Trade & Early Globalization
Imperialism in Action
The Most Important Revolution
Indigenous Experiences
May the 4th be with you
100
A merchant travels between Asia and Europe exchanging silk, spices, and goods along a famous land route.
What route is he using?
What is the Silk Road (or international trade)?
100
A country sends settlers to live on and control land in another region.
What is colonization?
100
A textile factory replaces hand weaving with machines that produce cloth much faster.
What period is this?
What is the Industrial Revolution?
100
Children are taken from their families and placed in schools where they are forbidden to speak their language.
What system is this?
What are residential schools?
100
The Empire takes control of planets, governs them directly, and uses their resources to strengthen its power.
What is imperialism?
200
Two regions exchange goods like furs and tools, benefiting both sides economically.
What is this system?
What is trade?
200
A nation uses military force, takes land, and forces people to work to gain resources.
What broader system is this an example of?
What is imperialism?
200
A farming community gradually shifts as people leave agriculture to work in factories using machines.
What is this change called?
What is Industrialization?
200
A policy is designed to make Indigenous peoples adopt European culture and abandon their own traditions.
What is this policy called?
What is assimilation?
200
Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine systematically hunt down and destroy the Jedi Order in an attempt to eliminate them entirely. 
What is Genocide?
300
When Europeans and Indigenous peoples meet and begin exchanging goods, ideas, and beliefs.
What is cultural contact?
300
A belief that European culture is superior and should guide other societies.
What is Eurocentrism?
300
An economic system where businesses compete freely and individuals own property.
What is capitalism?
300
Land is set aside for First Nations, but the government controls how it is used.
What is this called?
What is a reserve?
300
When humans, Wookiees, and other species meet and begin exchanging ideas and customs for the first time. 
What is cultural contact?
400
The set of beliefs and values that shape how people understand the world. Different societies interpret the same event differently based on their beliefs and experiences.
What is a worldview
400
After conflicts with Indigenous peoples, Britain issued a law in 1763 to organize land and relationships. It sounded like protection of rights but really was for control.
What is the Royal Proclamation of 1763?
400
A system where colonies exist mainly to provide wealth and resources to the mother country. The system is based around having more exports than imports the make the king/kingdom rich.
What economic system is this?
What is Mercantilism?
400
A law defines who is considered “status Indian” and controls many aspects of First Nations life.
What is this law called?
What is the Indian Act?
400
The Empire believes its way of life is superior and imposes its control over other planets without considering their cultures.
What is Ethnocentrism?
500
A system where goods move from Europe to Africa, enslaved people to the Americas, and raw materials back to Europe.
What is the transatlantic slave trade (or triangular trade)?
500
In the late 1800s, European nations rush to claim land in Africa to avoid losing power to rivals.
What is this event called?
What is the Scramble for Africa?
500
A factory owner replaces skilled workers with machines, lowering costs but causing job loss and protests.
What is this process called?
What is mechanization?
500
A First Nation group in Newfoundland disappears after disease and conflict with Europeans.
Who are they?
Who are the Beothuk?
500
The Empire takes resources from outer planets and sends them back to the central government while limiting trade.
What is mercantilism?