Unit One: Introduction To Global Studies

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B.C.

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before the birth of Jesus Christ

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A.D.

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After the birth of Jesus (annon domin: in the year of the lord)

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BCE/CE

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before the common era
less ethnocentric
value free

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decade

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ten years

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century

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100 years

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Millennium

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1,000 years

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Age/Era

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Broad time period characterized by a shared pattern of life

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Equator

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the line of latitude midway between the North and the South Poles

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Prime Meridian

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the line of longitude at 0 degrees that runs through Greenwich, England

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Latitude

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imaginary lines that circle the globe from east to west

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Longitude

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imaginary lines that circle the globe from north to south

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Hemisphere

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half of the globe; the globe can be divided into Northern and Souther hemisphere or Western and Eastern Hemisphere

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Compass Rose

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indicates the direction of the map

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Scale

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tells the map's proportion relative to the areas's actual size

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Legend/key

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explains the symbols, lines, and special colors on the map

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Cartographer

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a person engaged in the production of maps

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Culture

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a persons unique way of life

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Cyclical time

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time moving in circles/cycles

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linear time

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time moving in a straight line

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Lunar Calendar

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based on the phases of the moon

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Solar Calendar

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based on the earths rotation around the sun

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ethnocentrism

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belief that one's own ethnic group or culture is superior to others

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Primary Source

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documents written during the same time period as an event. They include such things as diaries, newspapers and drawings

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Secondary Source

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documents written that describe an event, person, place, or thing created afterward

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Historians

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an expert or a writer of history

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Fossils

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evidence of early life preserved in rocks or bones

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Prehistoric

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of or pertaining to the time or a period prior to recorded history

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Artifacts

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remains such as tools, jewelry, and other human-made objects

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Archeologist

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scientists who learn about early people by excavating and studying traces of early settlement

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Anthropologists

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scientists who study culture by examining artifacts and re-creating a picture of early people's cultural behavior

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Paleontologists

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scientist who use tools to date fossils

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Mary Leaky

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an archaeologist in the mid-1970s who led a scientific expedition where she and her ream found prehistoric s that resemble those of modern humans

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Hominids

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humans and other creatures that walk upright, such as australopithecines

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Lucy

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the oldest hominid to date, found in 1974 by Donald Johnson and his team in Ethiopia

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Paleolithic Age

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the older and longer part of the stone age

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Neolithic Age

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the new Stone Age

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Homo Sapiens

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the species name for modern humans. Developed from homo erectus

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Nomads

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people who travel from place to place, rather than making permanent shelter

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Hunter-gathers

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nomadic people whos food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plants for food

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Iceman's Tool Kit

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early modern humans who used stones, bones and wood to create over 100 different tools

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Cave Paintings

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prehistoric paintings drawn on the walls and ceiling of caves

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Technology

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the ways in which people apply knowledge, tools and inventions to meet their needs

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Neolithic Revolution

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the major change in human life caused by the beginnings of farming-that is by people's shift from food and gathering to food producing

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Slash-and-burn Farming

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a farming method in whihc people clear their fields by cutting and burning trees and grasses, the ashes of which serve to fertilize the soil

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Domestication

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the taming of animals for human use

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Peters Projection

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advantages - shows the correct areas of landmasses and oceans. Directions are accurate

Disadvantages - distorts the shapes of Africa and North America

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Robinsons Projection

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advantages - accurate size and shape of land and oceans and distances across land

disadvantages - distorts edges of map

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Interrupted Projection

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advantages - shows correct size and shape of land

disadvantages - cuts out oceans

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Mercator Projection

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advantages - directions and land near equator are accurate

disadvantages - not proportionate near poles

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Maps

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avantages - convient, able to zoom in on a certain place

disadvantages - all maps distort the earth in some way

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Globe

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advantages - more accurate

disadvantages - difficult to transport and to zoom

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Arguments for using BCE and CE

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advantages - culturally sensitive, value free, less ethnocentric, still using the same numbers as BC/AD

disadvantages - doesn't really solve the problem, still uses christian pivot points, too difficult/confusing

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bay

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part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land

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cape

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narrow point of land that etends into a body of water

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coast

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land that boarders the sea or an ocean

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delta

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area formed by soil deposited at the mouth of a river

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divide

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ridge that seperates rivers that flow in one direction from those that flow in teh opposite direction

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hill

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area of raised land that is lower and more founded that a mountain

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isthmus

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narrow strip of land joining two larg ladn areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland

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lake

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body of water surrounded by land

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mountain

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high, steep rugged land area taht rises sharply above surrounding land

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mouth of a river

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place where a river empties into a larger body fo water

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penisula

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peice fo land that is surrounded by water on three sides

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plain

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broad area of farly level land that is usually close to sea level

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plateau

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large area of high land that is flat or gently rolling

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river

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large stream of water taht empties into an ocean, a lake, or another river

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river valley

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land drained or watered by a river

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source of a river

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place where a rivr begins

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strait

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narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water

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tributary

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stream or small river that flows into a larger stream or river