories are not incompatible. It is possible that there were different movements into North America at different times by different people l. This help explains diversity
Followed animals and tracked them down different paths at different times
Why is aboriginal oral tradition largely ignored by historians in the study of pre-historic aboriginal history, especially given its importance?
It is ignored by historians because it is very spiritual and has more credibility then what archaeologists say
What are six different regional territories that aboriginal people in Canada occupy?
- Pacific coast First Nations
- Plateau First Nations
- First Nations of the MacKenzie and Yukon River Basin
- Plains First Nations
- Woodland First Nations
- Iroquoian First Nations
Definition of worldview in your own words?
A particular conception of the world based on motivations, perceptions, and beliefs
How does Robert redfield describe metropolitan worldview?
- they have an emotional detachment between people and the realms of nature
- animals trees rocks etc are thought to be inanimate
How does Robert redfield describe indigenous worldview?
- belief that humans are not separate from nature and the supernatural
- everything is living and should be cared for
How is the circle of life different than a contemporary hierarchy of creation?
The circle of life presents stories of re creation and creation that shows all life goes in a circle where as contemporary see life as a straight path of goals and short journeys until death
Why was self esteem the most important foundational value elders try to provide to children?
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How was developing self esteem in children achieved?
Through four things:
- Significance- allow children to fit in their community in a positive way
- Power- power to make mistakes and learn from them
- Competence- allow children to be masters of their craft
- Virtue- tipi teachings
Why is volition or free will valued as one of the most important parts in balancing our intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and physical domains?
Volition is key for the medicine wheel because it is truly through your own will that you balance all four elements of the universe in your wheel
Having free will is key to keeping our own balance because everything is intertwined
If everythjng is balanced we’ll fit in the world better
What are the reasons why countries would colonize other lands?
Counties colonize other lands to quest for new land, to gain power, and to find more/new resources
Also Europeans were trying to find a new route to china for trade (the northwest passage)
What are some of the pros and cons to European colonization on turtle island?
Pros- both places had materials the other needed like the FN had fur and medicine and the Europeans had guns which were helpful for fighting
The Europeans coming also brought English and Christianity to Canada
Cons- fight for land, FN lost land
Europeans brought allergies and diseases
