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Article Summaries Religion in Australia-Australia/Oceania
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Article Summaries Religion in Australia-Australia/Oceania
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Peru People, Culture, Festivals People, Culture, Festivals?occupy an important position in Peru.? Most of the?People of Peru?are mestizo. Mestizo is an?admixture?of Amerindians and Peruvians of European ancestry.The rate of the Peruvians of European ancestry is 15 %. A small number of African, Japanese, and Chinese ancestries are also found in Peru. Spanish and Quechua are the two?official languages?of Peru.Christmas,?Corpus Christi?or Holy Week, etc. are thefestivals of Peru. Harps, lutes, guitars, bandurrias, vihuelas, etc. are the instruments which are used in the music of Peru. Ingredients like maize, potatoes, tomato, etc. are used in the?Cuisine of Peru. Ceviche, lomo saltado, etc. are some the distinctive ?dishes?of Peru.
Buddhism
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Origin: Buddhism was founded in approximately 566 BC when an Indian prince named Siddartha Guatama later known as The Buddha, was born. He went around teaching people of his ways for 45 years. He began his spiritual quest at the age of 29, which lead 6 years later to his enlightenment under the Bodhi tree or the tree of wisdom at Bodh Gaya in Northern Indian. The Buddha means "the enlightened one". He lived to the age of about 80 and when he died he had about 500 disciples. Classification: Is neither monotheistic nor polytheistic, does not depend on the existence of a God who created the universe. Universal religion. Branches/Divisions: Nikaya, Mahayana, and Vajrayana
Christianity
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Origin: Christianity has its basis in Judaism. The first part of the Bible, the Old Testament, is the Torah from Judaism. The second part of the Bible, the New Testament, is written by the disciples of Jesus about God, Jesus, and his teachings. According to Christianity, Jesus is the Messiah and is the son of God who was sent to Earth to die on the cross for our sins. Classification: monotheistic; universalizing Branches/Divisions: Denomination (from the Amish to The Way), meta-group (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism...), wing (conservative, mainline and liberal), religious family ( Adventist, Baptist, Lutheran, Reform...), systems of belief (Arminianism, British Israelism, Calvinism)
Major Themes - Lord of the Flies
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Individualism vs. Community
Developments in Europe from 600 BCE to 600 CE
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Developments in Europe from 600 BCE to 600CE A. Restructuring of European economic, social, and political institutions 1. Economic a. West 1. Before fall of Roman Empire, small landowners already selling off land holdings to larger estates i. Many people left urban for rural protection ii. Trade continued to decline ? political order disintegrated 2. Early part ? towns shrink in size 3. 500-1500 Middle Ages ? Medieval 4. 500-1000 Dark Ages ? judgmental, inaccurate 5. Manorialism/Feudalism ? European social, economic, political system i. Estates ? fiefs/manors ii. Form of unfree agricultural labor iii. Method of harnessing peasant labor 1. Ensure steady food supply 2. Different than slavery a. Can not be bought or sold b. Could pass on property to heirs
Early Belief Systems Ap World History
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Basic features of major world belief systems prior to 600 C.E. and where each belief system applied by 600 C.E. Polytheism Belief in many gods/goddesses Early peoples ? in awe of nature ? blessing/curse Relationship with land/weather Totemism ? identification of self with various animal symbols shamanism ? identification with unseen spirit worlds ?dreamtime? ? Aboriginals Shinto ? Japan Animism ? belief that gods and goddesses inhabited natural features Africa, islands of Polynesia Worship of ancestors and fertility Fertility ? soil/women Class of people emerged to oversee rituals/guide people priests/shamans held important positions Space dedicated for early rituals ? temples first buildings Some regional, some transplanted Nomadic as well as early river civilizations
World History notes
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Foundations: c. 8000 B.C.E.?600 C.E. Major Developments Locating world history in the environment and time Environment Geography and climate: Interaction of geography and climate with the development of human society a. Five Themes of Geography ? consider these 1. Relative location ? location compared to others 2. Physical characteristics ? climate, vegetation and human characteristics 3. Human/environment interaction ? how do humans interact/alter environ a. Leads to change 4. Movement ? peoples, goods, ideas among/between groups 5. Regions ? cultural/physical characteristics in common with surrounding areas b. E. Africa first people ? 750,000 years ago started to move 1. moving in search of food
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? PAGE ?78? Chapter ? DOCPROPERTY "ChapterNumber" ?11?: ? DOCPROPERTY "ChapterTitle" \* MERGEFORMAT ?Inner and Eastern Asia, 400?1200? Chapter ? DOCPROPERTY "ChapterNumber" ?11?: ? DOCPROPERTY "ChapterTitle" \* MERGEFORMAT ?Inner and Eastern Asia, 400?1200? ? PAGE ?79? CHAPTER 10 Inner and East Asia, 400?1200 seq NL1 \r 0 \h INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter students should be able to: 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Understand the role of Buddhism and its relationship to the Tang state, and the reasons for and results of the backlash against Buddhism in the late Tang and Song periods. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Discuss the history and the significance of the relationships between China and its neighbors, including Central Asia, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
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