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Issue 2
Historical Globalization
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Geography
10th Grade
11/02/2011

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Cultual Contacts
Definition
cultures come into contact with other cultures ehich may result in changes in values, beliefs and traditions
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Depopulation
Definition
a reducttion in population caused by natural or human- made forces
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International Trade
Definition
Trade worldwide
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Mercantilism
Definition
a policy followed by european imperial powers from the 16th century.
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Colonialism
Definition
when one country will set up a government in another counrty for the purpose in enriching their own country
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Cultural Superiority
Definition
The belief that nations will benefit from acting independently rather than collectively, emphasizing national rather than international goals.
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Contemporary
Definition
conforming to modern or current ideas in style, fashion, design, etc
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Indentured Labour
Definition
obligated to work for somebody for a certain amount of years or centries until your contract expires
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Displacement
Definition
the involuntary dispersal of people, especially from their homeland
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Capitalism
Definition
an economic system for increasing individual wealth, requiring a relatively free market
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Free Market
Definition
a market in which a government would regulate nothing and all businesses and property would be privately owned
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Enterpreneur
Definition
people who take risk by launching business ventures in the hope of making a profit
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Exploitation
Definition
the use of a person or group for selfish purposes
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Cultural Relarivism
Definition
the view that all beliefs, customs, and ethics are relative to the individual within his own social context. In other words, “right” and “wrong”
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Inference
Definition
the process of deriving the strict logical consequences of assumed premises.
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Grand Exchange
Definition
a trading process that began when Christopher Columbus brought seeds, fruit trees and livestock to the Americans
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Communism
Definition
an economic and political system whose purpose is to eliminate class distinctions.
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Industrialization
Definition
A stage of economic development that occurs when the place of production shifts from ome and small crafts shops to large factories
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Industial Revolution
Definition
the period between anout 1750 and 1850, when work becaome mechanized and began to occur in factories.
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Cottage Industries
Definition
An early stage of economic development in which workers produced limited numbers of goods in their homes
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Residential Schools
Definition
Boarding schools where First Nations children were gathered to live, work, and study.
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Cross- cultural Sensitivity
Definition
communication that occurs among people of different cultures.
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Explicit
Definition
clearly expressed and leaving nothing to implication
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Legacy
Definition
something that has been passed on by those who lived in the past
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Eurocentrism
Definition
a form of ethnocentrism that users Europeans ethnic, national, religious and linguistic criteria to judge
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Colony
Definition
A territory that belongs to a European country, was ruled by the European government or it's representitives, and was competely subject to that European country
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
a word that combines "thnic" and "centre". it refers to a way of thinking that centres on one's own race and culture
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Historical Empathy
Definition
Historical empathy is the understanding of WHY people in history did what they did, as opposed to simply knowing what they did.
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Imperialism
Definition
one country's domination over another country's ecomomic, political, abd cultural institutions
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worldview
Definition
Perspective of the world
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Implicit
Definition
implied otr understood though not directly expressed
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Paternalistic
Definition
Characterized by treating or governing a people in a fathertly way, especially by providing for them without giving them rights and responsibilities
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Chattel Slavery
Definition
A civil relationship in which one person has absolute power over the life, fortune, and liberty of another.
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Chattel Slavery
Definition
A civil relationship in which one person has absolute power over the life, fortune, and liberty of another.
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Chattel Slavery
Definition
A civil relationship in which one person has absolute power over the life, fortune, and liberty of another.
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Paternalistic
Definition
Characterized by treating or governing a people in a fathertly way, especially by providing for them without giving them rights and responsibilities
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Paternalistic
Definition
Characterized by treating or governing a people in a fathertly way, especially by providing for them without giving them rights and responsibilities
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