RI 2 (ch. 5-8)

Question 1

Some think that globalization began with _______ ________, the Mongolian warrior-ruler

Answer 1

Genghis Khan

Question 2

What is the Silk Road?

Answer 2

• network of caravan tracks linking Asia and Europe
• goods and ideas spread

Question 3

Name an example of an idea spread on the Silk Road?

Answer 3

The Indo-Arabic number system

Question 4

What is imperialism?

Answer 4

It refers to one country’s domination of another country’s economic, political, and cultural institutions

Question 5

Some say historical globalization began when ____________ _______________ made his first voyage to the Caribbean in _________.

Answer 5

Christopher Columbus; 1592

Question 6

Who created the printing press? What role did it have in globalization

Answer 6

Johannes Gutenberg created the printing press, which had a big role in spreading new ideas about science, religion, politics, etc. across Europe

Question 7

During the rise of a European middle class, _______ became more important.

Answer 7

Trade

Question 8

What are some Middle Eastern technologies that Europeans drew on?

Answer 8

• large, square sails and the lanteen
• navigational tools
• gunpowder (China)

Question 9

What is mercantilism?

Answer 9

• strict control of trade for colonies
• colonies could not import goods from any country other than the mother country
• exports > imports
• raw materials shipped to home country

Question 10

Name an example of people resisting mercantilism.

Answer 10

The American Revolution; the US became an independent country

Question 11

True or false: European Imperial powers believed their customs, culture, and beliefs were equal to those of the Indigenous peoples.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

European diseases led to indigenous ____________.

Answer 12

Depopulation

Question 13

First Nations experiences a__________ and a___________ during historical globalization

Answer 13

Acculturation and assimilation

Question 14

First nations and Europeans initially had a trading relationship. What was traded?

Answer 14

Europeans received furs in and gave the First nations tools, cooking utensils, weapons, etc in return

Question 15

Who was Las Casas?

Answer 15

He was a Spanish man who believed that the Indigenous peoples were the true owners of the land where they lived. He was disgusted by the cruelty that occurred.

Question 16

What is chattel slavery?

Answer 16

Chattel = possession
Chattel slavery meant that the slaves and their descendants were the private property of their owner. Chattel slaves had no legal standing as human beings

Question 17

Who was Oladuah Equiano?

Answer 17

• he was kidnapped and enslaved
• learned to read and write and then bought his freedom
• published a book and joined a movement to abolish slavery

Question 18

What is indentured labour?

Answer 18

The worker would agree to work for little to no pay for about 4-7 years, then the worker was free.

Question 19

What is the Grand Exchange/Columbian Exchange?

Answer 19

• began with Columbus returning to the Americas with goods and resources
• trading process
• goods imported and exported between primarily the Americas and Europe
• European diseases also came to the Americas

Question 20

Explain the Industrial Revolution.

Answer 20

• between about 1750 and 1850
• the era where industry became mechanized
• enabled Europeans to travel far and wide
• had economic, social, and cultural effects on the world
• began in Britain when the steam powered engine was invented
• new machines were large, expensive, and required many workers to operate (traditional craftspeople were driven out of work)

Question 21

What is a legacy? Name some examples

Answer 21

Something that has been passed on by those who lives in the past. Includes political structures, oral histories/stories, artifacts, and cultural traditions/celebrations

Question 22

What is ethnocentrism?

Answer 22

“ethnic” + “centre”; refers to a way of thinking that centres on one’s own race and culture. Ethnocentric people believe that the only valid worldview is their own. They judge others based on their beliefs, customs, and traditions

Question 23

What is eurocentrism?

Answer 23

A form of ethnocentrism that focuses on European ethnic, national, and linguistic criteria.

Question 24

Explain the Scramble for Africa.

Answer 24

• late 19th century: large parts of Africa remained independent
• 1884: The US and 15 European countries divide Africa among themselves.
• they wanted to avoid conflicts, protect trade routes, and gain control of the Africa’s natural resources
• no consultation of Indigenous peoples

Question 25

__________ histories tell of Indigenous peoples’ (Africa) responses to European arrival. Give an example

Answer 25

Oral
eg. vumbi (Portuguese ships arriving at the Congo River)

Question 26

King Leopold and the Congo

Question 27

Name a legacy of imperial rule

Answer 27

• languages and makeup of the population

Question 28

Legacies of migration (19th/20th centuries)

Answer 28

• eg. 40% of migrants in Canada were British
• affected British imperial rule

Question 29

Legacies of the displacement of the Indigenous peoples

Answer 29

• civil war
• starvation
• destroyed cultures and communities

Question 30

What is the Emancipation Act of 1833

Answer 30

• the British abolitionist movement won and slavery was abolished throughout the empire

Question 31

After slavery was abolished in the British Empire, what kind of labour took over? what effects did this have?

Answer 31

• indentured labour took over (mostly from India)
• resulted in depopulation of India

Question 32

What proclamation got rid of slavery in the US?

Answer 32

The Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

Question 34

The British East India company (BEIC) and Gandhi