Study Guide – Final Exam
Social Studies 10-1
*Your exam is on Friday, January 25th 9:00am in room 129 and will consist of multiple choice and a long answer question.*
It is based on ALL material covered so far!
- What is historical globalization?
- Cultural Contact
- Perspective (personal)
- World View (collective)
o Eurocentrism
- What is imperialism?
- What were the factors that lead to imperialism – understand how these events created an atmosphere around the world that contributed to imperialism
o Industrialization
- Understand the reasons for imperialism
o Economic – resources and raw materials
· Congo – rubber and Ivory
o Political
§ Power and prestige
o Religious/Cultural/Humanitarian/Social
§ Spread Christianity and civilization
§ White Man’s Burden – understand this term and what it means!
- Know the facts about and understand imperialism (*And it’s legacy*) in each of the following case studies
o British Imperialism in Canada – understand that the explorers came to Canada and attempted to assimilate (link back to the ‘white man’s burden’)
o LEGACY:
§ RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
· A legacy of imperialism
· Understand what they were, how they operated (a method of assimilation) and how they are still affecting indigenous peoples today
o British Imperialism in India
§ National Indian Congress
§ Amritsar Massacre
§ Basic facts about India
§ Gandhi
§ Satyagraha
§ Hindu and Muslim
§ Nehru
§ Pakistan
§ Partition and Independence
§ Salt March
· LEGACY: DIVISION OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN AND CURRENT CONFLICT
o Rwanda
§ Understand the background of Rwanda and the Genocide in Rwanda
· What was the genocide?
· Why did it happen?
· Who are the Hutu
· Who are the Tutsi
· How did the International Community Interact?
o DRC (legacies today)
§ Child Soldiers
§ Exploitation of Resources
§ Exploitation of Women
- NGO’s
o what are they
o what do they do
o examples of NGO’s
- Economic Globalization
o Definition
o How does it affect you in your everyday life
o Foundations of Economic Globalization
§ WWI
· Results – Reparation Payments
§ Great Depression – crash of the stock market
§ WWII
· Emergence of the UN (what is this group, why was it created, what does it do?)
· Bretton Woods conference
o Results
· World Bank – Goals and Roles
· International Monetary Fund – Goals and Roles
· GATT and NAFTA as examples of Free Trade Agreements
· WTO – Positives and Negatives
o Factors that expand globalization
§ Communication Technologies
§ Trade
§ Transportation
§ Media
o Benefits and Costs of Globalization
§ Impact of Transnational Corporations
§ Outsourcing – Criticisms of Outsourcing (loss of jobs, human rights, quality of goods)
- Social Activism
o What is this? How do you practice it in your everyday life?
o Should corporations practice activism? How?
o How do we balance prosperity and sustainability in our world?
- Free Trade vs. Fair Trade
o Benefits of Free Trade/Fair Trade
o Criticisms of Free Trade/Fair Trade
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PRACTICE ACTIVISM IN TODAY’S WORLD?
If you have any questions, please let me know! I am available to provide extra help whenever! Also, you can email me (mshepherd@clearview.ab.ca)
Happy Studying!
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