Vocab

Question 1

Imperialism

Answer 1

a policy of extending a countries power through diplomacy of military force

(colonialism is a method of imperialism)

Question 2

the silk road

Answer 2

a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE to mid 15th century

Question 3

Mercantilism

Answer 3

government controlled trade, the idea that a nations wealth is best served by trade

Question 4

The grand exchange/triangle trading

Answer 4

a mass trading of goods from the old world to the new (sped up globalization)

America —-(raw materials)—> Europe—(manufactured goods)—> Africa—-(slaves)—> America

Question 5

Trading

Answer 5

the transfer of goods and services from one country to another

Question 6

Industrialization

Answer 6

the development of industries on a wide scale

Question 7

capitalism

Answer 7

an economic and political system where a countries trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

Question 8

Apartheid

Answer 8

In South Africa, a system of segregation or discrimination based on race

Question 9

Ethnocentrism

Answer 9

The belief that ones culture, country, or ethnicity is superior to another

Question 10

Eurocentrism

Answer 10

the idea that European society is superior

Question 11

Reconciliation

Answer 11

a restoration of friendly relations

Question 12

Deindustrialization

Answer 12

decline of industrial activity (India)

Question 13

Industrial revolution

Answer 13

the change from an agrian (farming based) society to an industrial society

Question 14

assimilation

Answer 14

when a minority culture adopts the majority culture and is absorbed into it

Question 15

cultural genocide

Answer 15

the systematic destruction of a culture

Question 16

genocide

Answer 16

the killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group

Question 17

accommodation

Answer 17

accepting or making space for another culture

Question 18

acculturation

Answer 18

modification of a group by adapting or borrowing traits from another culture (similar to assimilation)

Question 19

integration

Answer 19

to incorporate or combine cultures

Question 20

inter-generational trauma

Answer 20

trauma that is passed down in effect of the psychological trauma faced

Question 21

exploitation

Answer 21

treating someone unfairly to benefit off their work

Question 22

colony

Answer 22

a country or area under the political control of another country

Question 23

colonialism

Answer 23

the policy of acquiring full or partial political control over another country or area

Question 24

depopulation

Answer 24

a substantial decline in the population of an area

Question 25

protectorate

Answer 25

a state that is controlled by another place

Question 26

white mans burden

Answer 26

the idea that white people need to impose their civilization on the inhabitants of their colony

• believe they are helping them become more civilized

Question 27

residential schools

Answer 27

government sponsored religious schools that were established to assimilate indigenous youth