Unit 2 Review

Question 1

Define: Cultural Contact

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Which aspect of globalization MOST OFTEN is affected by cultural contact?

Answer 2

Social Globalization

Question 3

Pros and Cons to cultural Contact

Answer 3

Pros:
-New ideas
-New inventions
-Sharing of knowledge
-Trade

Cons:
-Assimilation
-Colonization

Question 4

Define: Colonialism

Answer 4

the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically

Ex: Canada, USA, African countries

Question 5

Which aspect of globalization MOST OFTEN is a driving force for people to want to colonize?

Answer 5

Economic- MONEY AND RESOURCES

Question 6

What kind of effect can colonialism have on MODERN DAY society?

Answer 6

Loss of language, loss of culture, assimilation, exploitation of resources, more diverse group of people

Question 7

Define: International Trade

Answer 7

The interchange of raw materials and manufactured goods among distant groups of people

Ex: China trading with Canada

Question 8

Which aspect(s) of globalization is connected to international trade?

Answer 8

Economic (resources and money)
Political (alliances with other countries)

Question 9

Define: Mercantilism

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Provide an example of mercantilism

Answer 10

Britain taking raw materials from Canada (furs) and sending them back to the Mother Country (Britain) to be turned into luxury goods (coats/hats) and sold for MONEY

Question 11

Which aspect of globalization most closely aligns with mercantilism?

Answer 11

Economic

Question 12

Name more than one country that Mercantilism was used within

Answer 12

Canada, USA, China, India, Mexico, All of the countries in Africa

Question 13

Define: Capitalism

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What are the pros and cons to capitalism?

Answer 14

Pros:
Increases economic growth
Hard working people will succeed
More jobs
More money being donated to research and charities
MONEY

Cons:
Exploitation of workers
Rich become rich while the poor become poorer
Equal opportunities do not exist for all people
Selfishness (no donation to charities or research)

Question 15

Which historical event led to the take over of Capitalism?

Answer 15

The Industrial Revolution

Question 16

Define: The Industrial Revolution

Answer 16

Industrialization (shifting from craft shops to large industries) began in Britain in the 18th century. It used mercantilism, and the exploitation of goods from other countries to expand.

Question 17

How is the Industrial Revolution related to globalization AND capitalism?

Answer 17

The Industrial Revolution allowed countries like Britain to produce a large amount of goods quickly with the exploitation of workers, which in turn, allowed Britain to trade these goods internationally (globalization) and make tons of money doing so (Capitalism)

Question 18

Define: Imperialism

Answer 18

Imperialism is the process in which a rich and powerful country gains control over other countries. Imperialism escalated in the 17th and 18th countries, as Europe was very competitive for power and prestige

Question 19

Which aspect of globalization was the BIGGEST motivation for imperialism?

Answer 19

Economic: countries wanted to increase their wealth by exploiting their colonies

Question 20

How did imperialism impact people differently?

Answer 20

The Imperialist countries were able to gain a lot of wealth (positive), the colonies were exploited for their resources and often felt the effects of assimilation (negative)

Question 21

Provide 2 examples of how imperialism has affected modern-day society

Answer 21

1) Residential Schools
2)Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
3)Unfair working conditions in the Congo
4)Racism towards black people in the USA
5)High suicide and incarceration rates of people of colour

Question 22

Define: Paternalistic

Answer 22

treating or governing a people in a fatherly way, especially by providing for them without giving them rights and responsibilities

Question 23

Explain the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

Answer 23

A type of mercantilism in which people were taken from their homes in Africa (mostly) and sold as slaves to people living in the European colonies

Question 24

Explain the Oka Crisis

Answer 24

A land dispute in the 90s where the government of Canada wanted to build a golf course on Indigenous land. The indigenous peoples protested for their land, which in turn, ended-up creating hostility between the government and the Indigenous. The Indigenous people (Mohawk) ended the protest peacefully, and the golf course was never built.