What was at least one positive and one negative impact of cultural contact between Europeans and the First Nations peoples?
Negatives: depopulation, assimilation, disease, displacement
Long term impacts of imperialism include:
Destabilization, one-crop economies, cultural suppression, population relocation, artificial boundaries
This was central to the Boethuk people's lifestyle. They mainly survived off of this area of the environment (and this was also linked to their food source)
What are marine resources (fishing)
A European belief that they are superior to everyone else in the world.
Eurocentrism
This country was governed under the harsh reign of King Leopold II. It’s main export was rubber, and citizens faced harsh penalties if they didn’t meet quotas
The Congo
King of Belgium (r. 1865-1909). He was active in encouraging the exploration of Central Africa and became the ruler of the Congo Free State (to 1908).
An act passed by the government in 1876, and amended several times. Pertains only to First Nations peoples, not Métis or Inuit
The Indian Act
This nation was originally colonized by the Dutch, but eventually came under British rule before gaining independence. It instituted the policy of _______, which legalized segregation
SOUTH AFRICA, apartheid