Chapter 6
The worldview that sees the land and its resources as being available for development and extraction for the benefit of humans.
DOUBLE POINTS: What is Eurocentrism?
focusing on European culture or history to the exclusion of a wider view of the world
The economic system that emphasizes private ownership of the means of production and market-driven competition to allocate resources
Capitalism
What was the Scramble for Africa?
Was a period of rapid colonization of the African continent by European powers
an area of land that is legally owned by the federal government but is set aside for the use of a specific First Nations group
A Reserve
The worldview that assert that all life is sacred and that all life forms are connected. Humans are neither above nor below others in the circle of life. Everything that exists in the circle
Indigenous
The exchange of raw materials, goods, and services among distant groups of people (2 words)
International Trade
when a product or service is controlled by one company
Monopoly
What is Apartheid?
racial discrimination was institutionalized. This meant that the government made it legal to separate people based on their skin color.
An act passed by the Canadian government in 1876 and amended (changed) several times since, which makes "Indians, and the lands reserved for the Indians," the responsibility of the government.
Indian Act
Who were the Beothuk?
The Beothuk were the Indigenous people of the island of Newfoundland.
A Eurocentric economic policy whereby European monarchs increased their wealth through international trade
Mercantilism
What is a Cottage Industry?
Cottage industries were the businesses that produced textiles on handlooms by weavers in their homes. Companies would supply the workers with cotton or wool and take away the completed textiles.
What is Imperialism?
laying claim to territories inhabited by Indigenous or non-Indigenous peoples, seizing land and resources through conflict and warfare, and imposing political control.
True or false:
Historically, the Canadian government assigned reserves to First Nations people and not to Métis or Inuit communities.
True
The interaction of two or more independent cultures.
What is Cultural Contact
The highway of the ancient world that transported not only goods, but ideas too
The Silk Road
What were the working conditions like during the Industrial Revolution?
a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers who first arrived in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Afrikaners
DOUBLE POINTS: What does the TRC stand for
Truth and Reconcilliation Commision
When did the Beothuk go extinct?
1829
What did the Europeans use Beaver pelts to make?
Top Hats
When the government does not interfere in business activities; supply and demand are not regulated, or are regulated with only minor restrictions
Free Market
During the religion were the French during the Fur Trade
Roman Catholic
DOUBLE POINTS: How many calls to action are there?
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