Chapter 8: Identity
What is Pan-Arabism?
the idea the arab speaking countries in the MENA region should come together as a unity due to shared language and history which transcends ethics and religious boundaries.
What is a kingdom?
territorial unit ruled by a monarch
What are the Silk Roads?
What are human rights?
a set of norms and principles with universal application to guide behavior and interaction
What is Environmentalism?
The belief that the environment deserves protection and restoration for its general condition and status.
What is Islamism?
The idea that Islam has all the answers to questions of modernity
What is a constitutional order?
order based on a constitution
What were the goods that were traded in the silk roads the most?
silk threads, gold, silver, spices, metals, etc.
What is the cold war?
a period of active rivalry between the US and Soviet Union (SU), based on ideological differences. The confrontation remained "cold" with the exception of "hot" proxy wars in the developing world.
What is Environmental Justice?
A form of justice focused on developing and upholding rules and regulations to protect the environment for all people.
Why was the notion of Islamic Modernism and the following ideologies come from?
The destabilization of the ottoman empire
What is feudalism?
is rule based on a hierarchy of patrons who are tied to clients, who in turn can act as patrons to others.
What is the imperiogenesis theory?
Imperiogenesis Theory attempts to explain the formation of mega-empires through the confrontation between nomadic (pastoralist) and sedentary (agricultural) populations, which sparks a new cycle of organization and confrontation.
What is the presentist perspective?
The idea that only the present matters and the experience of today is the standard to measure all things.
What is Environmental Determinism?
The idea that pre-existing environmental conditions determine the subsequent development of society.
When was Pan-Islamism?
Who proposed humanism and what did humanism begin with?
Began with Petrarch as a celebration of human interactions with nature.
When did the silk roads end?
1405
What is Democratic Peace Theory?
theory posits that democracies do not fight wars against each other. The concept of democratic peace has greatly influenced foreign policy, with the promotion of democracy seen as a deterrent against war.
What is Nuclear Imperialism?
Imperialist activities that establish and maintain control over nuclear production and output at the cost of local communities in developing nations.
Who came up with Islamic Modernism?
Al Afghani
What contributions did humanists make to history?
Humanism highlighted the importance of the humanities in universities, providing a new methodology for the study of history.
Why did they end?
after the collapse of the ottoman empire
What is Vietnam Syndrome?
A perception among US Cold War hawks, following the defeat in Vietnam (1954-1973), that the American public had become overly wary of military interventions.
What is the Anthropocene?
The current geological epoch in which human activities have made an imprint on the Earth's surface through radioactive fallout, microplastics, heavy metals, and influencing the global climate.