Transcript Themes of World History

Themes of World
History
World History Core
GEOGRAPHY
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5 Themes of Geography:
LOCATION
 HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL
INTERACTION
 REGION
 PLACE
 MOVEMENT
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GEOGRAPHY: LOCATION
Where is a place???
 Absolute: Latitude and Longitude
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Ex. Maine 45*N, 70*W
Relative: Describes location, where it
is in terms of other areas
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Ex. South of Canada, West of the
Atlantic, and East of Vermont
MAINE
GEOGRAPHY: HUMAN AND
ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
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How have humans adapted, modified,
or depended on the environment.
Adapt: heat homes
 Modify: cut down trees for roads
 Depend: water for drinking
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GEOGRAPHY: REGION
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Are there common characteristics?
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They can be physical: landforms and
climate or cultural: language and
religion.
Physical: Maine is in the Northeast
 Cultural: Maine fishing and hunting
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GEOGRAPHY: PLACE
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What does the area look like?
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Physical: landforms, soil, climate, and
resources
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Physically and in human terms
Maine: Sebago Lake, warm summers
and cold winters, blueberries, apples...
Human: cultures that inhabit an area
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Maine: French Canadian
GEOGRAPHY: MOVEMENT
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How do items move from one place to
another?
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People, goods, and ideas
People: planes, trains, cars, boat
 Goods: planes, trains, boat
 Ideas: newspaper, internet, phones
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Geography Example
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The ancient
Chinese were
protected by
deserts, mountains,
and seas which
helped shield them
from invaders.
INTERACTION WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT
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Since the earliest times humans have had
to deal with their surrounding for survival.
Key Questions:
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How do humans adjust to the climate and
terrain where they live?
How have changes in the natural world
forced people to change?
What positive and negative changes have
people made to their environment?
Interaction with the
Environment
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The ancient
Phoenicians
collected sea shells
from the
Mediterranean Sea.
The shells provided
purple dye that was
popular among Kings
and Queens. The
Phoenicians have
been nicknamed
“The Purple People.”
POWER AND AUTHORITY
History is made by people and
institutions in power.
 Key Questions:
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Who holds the power?
 How did that person or group get
power?
 What system of government provides
order in this society?
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Power and Authority
Example
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Hammurabi, the
Babylonian King,
developed the first
code of law to
provide order in his
empire. The
phrase “an eye for
an eye, a tooth for
a tooth” is
associated with this
code.
RELIGIOUS AND
ETHNICAL SYSTEMS
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Religion and Ethics is usually a guiding
force in decision making throughout history.
Key Questions:
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What beliefs are held by a majority of people
in a region?
How do these major religious beliefs differ
from one another?
How do the various religious groups interact
with one another?
How do religious groups react toward
nonmembers?
Religious and Ethical
Systems Example
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The ancient Indians
from the Indus
River Valley
believed in
animism, or the
idea that all living
things have a spirit.
CULTURAL INTERACTION
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Today and in the past people have shared
ideas ranging from music, food, and
philosophies.
Key Questions:
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How have cultures interacted (trade,
migration, or conquest)?
What items have cultures passed on to each
other?
What political, economic, and religious ideas
have cultures shared?
What positive and negative effects have
resulted from cultural interaction?
Cultural Interaction Example
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The Romans were greatly influenced
by the Greeks, even adopting similar
religious and cultural beliefs.
ZEUS (Greek)
JUPITER (Roman)
ECONOMICS
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How we use our resources (some) scarce,
to meet our needs as a society.
Key Questions:
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What goods and services does a society
produce?
Who controls the wealth and resources of a
society?
How does a society obtain more goods and
services?
Economics Example
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Following the
Crusades, many
merchants used
the trade routes to
the Middle East
resulting in an
increase of
European wealth.
EMPIRE BUILDING
Human desire to grow more powerful,
often through domination.
 Key Questions:
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What motivated groups to conquer
other lands and people?
 How does one society gain control of
others?
 How does a dominating society
control and rule its subjects?
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Empire Building
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Alexander the
Great of Macedon
ruled the land from
Macedon to India.
It was the largest
empire the world
had known at the
time
REVOLUTION
Through history great change has
been achieved by force.
 Key Questions:
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What long-term ideas or institutions
are being overthrown?
 What caused people to make this
radical change?
 What are the results of the change?
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Revolution Example
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The Bolsheviks of
the early 20th
century overthrew
the Czar of Russia
changing the way
the Russian people
were governed.
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
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The endless drive to know more about our
world and to solve problems as they occur.
Key Questions:
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What tools and methods do people use to
solve the various problems they face?
How do people gain knowledge about their
world? How do they use that knowledge?
How do new discoveries and inventions
change the way people live?
Science and Technology
Example
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Johann Gutenberg
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Created the moveable
type
1450
Metal removable
pieces
Durable and quick
way of making books
Made books cheaper
and more available
for the people