UNIT TWO Social Studies

Created by

Rachel Ha

Cards (33)

What are Residential Schools?
Boarding schools for the acculturation and assimilation of Aboriginal students, run by religious groups and government from 1830s to the 1950s.
What is Social Darwinism?
The idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better
Who created the ideology of Social Darwinism?
Herbert Spencer
What is Imperialism?
An association between peoples that intentionally benefits one people over another to claim territories, seizing land and resources through conflict and warfare, and encouraging political control
What is Cultural Contact?
The interaction of diverse cultures and perspectives, which may result in changes in values, beliefs, and traditions.
What is Colonialism?
The policy OR practice of acquiring full OR partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers and exploiting it economically.
What are the "Acadiens"?
The French settlers that coexisted with the indigenous people
What is Self Government?
A system where citizens create their own rules and laws
What's another word for Self Government?
Autonomy
What is Reconciliation?
Recognizing past injustices
What is the Silk Road?
A network of trade routes that connected the East and West, facilitating the exchange of goods, ideas, and cultures between different civilizations.
Who are the "Beothuk"?
An indigenous group who lived on Newfoundland; community was wiped out and culture is not present today
What is the "Great Law of Peace"?
An agreement made by 6 First Nation groups that consists of laws and rules that their people must follow
What is Slavery?
One human being was owned by another and being exploited
What is the "Six Nation Confederacy"?
The six First Nations groups who created the Great Law of Peace; also known as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
What is the "Indian Act"?
An act created to control and assimilate Indigenous peoples and their communities
What is industrialization?
The process of developing industries in a country or region.
What is Eurocentrism?
A belief that the European worldview is superior to all other views
What is Exploitation?
The use of a person OR group for selfish purposes
What is the "Industrial Revolution"?
The combination of social and economic changes brought about by the extensive use of machinery in production, especially in Great Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries.
What is Mercantilism?
From the 16th - 19th centuries, a system of government - sponsored international business ventures designed to make European monarchs rich
What are Reserves?
Lands set aside by the Canadian government for the use and occupancy of Indigenous communities
Who is Shawnadithit?
The last documented Beothuk person alive.
What is Potlatch?
Ceremonial feast and gift-giving practice among Indigenous peoples; for births, weddings, special family occasion
What is capitalism?
An economic system for encouraging individual wealth, requiring a relatively free market, open competition, the profit motive, and at least some private ownership.
What is the Free Market?
A market in which government would regulate nothing and all businesses and property would be privately owned
What are Entrepreneurs?
People who take risks by launching business ventures in the hopes of making a profit
What is Communism?
A planned economic system in which government owns all means of production and all people work for government-owned and government-run enterprises
What is "White Man's Burden"?
White people conquering of non-white races as white people believe it's their selfless moral duty
What is Paternalistic?
Characterized by treating OR governing a people in a parenting way, especially by providing for them WITHOUT giving them rights OR responsibilities.
What is the "Hudson's Bay Company"?
The first Fur trading company in Canada
What is the "Oka Crisis"?
78-day standoff between Mohawk protesters, the Quebec provincial police (Sûreté du Québec), and the Canadian military near the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada, in the summer of 1990. The conflict centered around a land dispute between the Mohawk people of the nearby Kanesatake reserve and the town of Oka over plans to expand a golf course onto land claimed by the Mohawk as traditional territory.
Who are the "Zapatista"?
The Zapatistas, officially known as the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional or EZLN), are a revolutionary indigenous movement in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. They emerged in 1994, when they staged a rebellion against the Mexican government to demand rights and autonomy for indigenous peoples in Chiapas and throughout Mexico.