Historical Globalization

Question 1

Phase 1 of the evolution globalization

Answer 1

Goods and ideas were exchanged along trade routes like the silk road.

Question 2

Phase 2 of the evolution of globalization

Answer 2

Began in the late 1400’s
Europeans developed technologies using that knowledge which let them go global.

Question 3

Phase 3 of the evolution of globalization

Answer 3

Present day, this is a time of rapid growth after WWII. Think electronics.

Question 3

Foundations of globalization

Answer 3

1. Creation of printing press 2. Rise of European middle class 3. Growth of new ideas and technologies 4. Global competition for trade 5. Rise of imperialism 6. European colonial settlement

Question 4

What were the consequences of globalization

Answer 4

1. Impact on Indigenous people and Europeans like disease, enslavement, grand exchange, industrialization

Question 5

What is the grand exchange?

Answer 5

European and American continents/countries traded their native foods around and this resulted in a large change in diet thanks to Christopher Columbus.

Question 6

Explain Disease, Slavery, and the Industrial Revolution

Answer 6

Disease destroyed parts of the Indigenous population, Slavery took millions of people from their homes in Africa and shipped them to the Americas, the Industrial revolution spurred more development and caused more need for natural resources and trade

Question 7

Ethnocentrism

Answer 7

A way of thinking that focuses on your own race and culture.

Question 8

The scramble for Africa

Answer 8

1884, Africa was divided because of European powers. The goal was to avoid conflicts and gain resources.

Question 9

Legacies of Migration

Answer 9

Europe became healthy and wealthy and the life expectancy increased. During this time Europe took to colonizing and settling on other pieces of land.

Question 10

Legacies of Displacement

Answer 10

European migration lead to the displacement of Indigenous people and had them forced off their land. Indigenous culture was also ignored.

Question 11

Legacies of Depopulation

Answer 11

Famine and disease played a part in depopulating India. These famines were largely created by British deindustrialization

Question 12

How did Imperialism/the exchange of goods and technologies affect Indigenous people (FOR)

Answer 12

Western medicine and education increased, modern transportation, modern communication (newspaper, etc.), advanced architecture, access to world markets.

Question 13

How did Imperialism/the exchange of goods and technologies affect Indigenous people (AGAINST)

Answer 13

The advantages were purely for the colonizer (Britain, usually), the benefits for Indigenous people was not intended.

Question 14

Cultural Changes

Answer 14

Christianity was spread widely, new architecture was popularized.

Question 15

Legacies of Globalization in Canada

Answer 15

The Seven years war and British defeat of the French in the Americas
European immigration and the displacement of Indigenous people
Depopulation of Indigenous people
Assimilation of Indigenous people

Question 16

The Seven years war

Answer 16

It was a war between the French and British with Indigenous allies, after the war French allowed Canada to have Quebec

Question 17

The Indian Act

Answer 17

First passed in 1876 and it meant that Indigenous people were essentially property to government officials. It restricted movement and settlement, political rights, and employment