Chapter 1

Question 1

Central Texas / Panhandle (ecological zone)

Answer 1

Grasslands or short grass plains

Question 2

East Texas (Ecological Zone

Answer 2

Humid Pine Forest

Question 3

South Texas

Answer 3

Semitropical Riverine Environment

Question 4

Material History

Answer 4

When historians look at something from the past, and can tell a story.

Question 5

History

Answer 5

The study of the past / people and technology across time.

Question 6

Histography

Answer 6

The history of history / The history of how history is told.

Question 7

Historical Mindness

Answer 7

Appreciation of the past. Recognizing and appreciating backstories.

Question 8

Presentism

Answer 8

Being biased to the pasts, because one is only looking at the present. / Judging the past, because we are in the present.

Question 9

Exceptionalism

Answer 9

Pride in place that can lead to ignorante behavior, or wars.

Question 10

Actor/Agency

Answer 10

How historians refer to people in history. / People with power.

Question 11

The law of unattended consequence

Answer 11

History that surprises you. / Unprecedented events in history.

Question 12

Environmental Imperialism

Answer 12

People who control the environment, that believe they hold power./ Those who control the environment/resources/habitat.
Ex. Oil, water, rice, grains

Question 13

Identity

Answer 13

Who you are, who I am, and whom we perceive one another to be.

Question 14

Coat-Switching

Answer 14

Hiding one’s real identity with another.

Question 15

Othernesses

Answer 15

Projecting stereotype identity.