WorksheetsColonialism Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
A group of people or government that takes over and creates a settlement in another place is a
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An indigenous people or place that is taken over and settled in by another group of people is
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This is an example of how Europeans imposed their beliefs on the people and places they colonized.
West African people were captured, shipped across the Atlantic, and sold into slavery
Traders along the Silk Road shared their religions and ideas with each other, resulting in Indian Buddhism in Japan, and Arabic Algebra in Europe.
Chicken Tikka Masala is now a national dish in England, although it originated in India.
People in most colonies controlled by Europe were forced to follow and believe in Christianity, speak the language of the country that controlled them, and follow the laws of the colonizing country.
Select all that could fit:
People from England set up _________on native land in what is now the east coast of the U.S.
Colonies
Settlements
Towns
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Exploitation means
You were paid well for the work you did.
You worked long hours, but you made overtime, so it's worth it.
Someone else made you work very hard, took your natural resources, and didn't pay you in money, land, or food.
Getting to go to the Bahamas for a week.
Creating a settlement is like...
Taking all the natural resources and leaving
Controlling a place from far away
Moving in, clearing land for farming, and building towns like you're going to stay awhile
Being welcomed into the homes of the indigenous people and learning their ways without forcing your beliefs upon them..wouldn't that be nice?
Which group would say this:
We learned new ways of farming and medicine from our rulers.
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We must build railways and infrastructure to transport our products so that we can make lots of money.
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We can redraw the borders of African countries any way we want and there won't be any negative effects (or so we think).
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Germany and France
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