Unit 2: Historical Globalization

Question 1

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

Answer 1

historical consequence

Question 2

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

Answer 2

contemporary consequence

Question 3

a period that is often identified as beginning in 1492 when Columbus made first voyage to Caribbean, and ending with WWII

Answer 3

historical globalization

Question 4

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

Answer 4

oral histories

Question 5

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

Answer 5

legacies

Question 6

interaction of diverse cultures and perspectives, which may result in changes in values, beliefs, and traditions

Answer 6

cultural contacts

Question 7

impacts of cultural contact between indigenous and non-indigenous people

Answer 7

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

Question 8

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

Answer 8

depopulation

Question 9

foundations of historical globalization

Answer 9

rise of capitalism, industrialization, imperialism, and eurocentrism

Question 10

an economic system for increasing individual wealth, requiring a relatively free market, open competition, the profit motive, and at least some private ownership of the means of production

Answer 10

capitalism

Question 11

from the 16th to the 19th centuries, a system of government sponsored international business ventures designed to make European monarchs rich

Answer 11

mercantilism

Question 12

a stage of economic development that occurs when the place of production shifts from the home and small craft shops to large factories

Answer 12

industrialization

Question 13

the combination of economic and social changes brought about by the extensive use of machinery in production, especially in Great Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries

Answer 13

industrial revolution

Question 14

a planned economic system in which government owns all means of production and all people work for government-owned and government-run enterprises

Answer 14

communism

Question 15

an association between peoples that intentionally benefits one people over another, often by laying claim to territories inhabited by indigenous or non-indigenous peoples, seizing land and resources through warfare and conflict, and imposing political control

Answer 15

imperialism

Question 16

a belief that European world view is superior to all others

Answer 16

eurocentrism

Question 17

Imperialist policies and practices that affected/affect indigenous people

Answer 17

British and French rule in Canada, Scramble for Africa, British rule in India, post-colonial governments in Canada

Question 18

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

Answer 18

residential schools, loss of indigenous language, civil strife (Oka Crisis), The Congo, apartheid in South Africa