unit 6 Flashcards
(35 cards)
What are the impacts of migration on host and origin countries?
Migration can lead to increased cultural diversity, but may also result in segregation, discrimination, or cultural clashes.
What was the White Australia Policy?
A set of policies aimed to forbid non-European immigration to Australia from 1901, progressively dismantled between 1949 and 1973.
What is economic imperialism?
When one country has significant economic power and influence over another country.
What were the interests of the United States, Britain, and Spain in Latin America?
Raw materials, low-wage workers, and new markets in Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, and Chile.
Define human migration.
The movement of people from one place to another.
What are push factors in migration?
Factors that ‘push’ individuals away from their home country, such as political turmoil, famine, and religious persecution.
What are pull factors in migration?
Factors that ‘pull’ individuals towards a new location, such as job opportunities, political stability, and peace.
What is forced migration?
The mandated displacement of people due to reasons like religious intolerance, unsafe living conditions, or war.
Fill in the blank: The main resources/raw materials and their locations include ________.
Meat - Argentina and Uruguay, Guano - Chile and Peru, Cotton - USA, Egypt, India, Rubber - Amazon and Congo, Palm Oil - West Africa, Diamonds - South Africa.
What are the consequences of a global economy?
Increasingly interconnected economy, weakening of colonial economies, and destruction of the environment.
What was the effect of cash crops in colonial regions?
A focus on one product, leading to a lack of economic diversity and potential economic disaster.
What initiated economic imperialism in India?
The arrival of the British East India Company in the 1600s, initially focused on trading spices.
What sparked the Opium Wars in China?
The British demand for China to open up trade, leading to loss of control over ports.
What is imperialism?
A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
What was the force behind New Imperialism?
The industrial revolution, which created the need and power for European expansion.
Define Social Darwinism.
The idea of ‘survival of the fittest,’ often used to justify imperialism based on racial superiority.
What was the Scramble for Africa?
The rush by European powers to divide and colonize Africa.
What was the Berlin Conference (1884)?
A meeting to establish rules for the partitioning of Africa among Western countries.
Who was King Leopold II of Belgium?
He established the Congo Free State by seizing land in Africa as his personal possession.
What atrocities occurred in the Congo?
Congolese villages were forced to harvest rubber under threat of death.
List some French territories in Africa.
- Mauritania
- Senegal
- Sudan
- Guinea
- Niger
- Algeria
List some British territories in Africa.
- Gambia
- Sierra Leone
- Lagos
- Gold Coast (Ghana and Nigeria)
What led to the collapse of the Mughal Empire?
Poor leadership by Aurengzeb, revocation of religious tolerance, and economic decline.
What was the British East India Company?
A joint-stock company that established exclusive rights over British trade with India.
