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What is cultural contact?
When two cultures meet
Where was the silk road?
Between Europe, Asia and Africa
What is a colony?
A country owned and controlled by another country
Who had personal rule over the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Followed by?
King Leopold II, Belgium
What does exploitation of resources mean?
Taking resources without properly paying workers and selling them without putting the money towards the country instead use it for personal use
How do European and First Nations worldviews differ in where they place humans? (Hint: Think back to visual)
Europeans put them at the top FN put them equal to everything else
Who benefitted in Mercantilism?
European Monarchs
What is a protectorate?
An area that ruled itself but was guided by a more powerful country
What was OKA?
Fight over the land of a golf course
Burial land vs. Expansion
What do hyperglobalists, globalists, localists, and anti-globalists believe?
Hyperglobalists: believe globalization is rapid, inevitable, and beneficial, creating a borderless world with integrated economies, cultures, and politics.
Globalists: support globalization as generally positive, emphasizing international cooperation, trade, technology, and cultural exchange, while recognizing some challenges.
Localists: prioritize local communities, local economies, and cultural traditions, arguing that decisions and development should be rooted at the local level rather than global systems.
Anti-globalists: oppose globalization, seeing it as harmful to national sovereignty, local cultures, workers’ rights, and the environment; believe it benefits wealthy nations and corporations at the expense of others.
What did the six nations Confederacy have LONG before most European nations?
democracy
What is Laissez Faire and how does it relate to economics?
Leave it alone / Hands off
No government in business
What is Eurocentrism?
The belief that the European way of life was the best
Describe 2 of the negative effects of reserve life
Poor housing
Electricity
Debt
unemployment
What is historical globalization?
Explores how globalization started, how people first interacted with each other and how that led to dependency on others for goods and trade.
State 2 effects of contact on FN peoples that still exist today
Suicide
Unemployment
Loss of identity
What is the "invisible hand"?
Individuals pursuing their own self-interest unintentionally promote the general social and economic well-being of society as a whole. (cheaper prices, better quality..)
Which four provinces created Canada?
N.S
N.B
QUE
ONT
What is the statement of reconciliation?
Apology for residential schools
FN get compensation from the govt
What was the concept of the “White Man’s Burden?”
Belief from the late 1800s and early 1900s that European and American imperial powers had a duty to “civilize” and rule over non-Western peoples. It suggested that colonized groups were inferior and needed Western guidance, religion, and culture.
This idea was used to justify imperialism and colonial expansion, masking exploitation and racism as moral responsibility.
Who were the Beothuk people and what happened to them? How?
• Indigenous people of Newfoundland, living there for thousands of years before European arrival.
• Relied on coastal resources, caribou, and seasonal migration; known for using red ochre to cover their bodies, tools, and dwellings.
• Avoided sustained contact with Europeans but were pushed from resources and territory as European fishing and settlement expanded.
• Suffered from loss of access to fishing sites, violence, starvation, and diseases brought by Europeans.
• Extinction as a distinct people.
Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
What caused the increase of workers in the cities?
Great Britain
Enclosure movement
New factories created many jobs in cities
What was the Indian Act
Defined who was considered an “Indian” and set laws for treatment of FN peoples
State two consequences to students at residential schools who did not follow the rules
Abuse - flogging, ear pulling,
Hold your tongue
Solitary confinement
How much of Africa was colonized by 1914?
Give a reason for this.
90%
Natural resources
Slave labour
power