Themes of World History

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Themes of World History

• World History Core

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GEOGRAPHY

• 5 Themes of Geography
• LOCATION
• HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION
• REGION
• PLACE
• MOVEMENT

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GEOGRAPHY LOCATION

• Where is a place???
• Absolute Latitude and Longitude
• Ex. Maine 45N, 70W
• Relative Describes location, where it is in
  terms of other areas
• Ex. South of Canada, West of the Atlantic, and
  East of Vermont

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MAINE
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GEOGRAPHY HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

• How have humans adapted, modified, or depended on
  the environment.
• Adapt heat homes
• Modify cut down trees for roads
• Depend water for drinking

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GEOGRAPHY REGION

• Are there common characteristics?
• They can be physical landforms and climate or
  cultural language and religion.
• Physical Maine is in the Northeast
• Cultural Maine fishing and hunting

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GEOGRAPHY PLACE

• What does the area look like?
• Physically and in human terms
• Physical landforms, soil, climate, and resources
• Maine Sebago Lake, warm summers and cold
  winters, blueberries, apples...
• Human cultures that inhabit an area
• Maine French Canadian

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GEOGRAPHY MOVEMENT

• How do items move from one place to another?
• People, goods, and ideas
• People planes, trains, cars, boat
• Goods planes, trains, boat
• Ideas newspaper, internet, phones

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Geography Example

• The ancient Chinese were protected by deserts,
  mountains, and seas which helped shield them from
  invaders.

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INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

• Since the earliest times humans have had to deal
  with their surrounding for survival.
• Key Questions
• How do humans adjust to the climate and terrain
  where they live?
• How have changes in the natural world forced
  people to change?
• What positive and negative changes have people
  made to their environment?

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Interaction with the Environment

• The ancient Phoenicians collected sea shells from
  the Mediterranean Sea. The shells provided
  purple dye that was popular among Kings and
  Queens. The Phoenicians have been nicknamed The
  Purple People.

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POWER AND AUTHORITY

• History is made by people and institutions in
  power.
• Key Questions
• Who holds the power?
• How did that person or group get power?
• What system of government provides order in this
  society?

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Power and Authority Example

• Hammurabi, the Babylonian King, developed the
  first code of law to provide order in his empire.
  The phrase an eye for an eye, a tooth for a
  tooth is associated with this code.

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RELIGIOUS AND ETHNICAL SYSTEMS

• Religion and Ethics is usually a guiding force in
  decision making throughout history.
• Key Questions
• What beliefs are held by a majority of people in
  a region?
• How do these major religious beliefs differ from
  one another?
• How do the various religious groups interact with
  one another?
• How do religious groups react toward nonmembers?

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Religious and Ethical Systems Example

• The ancient Indians from the Indus River Valley
  believed in animism, or the idea that all living
  things have a spirit.

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CULTURAL INTERACTION

• Today and in the past people have shared ideas
  ranging from music, food, and philosophies.
• Key Questions
• How have cultures interacted (trade, migration,
  or conquest)?
• What items have cultures passed on to each other?
• What political, economic, and religious ideas
  have cultures shared?
• What positive and negative effects have resulted
  from cultural interaction?

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Cultural Interaction Example

• The Romans were greatly influenced by the Greeks,
  even adopting similar religious and cultural
  beliefs.

ZEUS (Greek)
JUPITER (Roman)
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ECONOMICS

• How we use our resources (some) scarce, to meet
  our needs as a society.
• Key Questions
• What goods and services does a society produce?
• Who controls the wealth and resources of a
  society?
• How does a society obtain more goods and
  services?

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Economics Example

• Following the Crusades, many merchants used the
  trade routes to the Middle East resulting in an
  increase of European wealth.

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EMPIRE BUILDING

• Human desire to grow more powerful, often through
  domination.
• Key Questions
• What motivated groups to conquer other lands and
  people?
• How does one society gain control of others?
• How does a dominating society control and rule
  its subjects?

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Empire Building

• Alexander the Great of Macedon ruled the land
  from Macedon to India. It was the largest empire
  the world had known at the time

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REVOLUTION

• Through history great change has been achieved by
  force.
• Key Questions
• What long-term ideas or institutions are being
  overthrown?
• What caused people to make this radical change?
• What are the results of the change?

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Revolution Example

• The Bolsheviks of the early 20th century
  overthrew the Czar of Russia changing the way the
  Russian people were governed.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• The endless drive to know more about our world
  and to solve problems as they occur.
• Key Questions
• What tools and methods do people use to solve the
  various problems they face?
• How do people gain knowledge about their world?
  How do they use that knowledge?
• How do new discoveries and inventions change the
  way people live?

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Science and Technology Example

• Johann Gutenberg
• Created the moveable type
• 1450
• Metal removable pieces
• Durable and quick way of making books
• Made books cheaper and more available for the
  people