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