Unit 2 Historical Globalization

Question 1

the effect, result, or outcome of something that occurred in the past.

Answer 1

historical consequences

Question 2

happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the present time period.

Answer 2

contemporary consequences

Question 3

a period that is often identified as beginning in 1492, Christopher Columbus made his first voyage to the Carribean, and ending after WWII.

Answer 3

historical globalization

Question 4

inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times; indigenous.

Answer 4

Aboriginal

Question 5

the memories of living people about events or social conditions which they experienced in their earlier lives told orally.

Answer 5

oral histories

Question 6

something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past.

Answer 6

legacies

Question 7

Foundations of historical globalization

Answer 7

rise of capitalism
industrialization
imperialism
Eurocentrism

Question 8

An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.

Answer 8

• rise of capitalism:

Question 9

The process in which a society or country (or world) transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services.

Answer 9

• industrialization:

Question 10

the creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination. (another word used is colonialism)

Answer 10

• imperialism

Question 11

the practice of viewing the world from a European perspective

Answer 11

• Eurocentrism

Question 12

impacts of cultural contact between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples:

Answer 12

exchange of goods and technologies
depopulation
influences on government
influences on social institutions

Question 13

the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all).

Answer 13

• depopulation

Question 14

imperialist policies and practices that affected/affect indigenous peoples

Answer 14

• British rule in India
• British and French rule in Canada
• post-colonial governments in Canada
• Scramble for Africa
• USA today
• Apartheid

Question 15

contemporary global issues that have origins in policies and practices of post-colonial governments in Canada and other locations:

Answer 15

• consequences of residential schools:
• social impact on indigenous peoples:
• loss of indigenous languages:
• civil strife: (i.e. the Oka Crisis, Idle No More Campaign, The Congo, Ipperwash)

Question 16

Attempts to address consequences of imperialist policies and practices on indigenous peoples in Canada and other locations:

Answer 16

• apologies
• financial settlements
• allowing self-determination