Terms
The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation
Imperialism
The man who created the theory of capitalism
Adam Smith
What is a negative result of cultural contact?
Depletion of resources, loss of land, displacement of Indigenous peoples, conflict etc
The period between 1750 and 1850 when work became mechanized and began to occur in factories. This brought about dramatic economic, social and cultural change.
Industrial Revolution
Greenpeace is an example of this
NGO (non-governmental organization)
The belief that European values and worldview are the BEST
Eurocentrism
A pacifist who fought against British oppression of Indian people
Mohandas Gandhi
Passed by the Canadian Parliament in 1876 and amended several times since then, this act continues to define who is - and is not - a status Indian.
Indian Act
Trade route in which arms, textiles, and wine were shipped from Europe to Africa, enslaved people from Africa to the Americas, and sugar and coffee from the Americas to Europe.
Triangular trade
2 Indigenous Groups made up the population of Rwanda. 1 being the majority, the other minority.
Hutu majority, Tutsi minority
Something that has been passed on by those who lived in the past.
Legacy
Professional skateboarder from Poundmaker Cree Nation who attended Residential school
Joe Buffalo
A society that is made up of many distinct cultural groups. Canada is an example of this.
Multiculturalism (cultural mosaic)
Refers to a policy of segregating and discriminating against non-whites in South Africa. (100 bonus points if you can name the town in which thousands of students protested against this policy)
Apartheid (Soweto protests)
First Prime Minister of Canada who authorized the establishment of residential schools
John A. Macdonald
Migration of a group of people to settle colonies or trading posts to establish a new settlement
colonization
An Indigenous group of people from Newfoundland whose population was wiped out by 1829
Beothuk
A trading process between Europe and the Americas
The Grand Exchange
Community courts established in Rwanda to try low-level officials and ordinary people accused of taking part in the Rwandan genocide.
A policy followed by European imperial powers from the 16th to 19th century. In colonies, trade was strictly controlled to benefit the economy of the imperial power
In 1700 the British government banned the import of all dyed and printed cloth from India. The British actions crushed the Indian cotton industry. These laws helped contribute to the loss of industry in India. This key term is known as... ??
Deindustrialization
During his rule over the Congo region, this man forced the Indigenous peoples to give up much of their land and to work harvesting natural rubber. People who resisted were brutally punished
King Leopold III
These 2 European imperial nations greatly impacted the lives of Rwandan's
Germany and Belgium
A period of intense social, political and economic change in Quebec. During this period, which lasted from 1960 to 1966, Quebecois began to assert their rights and affirm and promote their language and culture.
Quiet Revolution
Sold into slavery and later freed, his autobiography had a large impact on the abolitionist movement in the United States
Olaudah Equiano