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Imperialism & Europeans
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The europeans practiced imperialism in order to expand their reach, increase wealth (colonies and trade) and spread Christianity
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Eurocentrism & Paternalism
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Eurocentrism is the belief that european cultural values are superior to those of others and the tendency to look at the world through a european perspective.
Paternalism is behavior, by a person, organization or state, which limits some person or group's liberty or autonomy for their own good |
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Residential Schools
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Boarding schools funded by the Canadian government and operated by churches for aboriginal children to teach them english and Christianity and strip them of their culture. Many suffered abuse in these schools.
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Differences between Aboriginal and European world views
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Aboriginal people view the world as a circle, not placing themselves above or below anything in the natural world.
The European world view involves hierarchy and power/wealth in a triangle like shape. |
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The relationship between mercantilism, capitalism, industrialization, and imperialism
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Mercantilism is a theory which says that all economic pursuits should be to strengthen the power of the state as a whole.
Capitalism is a systems which values increase of ones personal wealth through economic means. Industrialization is the establishment of an economic system characterized by large industries and machine production. Imperialism is the policy of extending ones rule over foreign countries |
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To what extent should contemporary society respond to the legacies of historical globalization?
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