[WIP] social 10 - unit 2: historical globalization

chapters 6-9: to what extent should contemporary societies respond to the legacies of historical globalization?

worldview

a way of interpreting the present, understanding the past, and imagining the future
- Aboriginal and European worldviews differed greatly

racial hierarchy

hierarchy of races
- during British Empire, the British were at the top with Aboriginals and Africans at the bottom

imperialism

a policy or act of extending a country's power into other territories or gaining control over another country's politics or economics

cultural contacts

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

First Nations way of life

- lived in many individual nations
- had treaties & rivalries
- had unique spiritual & religious beliefs
- great relationship & respect for the land

arrival of Europeans in America (1400s)

- competed for power & control
- raced for land & power, caused them to find new land to claim
- spread Christian faith to the new people on the new lands
- originally came to find water route for trading
- stayed in Canada for resources (fish & fur)
- found that FN people made good slaves

depopulation

the reduction of a population because of conflict, disease, loss of resources, cultural change, or assimilation

Beothuk people

- contacted by Europeans in 1400s-1500s
- English fur traders competed with them for resources, causing tensions & wars (1600s)
- small population left by 1800s; extinct by 1829 due to contact

Potlatch ceremony

a gift-giving feast practiced by Indigenous people of Northwest Coast Canada & USA
- had singing, dancing, feasting, and took care of economic business
- included all tribe members; acted as a way to redistribute wealth

effects of contact on Potlatch

economic:
- European goods were exchanged instead of gifts from the land
social:
- (1884) govt. banned Potlatch
- forced FN children to residential schools
- ceremonies still held in secret until the ban was lifted in 1951

Europeans ending Potlatch

- Europeans needed labor force to work the land, which was unsupported by potlatch system (sharing vs working)
- potlatch = Indian identity; Europeans wanted to civilize this
- wanted to rid Aboriginal way of life via assimilation

cultural contact with Sudan

- colonized by Britain in 1881; Egypt joined to rule in 1889
- 1920: separated north and south Sudan bc of cultures (North - Arab) (South - African)
- 1956: independence from rulers; both sides united as one, but power was given to Arabs in the north
- Islam made official culture; all were expected to convert
- many didn't convert, causing civil war and displacement of South Sudanese people

closed door policy

policy separating people & cultures of north & south Sudan from one another

displacement

the involuntary dispersal of a people, especially from their homeland