Social 10-1 Unit 2

Question 1

Imperialism

Answer 1

Extending a countries power through the use of military force. Another way to say taking over

Question 2

Historical globalization

Answer 2

The process historically in which the world becomes more interconnected

Question 3

Mercantilism

Answer 3

Profitable trading. Used in colonization where the colonies traded with the mother country, giving it products for cheap and the mother country giving the same products back for a much more expensive price

Question 4

Capitalism

Answer 4

A form of a country’s trade system In which the private industries make more profit with less public services. Also known as a market economy

Question 5

Grand Exchange

Answer 5

The exchange of ideas, foods and also diseases from Europe to the Americas and the same way back. Occurred in the 1400’s

Question 6

Industrial Revolution

Answer 6

The point in history when the economies went from plant harvesting by hand to huge industries making production easier aswell as more efficient

Question 7

Legacy

Answer 7

The long-lasting effect of events from the past or even in the present that occurred in a persons life

Question 8

Ethnocentrism

Answer 8

The belief that ones own culture and religions are superior

Question 9

Eurocentrism

Answer 9

The European belief that their own culture and religion is superior to all else in the world

Question 10

Depopulation

Answer 10

The mass reduction of population in an area

Question 11

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Answer 11

The total value of goods and services produced in a country in a certain amount of time. Usually within a year.

Question 11

Deindustrialization

Answer 11

The decline of industrial activity

Question 12

Indian Act

Answer 12

Created in 1876 and was used in order to assimilate first nations peoples into a more European society.

Question 13

Status Indian

Answer 13

The legal status of a person registered under the Indian act

Question 13

Residential Schools

Answer 13

A boarding school used in order to assimilate and “kill the Indian” of First Nations children

Question 14

Cultural Mosaic

Answer 14

A mixture of different cultures and ethnic groups that all mix and live together in a society

Question 15

Cultural Pluralism

Answer 15

When a minority in the society co exists with the majority group

Question 16

Multiculturalism

Answer 16

The support of several different cultures and their beliefs as a whole

Question 17

Quiet Revolution

Answer 17

A period of rapid social and political change in Quebec that caused a revolution in the 1960s

Question 18

Gacaca Courts

Answer 18

Courts in place to put people in trial for the Rwandan genocide in 1994

Question 18

Genocide

Answer 18

The mass killing of a specific ethnic group with the hopes to completely destroy them

Question 19

Apartheid

Answer 19

A legalized system that strips a specific ethnic group of their political and civil rights in South Africa

Question 20

Foreign Aid

Answer 20

When one country sends support to another country in need of aid

Question 20

Enemy Aliens Non-Governmental Organizations

Answer 20

A resident in a country that is from the country that they are at war with Ex. during WW1 germans and Ukrainians were called “Enemy Aliens”

Question 21

Gross National Income

Answer 21

Amount of money earned within a nations people