chapter 5 and 6 Flashcards
contempory
living or occurring at the same time
bunce island
an island is the sierra leona river
chattel
an item of property other than real estate
middle passage
stage of the triangular trade in which millions of africans were forcibly transported
raw material
the basic material from which a product is made
legacies
something that has been passed on by those who lived in the past
historical globalization
a period that is often identified as beginning in the 1492, when chrisaphor columbus made his first voyage to the caribbean and ending after world war 2 when the USA and the soviet union emerged as superpowers
colonialism
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partical political control over another country, occupying it with settlers and exploiting it economically
colonization
the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area
imperialism
one countries domination over another country’s ecomonic political and cultural insituations
mercantilism
the economic policy of strictly controlling trade within an empire to benefit the imperial power used by eurpean moraches in the 16th - 19th centuries
capitalism
an economic system that advocates free trade competition and choice as a means of achieving prosperity
grand exchange
a trading process that began when Christopher columbus brought seeds, fruit trees and livestocks to the americas where they were cultivated and became staples. In return native north american spices were exported to europe. this ecellange expanded to include different countries/products globally
industrial revolution
the period between 1750 and 1850 when work became mechanized and began to occur in fa tories, the industrial revolution brought about dramatic change
indigenous
originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
commodities
hard assets ranging from wheat to gold to oil
exploitation
the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work
eurocentrism
the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work
ethocentrism
a form of ethnocentrism that uses european ethic, national, religious and linguistic criteria to judge other peoples and their cultures
depopulation
a reduction in population caused by natural or human forces
deindustrialization
the reduction in or loss of industries
indentured workers
is an employee within a system of unfree labour
gross domestic product
GDP - the value of all goods and services a country produces in a year. GDP s often used to measure a countries economy
monarch
a sovereign head of state, especially a king queen or emperor
nationalism
patroitic feeling
civil disobedience
resusal of a citizen to obey certain rules
BC (BCE)
before common era
AD (CE)
common era
name the great eurpoen powers
Britain france spain dutch Portuguese
who was william wilberforce
he was a man who worked hard to get slaverly in canada abolished
abolitionist
a person who wants a practice gone
whats 80/20
80% of the world’s population has 20% of the wealth
20% of the world’s population has 80% of the wealth
indias two countries and relgions
pakistan - muslium
india - hindu
in 1947
two ways the gandhi protested to the britian
made salt and sold it
when he stitched his own clothes
the name of gandhis campaign to have the british leave india
salt march
triangular trade
a trade between europe the caribbean and africa in which the raw materials from the caribbean would go to europe for money and be turned into manufactured goods then those goods would be sent to africa where they were traded for slave which would be sent to the caribbean
globalization con
Threatens the languages
Social disnergation
Smaller businesses struggle
Larger businesses have more complucamots
If one part of the world struggles it could effect everyone
Damage the environment transport
globalization pro
Have more diversity foods and items
Better communication
More supplies
Travel and shipping are easier
Books being made in different languages
factors that helped speed up globalization
cheap labour laws
cheap shipping
