Midterm Review Guide
Collapse
ANT 312
--This is the study guide for the Midterm exam, which will take place on Thursday, October 8, in class. The review session will be Thursday, October 1 in class.
--The exam will be written from this study guide. Please be able to define the following terms and describe how they are important to studying collapses:
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Tragedy of the Commons |
State |
Invisible Hand |
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Malthusian principle of population growth |
Social collapse |
Complex chiefdom |
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Political collapse |
Ecocide |
Resource depletion |
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Catastrophe theory of collapse |
Invasion theory of collapse |
Mystical factor theory of collapse |
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Class conflict/elite stupidity theory of collapse |
Insufficient response to circumstance theory of collapse |
Simple economy |
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Complex economy |
Mana |
Ambilineal kinship |
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Ahu |
Moai |
Pukao |
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Deforestation |
Matatoa |
Birdman cult |
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Hare moa |
Rongorongo script |
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Sargon |
Gutians |
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Ur III dynasty |
Amorites |
Salt |
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Siltation |
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Hammurabi |
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Kassites |
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Neo-Babylonian empire |
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Achaemenid Empire |
Cyrus |
Zoroastrianism |
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Preclassic Maya |
Axis mundi |
Classic Maya |
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Terminal Mayan collapse |
Drought hypothesis (Mayan) |
Warfare hypothesis (Mayan) |
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Calakmul |
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Dos Pilas |
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Classic Hiatus |
Great Tradition |
Cenote |
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Karst |
Petexbatun |
Puuc region |
Please think about the following topics and be able to write essays either about them, or using them as examples:
--Easter Island (
--Economic realities and collapse: Tragedy of the commons, the Invisible Hand, and the Malthusian Principle of population growth
--Mesopotamian collapses (Sargonid, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Achaemenid invasion, or End of Cuneiform (AD 75). When did they happen? How serious were they?
--Mayan Terminal Classic collapse: theories and evidence.
--Mayan warfare and centralization and its role in collapse
--The effects of climate change on collapses: Good Idea or just Temporarily In Fashion?
--What is a collapse, anyway?