AP World History Unit 6 - Lesson 6.6

African slave trade

________ was biggest diaspora in history, but often diaspora are due to poverty, famine, or family conditions.

Penal Colony

________: Settlements established for the punishment of criminals.

Indentured Servants

Those who worked for a set number of years before becoming free, often people who were from poor communities or in debt

Penal Colony

Settlements established for the punishment of criminals

Diaspora

movement/migration of people from an established homeland

Kangani system

labor recruitment system in Ceylon and Malaya with a foreman who oversees workers and recruited from extended family

Emigrate

to leave ones country in order to permanently settle in another

Great Famine

period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration due to massive destruction of potato crop in Ireland between 1845 and 1849

Colonial Service

British government services

Gentlemens Agreement

1907-1908 agreement between the US and Japanese governments to limit Japanese immigration to the United States as well as end anti-immigration beliefs

Taiping Rebellion

Revolt against the Qing dynasty in China. Tensions caused by religious conviction and economic problems.

Japanese Colonization Society

Policies aimed to promote immigration to Americas from Japan.

When was Italy Unified?

1861

Reason for Italian migration to Argentina?

Argentina had pro-immigration policies and better wages for factory workers.

Reason for Japanese migration to South Pacific Islands?

Financial opportunity on sugar and pineapple plantations.

Reason for Chinese migration to the U.S?

Sought work in gold mines but found factory work and work on the transcontinental railroad.

Reason for Irish migration to the U.S?

Escape the Great Famine struggles and find hard labor opportunities.

Reason for African migration to the U.S?

Slave labor.

Reason for British migration to Australia?

Convicts sent to penal colonies.

Contract Labor

Workers sign up to work for an extended period of time, often in Imperialist power nations where slavery was recently abolished.