Introduction

Question 1

five main themes

Answer 1

• interactions between humans and their environments
• development and interactions of cultures
• state building, expansions, and conflict
• creation, expansion, interactions of economic systems
• development and transformation of social structures

Question 2

interactions between humans and their environments

Answer 2

• demography
• migration
• patterns of settlement
• technology

Question 3

development and interactions of cultures

Answer 3

• religions
• belief systems
• philosophies and ideologies
• science
• architecture

Question 4

state building, expansions, and conflict

Answer 4

• building of governments/empires
• political structures
• empires
• nations
• nationalism
• revolution
• regional/trans regional structure organization

Question 5

creation, expansion, interactions of economic systems

Answer 5

• trade
• agriculture
• production of livestock
• trade
• commerce
• labor system
• industrialization
• move from fatalism to communism, etc.

Question 6

development and transformation of social structures

Answer 6

• gender roles in relations
• family, kinship
• social and economic classes