Related Issue 2
To what extent should contemporary
society respond to the legacies of
historical globalization?
Learn the Terms
Refer to Chapter 6 for the answers
 legacy
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 ethnocentrism
 Eurocentrism
the past.
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 depopulation
 deindustrialization
 GDP
Something that has been
passed on by those who live in
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Gross Domestic Product – the
value of all the goods and
services a country produces in a
year.
Reduction in population caused
by natural or man made forces.
A belief that one’s cultural world
view is the only worthwhile one.
A form of ethnocentrism in
which European ethnicity is
believed to be superior to all
other cultures.
The loss of industries.
 As
you explore this issue, you will come to
appreciate how decisions made and actions
taken in the past are legacies of historical
globalization which continue to affect the world
today.
European Imperialism in Africa
Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJe1W_HIWmA
As you watch:
What was imperialism?
What were the results of
imperialism?
European Imperialism in
Africa – Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=OJe1W_HIWmA
In the Free State, colonists
brutalized the local population to
produce rubber, for which the
spread of automobiles and
development of rubber tires
created a growing international
market.
To enforce the rubber quotas, the
army, the Force Publique (FP),
made the practice of cutting off
the limbs of the natives as a means
of enforcing rubber quotas a matter
of policy; this practice was
widespread. During the period of
1885–1908, millions of Congolese
died as a consequence of
exploitation and disease.
History of the
Congo
http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=jyK9HnKI4nE
As you watch:
Why does conflict in the Congo
exist today?
What impact did Christopher Columbus have on
the Indigenous people in today’s Haiti and
Dominican Republic?

On his second voyage, in 1494,
Columbus captured 1,500
Tainos on the island of
Hispaniola and herded them to
Isabela, where 550 of ''the best
males and females'' were
forced aboard ships bound for
the slave markets of Seville.
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Warfare, forced labor,
starvation and disease reduced
Hispaniola's Taino population
(estimated at one million to two
million in 1492) to extinction
within 30 years.
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 What
was the
impact of
European
colonial
settlement on
Indigenous
peoples?
Colonialism: Sins of Europe in the Scramble for Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu6TLC0NRQ&feature=endscreen&NR=1
What was the impact
of slavery?
 Poll
shows most Americans consider
racism a problem
• Blacks more than twice as likely to
call racism a "very serious" problem
• Almost half of whites and blacks
say they know someone who is racist
• Only a few of either race say they
are racially biased themselves
Los Angeles Riots
 How
have Canadian
Aboriginals been
impacted by European
Imperialism?
Child Poverty in Canada
Choice Assignment

1. Research and compile images and informative
captions (and incorporate them into an animoto
presentation or power point presentation) that
addresses the following questions:
(Note: these questions are sub-headings within Chapter
6)
What are some legacies of historical globalization?
In general, how has cultural contact affected
indigenous peoples?
How has the exchange of goods and technologies
affected people?
How are the legacies of historical globalization
continuing to impact the lives of people today?
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2. Research the legacies of colonial rule on ONE African
country in the 19th Century (refer to map in Section 1).
Consider the people, their government, the country's
resources and how those resources might have served
the people differently had they not been governed by
colonial rule. Present your findings and predictions in the
form of an animoto presentation or power point
presentation that includes images and informative
captions