Unit 2 Legacies Of Globalization Flashcards
What is legacy
Things passed on by those in the past/previous generations
What is imperialism
Strong countries dominating less powerful areas of the world
What is culture contact
Contact between peoples with different cultures usually lead to change in both systems
What is indentured Labour
Where poor settlers signed contracts for little wages
What is the grand exchange
Trading process that began with columbus bringing goods to and from around world
What is the industrial revolution
Change of handcraft economy to one fominated by industry and machine
What is ethnocentrism
The belief that ones culture is superior to anothers
What is eurocentrism
The belief that european culture was superior to other cultures
Who was missing from the Berlin conference
African representatives
What was the Berlin conference, what did it do?
Meeting of european countries debating on how they would seperate africa to avoid wars
What is the agricultural revolution
A time of high levels of agricultural production without need of people because of industrial technology
What is depopulation
A reduction of population caused by natural or human forces
What is de industrialization
Reduction of industrial capacity or output in a certain region
What is genocide
Killing of large number of people from particular nation or ethnic group with the intent to destroy that group
What are afrikaners
Southern african ethnic group decended from dutch
