Midterm | HY 103 - WORLD HISTORY TO 1500, Quizzes of World History

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TERM 1 San People DEFINITION 1 San people; hunter-gatherers; Pre-classical beginnings to present; South Africa; Gender equality, Nisa was San (they give us glimpse into the deep past) TERM 2 Teosinte DEFINITION 2 Native American peoples (MesoAmericans); Corn ancestor; 4000-3000 BCE (starting to be modified by agricultural revolution; Mesoamerica; major feat in genetic engineering of foods (bigger corn cobs and we love corn), mans influence over nature, symbol of the ag. revolution TERM 3 Ag Rev DEFINITION 3 China, Peru, Switz, Egypt, Mesopotamia; domestication of plants and animals; 11,000 BP-4000 BP; Same as who; we use all of these technologies today, this feeds everyone now TERM 4 Chiefdoms DEFINITION 4 people of agricultural village societies; political organizations; 6000 BCE; Mesopotamia (and all over); starting of political organization on larger scale (development of political units) TERM 5 Norte Chico DEFINITION 5 Norte Chico people; unique civilization, less specialization, writing (quipu), economy, small cities (25 in 30 mile coastline), less warfare; 3000 BCE- 1800 BCE; Peru; unique (show that civilizations all emerged differently); 1 of 7 origins of civilization; origins of Peruvian civilization TERM 6 Uruk Writing Tablet DEFINITION 6 Mesopotamia; writing tablet used to keep track of Beer payments; 5000 BP (3000 BCE); Mesopotamia; development of writing system, shows that early writing was bureaucratic (power), phonetic writing systems begin to emerge (alphabet) TERM 7 Civilization DEFINITION 7 scholars; implies civil and barbaric, too vague, solidity (no self-identification with civilization) TERM 8 Hierarchies of Class DEFINITION 8 first civilizations; system of hierarchy dividing the common from the exceptional; 3000 BCE; wherever first civ. was; introduced workforce and assigned people roles outside of agriculture TERM 9 Sons of Heaven DEFINITION 9 ancient Chinese emperors; ancient Chinese emperors; 1046- 771 BCE; China; practice divine right (helped unify many parts of China), authorized to perform sacrifices and rituals to keep cosmos in balance (religious kingship), one of first to practice divine right TERM 10 Paneb DEFINITION 10 Egyptian criminal; tomb maker, scandal; 13th c BCE (1200s BCE); Egypt; bribery and corruption, he also give us a glimpse into lower class life TERM 21 Imagined Communities DEFINITION 21 Benedict Anderson; community too large to know everyone, (actions, knowledge/morals, and symbols); 1983; everywhere; it shows how communities form into larger communities throughout time TERM 22 Chinese Examination System DEFINITION 22 Gentry; Exam system for government service, prompts the creation of academies (colleges) that study the Confucian classics; Han Dynasty; China; Defines early Chinese social order (gentry, farmers, artisans, merchants), Imagined community top-down construction TERM 23 Yellow Turban Rebellion DEFINITION 23 Peasants; flooding famine epidemics lead to rebellion, people wear yellow scarves for unity, 360,000 soldiers, enforcement of the Mandate of Heaven; 2nd C. (100s); started the end of the Han dynasty, sets dynastic pattern (for how they fall), Imagined community constructed from below TERM 24 Ge Hong DEFINITION 24 Chinese scholar; military general, researched immortality, alchemy; 3-4th C CE; China; good view of Chinese tradition (combines Confucian and Daoist principles), view into the end of the Han TERM 25 Caste as Varna and Jati DEFINITION 25 People of India; sections and subsections of social order in India (Varna: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya, Sudra) Jati are associated with occupations, Karma moves through these via reincarnation, rigid because its hard to move upward; Classical Era; India; caste systems still prevalent in some parts of India, localized India (loyalty to Jati over everything else) TERM 26 Weapons of the Weak DEFINITION 26 Roman slaves; small scale theft, sabotage, getting back at the Master/the Man, 32-40% slaves in Roman society; classical era; Roman empire; shows class system of ancient Rome (slaves built Rome), example of imagined communities, directions of power (from below) TERM 27 Is Dr Who a religion? DEFINITION 27 the Dr; religion is a system of symbols that creates a general order (Geertz), this is an imagined community; now; BBC broadcasting; gives an example of how religions and belief systems start, Imagined community, (people know its fictional), (still gives ethical background) TERM 28 Reading against the grain DEFINITION 28 scholars; read beyond intention; recently; everywhere; gives us insight beyond explicit intention, (law about adultery doesnt mean adultery isnt happening) TERM 29 Myth of Continents DEFINITION 29 scholar and historians; history is separated by water (the myth), same continent same community (part of the myth), no or limited intercontinental interactions; 1990s; everywhere; because its a myth that clouds our judgement, TERM 30 King Ezana DEFINITION 30 King of Axum; Converts to Christianity in the 4th C (300s); 300s; Red Sea region; demonstrates the myth of continents, shows the globalization of civilization through trade and taxation, also shows the origins of Ethiopian Christianity TERM 31 Australian Aboriginal Peoples DEFINITION 31 AAPs; Australian hunter-gatherers 250 languages, remain hunter-gatherers until 1780s, Dreamtime; 60,000 BP arrived in Australia; Australia; Unity in diversity among migrant peoples, mountain not timeline history, distance in migrations TERM 32 Pre-Classical Era DEFINITION 32 Humanity; Emergence of homosapiens, Global Migration, Revolution in farming and herding, First civilizations; 250,000 BP-500 BCE, 250,000 BP Humans Emerge, 100,000 BP leaving Africa, 11,000 BP ag begins, 5500 BP (or 3500 BCE) TERM 33 Banaue Rice Terraces DEFINITION 33 Ifugao people; rice terraces; around turn of common era (year 1CE-ish); Philippines; its like history (layers) TERM 34 Primary vs Secondary Sources DEFINITION 34 Primary = created in the time and place, Secondary is about the time and place TERM 35 Participation vs Project Assignments: DEFINITION 35 Participation is informal, project formal; Participation 40%, project 30%; A Projects=Alicia Keys (almost)