STUDY GUIDE FOR FIRST EXAM IN IDST 2315 – Fall 2004
Study Session Tuesday, 9-21-04 from
5-6 pm IN A&S 3-64
Note: I won't answer all these questions for you at the study session (that's
your task). I will show a few slides and answer SPECIFIC questions that show you
have already worked on them and tried your best to understand.
These are the terms, names, dates and issues that you should know about for the test. Originally these topics and ideas were submitted by students. You should be familiar with all these words, names, and dates, as well as the histories, contexts, class discussions, and other information surrounding each of them. This is NOT a comprehensive list or contract of what will be on the test. Other issues, terms or ideas may be important as well. But if you know all these well, you ought to do well. Most important is to have read all the assigned readings and to know them well (authors, titles, main points, plot summary, characters, etc.) and to have attended all the classes and taken notes on lectures, discussions, and films.
READING CONNECTIONS (note
that you need to know titles as well)
NOTE: You will have to identity and explain why you think quotations came from a given
reading (be prepared to give the author and title).
Native American myths/tales (on reserve in the library)
Cabeza de Vaca
Olaudah Equiano
KEY WORDS / PHRASES
Culture
Sub-culture, Counter-culture, etc.
Ambivalence
Acculturation
Enculturation
Ethnocentrism
Existentialism
Assimilation
Tradition
Worldview
The Giddy Multitude
The Racialization of Savagery
The Other
Virgin Soil Epidemics
IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Prehistory (and how we learn about prehistory)
Ways Indians adapted to (& used wisely/efficiently) their environments (give evidence for each region)
Injustices Indians suffered once they met whites
The effects of diseases on Indians
Which goods (plants, materials, foods, animals, etc.) were new to each side during the "grand exchange"
Effects of encounters between Indians and Whites (both directions)
European influence on Indian culture (and their treatment by the Indians)
The "true" stories of Pocahontas and Squanto
When was Jamestown settled? What kind of settlement was it?
When did the Mayflower land? Who was aboard?
How did the pilgrims (and all early settlers) interact with the Indians?
Why / How was Cabeza's story "extraordinary"?
Adena Mounds, Hopewell Mounds, Mississippian Mounds (characteristics & times frames of each)
Cahokia Mounds (which kind was it, where, when, key characteristics)
King Phillip / Metacomet
The Iroquois Confederacy (name the tribes; where were they; what was significant about them)
Differences between Iroquois and Algonquian tribes
Differences between Pueblo and Navajo tribes
The Five Civilized Tribes (name them; where did they live)
2 main reasons Europeans came to the new world
The Middle Passage
The "hidden origins" of slavery / Indentured Servitude
Racialization of Savagery
The Giddy Multitude
Settlement patterns in West Indies vs. Virginia
Abolition of the slave trade
Court Case of slaves from "La Amistad"
The Trail of Tears
Details of customs and lifestyles of all the Indians Cabeza de Vaca discusses
Details of life in Equiano's African village
Differences between slavery in Africa and among the white (according to Equiano)
DATES
~1000
1492
1528-1536
1607
1619
1620
1676
SLIDES & VIDEOS
From the slide lectures
Characterize Pueblo pottery (name some Pueblos and be able to describe how the pots are made, what materials are used, etc.)
Characterize the major housing style, tools, food and art from each of the following regions: Northeast, Southeast, Plains, Southwest, Northwest Coast.
What are two characteristics of the "Southeastern Ceremonial Complex" (and where was it)? Partial Answer: "The Black Drink," "Hand and Eye" designs, Stylized birds, mounds, belief system
What are some key differences (and similarities) between Pueblos and Navajos?
What are some of the key distinguishing features of Northwest Coast art (or Northeast woodlands art, or Southeastern art or Southwestern art, etc.)?
What is a chief difference between the beadwork of Plains Indians and Northeastern Indians?
Describe the various types of mounds, their time periods, and where major examples of them can be found today.
From The West, Episode One
How/Why are names important to Native Americans?
Why did the Pueblo Indians want to evict the Spaniards and who led them in this?
Describe 5 significant features of Indian women from various tribes
Study your video worksheet/quiz from the film
From Amistad
Who is Cinque? How is he heroic (give several examples)?
What is the trial about?
Why does it matter if the slaves originated in Africa?
What does Spielburg suggest about the Middle Passage (why does he make it so graphic)?
How does the music help the film?
What is some key Christian imagery in the film?
How is Cinque like Christ (and how is he different)?