CHW3M exam long answer

social legacy (ancient example)

SLAVERY

• for many societies, it was an accepted part of life

• seen as necessary for the functioning of society and economy

• ex:in Rome, slaves provided labour for farming, production, and trades

social legacy (modern example)

MODERN SLAVERY:

• 27 million people are living in slavery today

• children are bought and sold as wives, exploited for domestic labour and s3xual gratification

• children from Ghana harvest cocoa pods and are paid next to nothing

• in India, children work in rough conditions embroidering clothes

• people are starting to boycott brands that use slave labour

• many anti-slavery organizations are working with government

economic legacy (ancient example)

MEDIEVAL GUILDS

• merchant guilds and craft guilds

• established a monopoly on trade

• maintained standards

• stable pricing

• protect rights of guild members

economic legacy (modern example)

UNIONS

• orgnanized group of workers who use their strength to have a voice in their workplace

• gives workers a right to impact wages, work hours, benefits, workplace health and safety, job training, and other issues

• government sets standards for goods and pricing

philosophical legacy (ancient example)

GREEK PHILOSOPHERS

• Socrates, plato, aristotle

• important field of study for the greeks

• explored human existence and purpose

• scientific experiments

philosophical legacy (modern example)

• foundation of western philosophy

• shaped modern ethics

• guides decisions and teaching

• believed best way to learn was through questioning and discussing, still used in schools today

scientific legacy (ancient example)

ISLAMIC MEDICINE

• qur’an says that Muslims have a duty to care for the sick and find cures for every ailment

• hospitals established, paid for by charitable donations

• wrote hundreds of books about medicine and philosophy

• first to understand the respiratory-circulatory system

scientific legacy (modern example)

MODERN MEDICINE

• modern hospitals follow principles of organization and training

• their research methods of observation, experimenting, and record keeping are still used today

• writings are used in medical textbooks

• modern pharmacology built up on their usage of plants for medicine

technological legacy (ancient example)

AQUEDUCTS

• one of rome’s greatest achievements

• transported water over great distances, to and from towns

• 230 miles of underground aqueducts

• used for drinking, irrigation, indoor plumbing, sewer system

• hygiene improved, disease went down

techological legacy (modern example)

PLUMBING

• we technically still use aqueducts today

• water systems are built on the same concept as the romans

• use pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and other structures

• water treatment plants to ensure cleanliness and safety

Everyhting for long answer 5

Social: slavery and modern slavery

Economic: guilds and unions

Philosophical: greek philosophers and modern philosophy

Scientific: islamic medicine vs modern medicine

Technological: aqueducts vs plumbing