World History- Terms 1

Presentism

Viewing past attitudes and ideas in a present-day manner, ignoring their prior context

Racism

An ignorant bias and discrimination to members of another "race", often seen as color or belief

Ethnocentrism

The belief that one's way of life or belief is all that matters, refusing to interpret other groups

Orientalism

A Western perspective of the orient, viewing their practices ignorantly and stereotypically

Sexism

Discrimination against another gender: typically, towards women

Primary Sources

Firsthand observation and documentation of an event or time

Secondary Sources

Interpretations of events based on ideas seen firsthand wrote at a later date