Cultural Contact & Imperialism 10-2

Why did the European world powers want the world map distorted?

• It put Europe in the warmest part of the world.

• It put Europe at the centre of the world, making it appear more powerful.

• It put Africa as the largest world power.

Eurocentrism is defined as:

• the belief that European concerns & culture were superior to others

• the belief that European food is the best

• the belief that Europe created the strongest cultures in the colonies of the Americas

International trade is defined as:

• being able to find what you need on Amazon

• being able to purchase goods from within Europe

• the exchange of raw materials, goods and services among distrant groups of people

International trade grew because since 100 CE (common era, after the birth of Christ) people have wanted different goods

• True

• False

Please choose the 3 rounds of globalization that have occured historically.

• Arab civilizations gave the world science, medicine, and math

• Late 1400's, European technologies from the Industrial Revolutoin helped created Imperialism

• Late 1700's, European powers set up colonies that became economic superpowers.

• After WWII rapid growth of markets, consumers buying, China and India economic powers

Historic globalization was started in 1492 by

• Leonardo Davinci

• Christopher Columbus

• Adam Smith

Contemporary, or modern globalization, started after

• WWII

• WWI

• The Vietnam War

• The Korean War

Mercantilism is defined as

• a Eurocentric political policy where European monarchs increased their political power through international trade

• a Eurocentric social policy where European monarchs increased their social standing through wealthy parties

• a Eurocentric economic policy where European monarchs increased their wealth thourgh international trade

In the 1500 - 1700's, European government made mercantilism policies for 3 reasons.

• to ensure the exported goods were more than the countries were importing

• to ensure raw materials from the colonies were shipped to European home countries

• to ensure the European products were shipped and sold in the colonies

• to ensure the European countries had slave labour

Monopolies can be defined 3 in ways.

• when a business nad no competition in a market.

• When a product or service is controlled by 1 company.

• A monarch granted 1 person or company the sole right to gather and trade a single good.

• When a business steals ideas from any competition.