Definitions
Everything becoming the same and ignoring cultural diversity
Homogenization
The primary federal law the government uses to govern Indian status
The Indian Act
Gold, Glory, God
Residential schools took away the autonomy of indigenous people and led to the disappearance of culture and generational trauma. What year did the last one close?
1997
What two international organizations were created at Bretton Woods?
The IMF and the World Bank
The name of the economic process where the mother country forces colonies to farm raw goods, manufactures them, and sells them back to the colony
Mercantilism
Set the governing structures for negotiating with the Indigenous people of Canada, referred to as the "Indian Bill of Rights"
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
What are the four types of globalization?
Social, political, economic, environmental
This event led to people working in factories, citizens moving into towns, and children working dangerous jobs
The Industrial Revolution
What makes the European Union different from NAFTA?
The EU is a political and economic agreement which allows citizens to travel freely between countries and requires all member countries to use the same currency, NAFTA is strictly a trade agreement.
Improving quality of life and human well-being without exceeding planetary boundaries
Sustainable Prosperity
The law that protects the French language in Quebec
Bill 101
The White Man's Burden is an example of what type of thinking?
Eurocentrism
Europe's desire for silk led to the creation for the Silk Road, but what is one good that China got in return?
Glass, grapes, cotton, wool, gems, ivory, horses
NAFTA was renegotiated and renamed USCMA. Who wanted to change the terms and why?
Trump, thought the US was giving up too much and they were losing too many jobs to Mexico
The process by which individuals or groups adopt the traits of a dominant culture while still retaining elements of their original cultural identity
Acculturation
The system Christopher Columbus instituted which allowed Spanish colonists the right to force Indigenous people into labour and instruct them in the Catholic faith
Encomienda System
What are the three forces of globalization?
Trade, transportation, communication technology
The Seven Years War was one of the deadliest conflicts ever, and is sometimes called the First World War. What battle ended it?
The Battle for the Plains of Abraham
What is the biggest argument against the WTO?
It gives more power to the developed countries, favours capitalism, and takes away the autonomy of developing countries
The existence of more than one culture in society
cultural pluralism
Slavery was outlawed in the United States with the passing of which amendment?
13th Amendment
The thinker that believed in a free economy, little government intervention and private property
John Maynard Keynes
The British East India Company was forced out of India in 1858 due to a rebellion. What caused this rebellion?
Bullets greased with pork and beef fat that would have made Mughal soldiers defy their religion
What are THREE conditions of a Structural Adjustment Program?
Privatize businesses, remove all trade barriers, reduce government control of the economy, devalue currency, reduce all government spending, lay off government workers, increase exports, reduce imports