Historical Globalization Terminology Flashcards
Missionarism (White Man’s Burden)
The Eurocentric view that non-Europeans needed to be “civilized”
Slavery
People are bought and sold as property
Indentured Service
People are bound by long term contracts
Conscripted Labour
Forced labour
Genocide
The deliberate killing of a large group of people
Racism
The belief that there are racial differences and that certain races are naturally superior to others
Social Darwinism
Application of the principle of “survival of the fittest” to social interaction
Social degeneration “gone native”
The European term to describe European assimilation into a non-European culture
Mercantilism
A protectionist policy that created a form of command (controlled) economy
Eurocentric
viewing the world from a European perspective and promoting European values and beliefs as preeminent
Ethnocentrism
Viewing the world from a known cultural perspective and promoting those values and beliefs as preeminent
What is the term for
The Eurocentric view that non-Europeans needed to be “civilized”
Missionarism (White Man’s Burden)
What is the term for
People are bought and sold as property
Slavery
What is the term for
People are bound by long term contracts
Indentured Service
What is the term for
Forced labour
Conscripted Labour