HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

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HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

NAME:

After reading McNeill's Preface and Chapter 1 and Lecture 1: Easter Island and Lecture

2: 1491 answer the questions below.

HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

The number (in parenthesis) before the question

number indicates how many points each question is worth – for a total of 135 points.

(8) 1. What does McNeill's title "Something New Under the Sun" refer to? What is this

"new" thing under the sun – new in the 20th Century (1900's)?

HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

ANSWER:

(8) 2. WHAT DOES McNeill say (QUOTE him and give a Page Number) that leads you

to believe this is what he means by "something new under the sun"? Be sure to choose

a quote that explains what is new in the 20 th  century, do not choose an expression,

metaphor or other vague quote.

HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

Your quote can be 1-3 sentences long.

ANSWER:

(8) 3. Do you agree that this is new AND why or why not?

ANSWER:

McNeill and Lecture 1

(15) 4. How is modern 20 th  century man on Earth different from what occurred on Easter

Island? Be very specific! When comparing two things be sure to describe each of the

two things and explain why this is a difference.

HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

Your answer should be at least 3

sentences long and include specific examples.

ANSWER:

(15) 5. How is modern 20 th  century man on Earth similar to what occurred on Easter

Island? Be very specific! When comparing two things be sure to describe each of the

two things and explain why this is a similarity.

HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

Your answer should be at least 3

sentences long and include specific examples.

ANSWER:

(15) 6. If the people on Easter Island had recognized the effects of their actions on their

environment early enough, what could they have done differently/what changes could

they have made to their culture and behaviors to make life on the island sustainable?

Try to think of 3 changes, one each related to shelter, food, and culture.

HIST 200

Be specific.

Your answer should be at least 3 sentences long.

ANSWER:

Lecture #2: 1491

What are Primary and Secondary Sources? Primary sources: materials that were

created at the time the event occurred or materials created by those who experienced

the event.

HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

These materials include letters, speeches, diaries, newspaper articles from

the time period, interviews with people who were around when the event occurred,

documents, photographs, and artifacts such as tools, weapons, clothing from the time

period. Secondary sources: materials that were created after the event.

HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

These materials might tell you about an event, person, time or place, but they were created by someone

not from the time period. Secondary sources can include history books, school

textbooks, encyclopedias,

History magazines, websites, and documentaries.

Are the following primary or secondary sources? Highlight or underline the correct

answer (or delete the incorrect answer)

(5) 7. A biography of Theodore Roosevelt written in 2001 Primary Secondary

(5) 8. An autobiography written by Benjamin period. Secondary

(5) 9. Photographs of Civil War soldiers in their camp Primary Secondary

(5) 10. Letters written by Abraham Lincoln Primary Secondary

(5) 11. A documentary on PBS about World War I Primary Secondary

*** Historians write about history based on both primary sources and secondary

sources.

HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

“For example, a textbook on early American history written in 1980 can be

regarded as a primary source for historians’ attitudes in 1980 as well as a secondary

source on the colonists’ attitudes in 1774.” (From The Nature of History Reader, edited

by Jenkins, K. and Munslow, A., 2004)

(8) 12. Using the example above, (***) what would be a primary source for colonists’

attitudes in 1774? (You can make up a realistic example; you do not have to identify an

actual existing example.)

ANSWER:

(8) 13. Now consider Lecture #2/ the 1491 article by Charles Mann. (Like a Club

Between the Eyes – page 2) What would be an example of a primary source for life in

the Plymouth Colony? Why is that a primary source?

ANSWER:

(8) 14. What would be a secondary source for life in the Plymouth Colony? (You can

choose one from the 1491 article, or find one online, or describe a general kind of

secondary source)

ANSWER:

(4) 15. In the 1491 article, in the “Novel Shores” section, Charles Kay, a wildlife

biologist, tells us that the keystone species of American ecosystems was what species?

ANSWER:

(5) 16. How does Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson define a keystone species? (You

can quote so long as you use “quotation marks”)

ANSWER:

HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

(8) 17. What 4 other species increased or exploded in population when the American

keystone species was removed/drastically reduced?

HIST 200 SUNY at Buffalo Environmental History Questions case study

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