WHAP Unit 0: Overview

Overview, Not IN-DEPTH

What are the seven parts the WHAP themes are broken down into?

Social, Political, Interactions with the environment, Cultural, Economic, Technology, and Timeline

What are some key questions to ask about the Social theme?

How do people interact with each other individually and in groups? (class, family, race, gender, etc.)

What are some key questions to ask about the Political theme?

How do states and people gain and use power? (authority, use of power, government, etc.)

What are some key questions to ask about Interactions with the environment?

What does this cause? (demographics/population, migration, resources, etc.)

What are some key questions to ask about the Cultural theme?

How do people develop their beliefs, values, and identities and how do they express it? (religion, social structure, art, science, etc.)

What are some key questions to ask about the Economic theme?

How do people produce, exchange, and consume goods and services? (labor - whether free or coerced, production, trade, etc.)

What are some key questions to ask about the Technology theme?

What do people create to benefit themselves? (innovation/inventions, developments, ideas, etc.)

What was writing initially used for?

Graphical usages like tracking grain availability or money collected

What caused the formation of the first minor empires?

Cities uniting, especially those with common religious beliefs

What is the Neolithic/Agricultural Revolution?

The transition from hunter-gathering to farming

What are some examples of civilizations that formed around rivers?

Nile River Valley, Yellow River Valley, Indus River Valley, river valleys in Mesoamerica, and river valleys in the Andes Mountains

What followed the formation of civilizations around rivers?

Hierarchies, with elites creating new systems and laws, coinciding with the invention of writing

Why are belief systems essential to remember?

Due to their lasting impact into 1200 AD and beyond in cultural continuities and interactional changes

What are some early kinds of traditions or trends?

Polytheism, Animism, and Ancestor veneration

Name the 7 religions that are important to remember.

Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam

What are the key values of Confucianism?

Respect to elders; filial piety, unequal relationships, education.

Where did Confucianism spread?

Korea, Japan, South East Asia (Vietnam, Laos, etc.)

What are the key values of Daoism?

Respect of nature, social harmony or giving up humanity for nature.

What are the key beliefs of Hinduism?

Each person has there own duty or dharma, along with the caste system, karma, and reincarnation.

Where did Hinduism spread?

South and South East Asia.

What are the key beliefs of Buddhism?

Nirvana or enlightenment that people can achieve, branched off Hinduism due to rejection of caste system. They also have a universal religion type ideology.

What are the key beliefs of Judaism?

One God, and loyalty and obedience to this one god, with promises between God and the people, and to care for those who can’t themselves.

What are the key beliefs of Christianity?

Either life by following gods teaching, or death by not; with Jesus being the Son of God while sacrificing himself for the sins of the people; individual relations with god and a commitment to morality.

Why did Christianity spread far?

Due to being the second universal religion, spread very far with lots of converts due to their openness and missionaries.

What are the key beliefs of Islam?

A surrender and giving up to God; the 5 pillars of the peoples duty.

Why did Islam spread?

Due to being the third universal religion, spread to Asia and North Africa.

What are the 3 M's, and hoe did they help spread religion?

Missionaries, Merchants, and Militaries

Name some empires from the lecture notes.

Persia, China, Phoenicians, Greeks, Mesoamerica, and Andes

What were some causes of fighting based on religion in the lecture notes?

Fighting between Christians and Muslims along Europe and the Arabian Peninsula, and fighting with Muslims and Hindus in South East Asia.

What are the key components of a City?

Art, Trade, Religion, and Government

What are the key Social aspects of a civilization?

Hierarchy/Roles, like Politician, Merchant, Warrior, Crafter, Laborer, and Slaves

What are the 3 reasons that lead to a city's collapse?

Overextension, Internal Disputes, and Invaders

What is the Technology theme in WHAP?

Focuses on innovations, inventions, developments, and ideas that benefit people.