Introduction to World Systems and Captain Cook Lecture Notes

Vocabulary flashcards covering theoretical concepts, historical figures, locations, and events discussed in the lecture transcript.

World systems theory

A theoretical framework that describes the modern world through capitalist relations, making distinctions between the core, periphery, and semi-periphery.

Imperialism

A set of relations, policies, and practices of control and power, distinguished from colonialism by its use of direct versus indirect rule.

Agency

Most generally defined as the ability to move or act, which includes resistance to power or oppression.

Ocean worlds

A concept focused on communities occupying ocean spaces rather than mainland landmasses, helping to rethink geography and interactions before European conquest.

Captain James Cook

A British explorer who mapped detailed diagrams of the Pacific Ocean, including New Zealand, Australia, the Cook Islands, and Hawaii.

Kealakekua Bay

The shoreline location on the Big Island of Hawaii where Captain James Cook was killed and where a 27-foot white obelisk monument stands.

Kanata

The name that native Hawaiians call themselves, as described by Aconi Palakat Nelson.

Aconi Palakat Nelson

A native Hawaiian working for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs who advocates for native people and lives across from the Captain Cook monument.

Hampton Sides

The author of the book The Wide Wide Sea, which documents Captain James Cook's third and final voyage.

The Wide Wide Sea

A book authored by Hampton Sides documenting the final and fateful voyage of Captain James Cook.

Cook's Third Voyage

An expedition that left England in July 1776 to travel around the Cape of Good Hope to North America and Alaska in search of the Northwest Passage.

Northwest Passage

The elusive, fabled passage that Captain James Cook was ordered by the Crown to pursue on his third voyage.

Heiau

A sacred Hawaiian temple where Captain James Cook and his men came ashore on the Big Island and were welcomed during a religious festival.

Valentine's Day 1779

The date on which Captain James Cook was killed on the shore of Kealakekua Bay following a dispute over a taken rowboat.

Fatal impact

A phrase used by Pacific Islanders to describe the arrival of Europeans and the resulting death and loss of their culture.

Kuala Walleye

A National Historic Park on the Big Island of Hawaii that was historically known as a place of refuge where rule breakers could get a second chance.

Keola O'Wong

The chief of interpretation and education at Kuala Walleye National Historic Park.

Chief of War

A show starring Jason Momoa that depicts how Hawaiians negotiated power encountered from the West.

Okahiro's Three Worlds

A structural division of history into the Atlantic world, the Pacific world, and the Indian Ocean world.