Social 10-1 Related Issue #2

Mercantilism

A policy followed by European imperial powers from the 16th to the 19th century. In colonies trade was controlled to benefit the economy of the imperial power

Ethnocentrism

A way of thinking that centres on ones own race and culture

Capitalism

An economic system that advocates free trade, competition and choice as a means of achieving prosperity

Residential Schools

Boarding schools where First Nations children were gathered to live, work and study

Homogenization

The erasing of differences

Eurocentrism

Using European ethnic, national, religious, and linguistic criteria to judge other peoples and their cultures

Historical Globalization

Began in year 1492 when Christopher Columbus made his first trip to the Americas that ended after the contemporary globalization

Colonization

The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous peoples of that area

Imperialism

One country's domination over another country's economic, political and cultural institutions

Indigenous

Originally in a particular place; native

Indian Act

Passed by parliament in 1876. This act defines who is and who is not a status Indian