Imperialism
Sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492
Christopher Colubus
Indian lawyer who led peaceful protests across India to end the British Raj
Mahatma Gandhi
European economic system based on gaining wealth at the expense of other nations/colonies
Mercantilism
Motivations for the colonization of Africa
Gold, Glory, God
Luxury good that was a key aspect of the Trans-Atlantic Fur Trade
Beaver pelt top hat
Population of Indigenous people who made first contact in the Caribbean
The Taino People
Portuguese explorer who established the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
Nation that established colonies around the world for personal gain
Mother Country
Meeting between 15 nations that decided colonial powers over Africa
The Berlin Conference
European explorer who made first contact with modern day Canada
John Cabot
Root vegetable that used to be buried in graves alongside people by the Incas
Potato
Portuguese explorer who reached India by ship for the first time
Vasco da Gama
Economic system that advocates for free international trade and free markets
Capitalism
Racial classification reason and motivation used by Europeans to justify their actions and colonization
Eurocentrism/ethnocentrism
Canadian government institutions created to assimilate and convert Indigenous children
Residential Schools
Animal that was introduced by the European to North America that is seen as integral to depicting "Cowboy Era" Indigenous people
Horse
Company name that established trade between Europe and India for the first time (short name)
British East India Company
Wrote the book 'The Wealth of Nations'
Adam Smith
The name of the Belgian leader that colonized Congo and used brutal punishment methods for harvesting rubber
King Leopold II
Two main Indigenous groups that lived in Canada pre-contact with Europe
First Nations & Inuit People
The two names for the central ocean area where most trade took place amongst Europe, the Americas, and Africa
The Middle Passage
The Triangulation of Trade
Reason why the Sepoy soldiers refused to use the rifles provided by the British Army - they had to bite the tip off - what was the conflict?
Went against their Hindu and Muslim religions
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Imperialism
The two ethnic groups that were pitted against each other in Rwanda due to racial classification policies administered by Belgian colonial powers
Hutus & Tutsis
Mass assimilation federal legislation passed in 1876
The Indian Act