He 'discovered' the New World thinking he had landed in India.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Name of the 'exchange' that occurred between the Old World and the New
What is the Columbian Exchange?
One of the earliest examples of Historical Globalization
What is the Silk Road?
Country where the Industrial Revolution began.
What is England?
Belgian king who had horrible things done to the people of the Congo.
Who is King Leopold II?
The need for lots of workers in the New World led to this.
What is Slavery/Indentured Servitude?
One of the deadliest diseases that spread to North America from the Columbian Exchange.
What is Small Pox?
One of the most important early inventions
What is the steam engine, printing press, compass?
A feeling of superiority of a dominant culture over a less dominant one.
What is ethnocentrism?
The economic system Europe used during colonialism that favoured protectionism and allowed empires to become rich of their colonies ressources.
What is mercantilism?
What has had the longest lasting negative impact on the Indigenous peoples of Canada.
What are residential schools?
The need for many workers in factories led to this
What is child labour?
The first group of people to actually discover North America First.
Who were the Vikings?
The most devastating impact of the European contact with Indigenous nations.
What is disease?
A name for the three-way exchange of goods, resources and slaves between colonies and the mother country
What is Triangular Trade?
This crisis in Canada is a legacy of British rule associated with land claims.
What is the Oka Crisis?
Expansion of wealth and land ownership was the goal of this.
What is imperialism?
The process by which a dominant culture takes over and eliminates a less dominant one.
What is assimilation?
The document that outlined the practice of the assimilation of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
What is the Indian Act?
This revolutionary promoted independance in India through peace and non-violence.
Who is Gandhi?