Themes of World History and Geography

Topics of World History:

• Power and Authority - Who rules and how

• Religious and Ethical Systems - What is the relationship between people and the Spirit World and what is our relationship with each other.

• Revolution - Change:  What changes and how

• Ecology - Human/Environment Interaction

• Economy - How we make a living

• Cultural Interaction - Culture Contact, Cultural Borrowing, Cultural Diffusion, Cultural Conflict, or Culture Change

• Empire Building - How the empire was built, how the empire was ruled, and what happened to the empire.

• Science and Technology - The tools, knowledge, and inventions used by people to survive.

Topics of Geography:

• Location - Where something is on the planet.  One can use relative location which is where something is in relation to another known location

• Place - What that location looks like.  Another way to say this is environment

• Movement - The trio of people, goods, and ideas change locations and affect the face of the earth

• Ecology - Human/Environment Interaction or how we affect the environment and how the environment affects us

• Region - The vast areas of the planet that have commonalities such as Latin America where everyone speaks Latin