Imperialism And Age Of Exploration

Question 1

Mercantilism

Answer 1

An economic theory suggesting a fixed amount of wealth in the world. Therefore a nation’s prosperity and power depends on its success in accumulating wealth through exporting more than it imports (intended to benefit European powers (mother country) but not entirely disadvantageous to colonies because it provided protective means for early development) but the dependency co tributes to enforced control and enslavement of many people and cultures

Question 2

Triangle trade

Answer 2

It’s the slave trade so Europeans would extract slaves from Africa and move them to parts of the us (like New England) to work and then the raw material (resources) would go back to Europe so it’s like the shape of a triangle

Question 3

Age of exploration

Answer 3

Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of trading partners, resources (ex. Gold and silver), and new trade routes.

Causes: need for goods, curiosity, colonization

Consequences: spread of disease, slave trade, white man’s burden, etc.

Question 4

Residential Schools

Answer 4

A means of assimilation of First Nations people into European culture (early 1870s- 1996)

Question 5

Indian Act

Answer 5

1876 Canadian gov’t policy designed for assimilation

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Question 6

Truth and reconciliation commission

Answer 6

A truth and reconciliation commission organized by the parties to the Indian residential schools settlement agreement- part of a holistic and comprehensive response to the charges of abuse and other ill effects for First Nations children. (Child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice)