MMW 11
This Chinese philosophical tradition emphasizes hierarchy, filial piety, and social harmony.
What is Confucianism?
This kind of camel has two humps and is primarily found in the rocky desserts, arid steppes, and cold mountainous regions of Central and East Asia.
What is the Bactrian camel?
The time period that Making of the Modern World 13 covers.
What is 1200 to 1750 CE?
ERC’s required writing and humanities sequence is called this.
What is MMW (Making of the Modern World)?
UCSD is located in this San Diego neighborhood.
This writing system was used in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is Cuneiforms?
This 1517 event, sparked by Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses, challenged Catholic authority.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This 1776 document declared the American colonies’ independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The name of ERC before it was officially named “Eleanor Roosevelt College”
What is "Fifth" College?
This trolley line now connects UCSD directly to downtown San Diego.
What is the Blue Line?
This concept describes how early empires maintained power through a combination of military force and cultural integration.
What is imperialism?
This term describes the network of Afro-Eurasian trade routes that facilitated not only goods but also religious and technological exchange between 100 BCE and 1200 CE.
What is the Silk Road?
This explorer shares a name with a famous callback game.
Who is Marco Polo?
This is ERC’s college motto.
What is "developing world citizens through scholarship, leadership, and service?"
The year UCSD was founded.
What is 1960?
This ancient Indian text outlines duties tied to caste and dharma.
What is the Bhagavad Gita?
The only recognized female empress of China.
Who is Empress Wu Zetian?
The plague was thought to be brought on society because [...] but was really caused by [...]
What is divine punishment?
What is fleas and rats?
ERC’s emphasis on human rights reflects Eleanor Roosevelt’s role in drafting this foundational 1948 UN document
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
UCSD was originally envisioned primarily as a graduate and research institution in partnership with this oceanographic institute.
What is Scripps Institution of Oceanography?
This scripture is divided into chapters known as surahs and verses known as ayahs.
What is the Qur'an?
This state-controlled monopoly on salt production was implemented during Han Dynasty under Emperor Wu.
What is the Salt and Iron Monopolies?
This political theory, articulated by Jean Bodin, justified centralized monarchical authority in early modern Europe.
What is sovereignty?
This was Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name.
What is "Roosevelt"?
This architect designed Geisel Library when it opened in 1970.
Who is William Pereira?