Global II - Basic Bootcamp
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37 Terms
economist
a person who studies or specializes in the interaction between humans and their recourses
political scientist
a person whose specialty is the study of the governments and how they work
sociology
the study of society, social institutions, and social relationships
psychology
study the way a person or group thinks
turning event
something big that causes a significant change
psychology
study the way a person or group thinks
anthropology
the study of human races, origins, societies, and cultures
archaeology
a science that deals with past human life and activities by studying the bones, tools, etc of ancient people
bias
preference or unfair prejudice against something that stops someone from being neutral
decade
10 years
century
100 years
b.c
before christ on a timeline
a.d
anno domini - “in the year of our lord” -christianity
c.e
common era
b.c.e
before common era
geography
the study of people, their environments, snd resources available to them
location
tells where a place is on the surface earth by using longitude and latitude
latitude
up/down
longitute
left/right
prime meridian
an imaginary line that runs south to north through england
equator
0 degrees latitude, divides east and west
hemispheres
halves of the earth
river valley
a great place to start a civilization in ancient times (tigris, euphrates)
mountains/desserts/rainforests
a barrier to travel
islands
isolate cultures from other cultures
rivers
transportation routes
plains
flat fertile lands, good for farming, attracts invaders
ice
prevents sea trade for much of the year
following herds
in the modern world people flee wars, religious persecution, and are looking for jobs
regions
physical, political, economic, cultural
cities/organized govt/compex religion+philosophy/job specialization/social classes/art and architecture/public works/system of writing
8 basic features of civilization
animism
belief: living and non living beings have spirits (ancestor worships)
location: africa
shintoism
belief: spirits (kami) live in nature
location: japan
hinduism
belief: reincarnation
location: india
buddism
belief: all people suffer, 4 noble truths, eightfold path
location: india - china, japan, asia
confucianism
belief: five relationships, morality, education, good government
location: china, taiwan, korea, japan, and vietnam
taoism
belief: follow the way of nature
location: china/taiwan