Ch. 14 Flashcards
The process of forging international, political, economic, religious, and socio-cultural interconnections and interdependencies
Globalization
The political, economic, and socio-cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign nation
Colonialism
European colonies where local economic resources were expropriated, and the indigneous peoples used as cheap sources of labour
Colonies of Exploitation
European colonies where large numbers of settlers displaced the indigenous groups to become the majority population, marginalizing the Indigenous peoples
Settlement Colonies
The idea that differences in economic development theory may be explained by inherent socio-cultural differences between the rich and poor
Modernization Theory
The idea that the nations of the world are connected in a systematic political and economic network of exchange whereby the wealthy nations exploit the poorer ones
World Systems Theory
Wealthy, technologically advanced nations that produce and exchange capital intensive, complex, consumer products
Core
Poor, developing nations that provide raw materials, agricultural products, and cheap, unskilled labour
Periphery
Industrializing nations that not only export natural resources and agricultural products, but also manufacture and export a variety of industrial goods
Semi-Periphery
What are the three principles of Neo-Colonialism?
Powerful developed countries
International financial organizations
Multinational corporations
Companies that have operations in two or more countries
Multinational Corporations
The dismantling of colonial empires by the withdrawal of colonial powers from their colonies, and the acquisition of self-determination and government in newly independent states
Decolonization
The process of the colonized freeing their minds from the ideologies and cultures of the colonizers and reclaiming their traditional cultures and indentities
Cultural Decolonization
Taking, adopting, and using elements of one culture by members of another
Cultural appropriation
The return of cultural heritage items including art, artifacts, and human remains to their former owners or their descendants
Repatriation