Portfolio Assignment

Historical Globalization
Guiding Question A: Cultural Contact
All of the historical events that went on (mentioned in our case studies) are
what led to an increase in historical globalization. The spread of Christianity was
one of the main leads to how globalization occurred in the past. People thought
that spreading their beliefs, values and ideas around the world was doing god's
will. As listed on my map (on case study 1) christianity was spread throughout the
world majorly in the past. When people share the same beliefs, they can become
more interconnected with each other. Capitalism was also one thing that led to a
rise in globalization. Capitalism has a lot to do with the people and
communication. It’s all about supply and demand, with the communications of the
consumers want/needs and the producers supply. Capitalism in the past
expanded trade and the push for overseas empires spiked the growth of European
capitalism.
Guiding Question A: Cultural Contact (continued)
Industrialization is one of the many things that sparked the growth of historical
globalization. The steam boat engine was a main cause of the rise of globalization in the
past because it was one of the first things to transport people from place to place. When
people are being transported from place to place around the world adapting to one another’s
cultures, we become more connected with each other. Industrialization has also sparked the
building of huge manufactured companies which ties in with Capitalism and supply and
demand which leads to interconnectedness. Another subject mentioned in my case study is
imperialism. Imperialism was an essential part to historical globalization. A huge example of
this is the Europeans. The Europeans took over and imperialised places all over the globe
including Canada. The final Case study about historical globalization is Eurocentrism. It is
the perspective that Europeans are superior to everyone else. As shown in my slide,
historical events that happened in the past that were written down mostly contain the
Europeans point of view. Europe had dominated many countries which globalized the people
together and interconnected them because they had the same leader. All of the case studies
I mentioned were a huge push in historical globalization!
Case Study 1: God (spread of christianity)
Case Study 2: The Rise of Capitalism (Gold)
Case Study 3: Industrialization
Case Study 4: Imperialism
Case Study 5: Eurocentrism
Guiding Question B: Imperialism
All of the following case studies that I have chosen have directly affected the
indigenous people due to european imperialist policies. The exchange of goods and
technologies was one of the many factors that affected the indigenous peoples due to
European imperialism. Europeans had free trade routes. They wanted to exchange their
goods and technologies for better gain. Having a lot of money is what a lot of Europeans
cared about. They had the need for raw materials and new markets. The silk road was a
great example of the enormous trade routes that went on back then. The silk road is a factor
of historical globalization, because the borders between national boundaries were blurred.
Another thing that has been in affect to Indigenous due to European imperialist policies was
“The Scramble for Africa.” There were very illogical boundaries between nations in the
scramble. European nations took over Africa, which affected the indigenous peoples way of
life. They had to work as slaves for the Europeans, and they were paid very little (sometimes
nothing) for the work they did. This is a very negative effect of globalization imperialism.
Guiding Question B: Imperialism (continued)
British ruling in India was one of the any cases that directly affected the
indigenous people due to assimilation by the Europeans. Very similar to the scramble of
africa, the European nations treated the indigenous so poorly. This is because Europe was
the majority and had more wealth than the indigenous. The people of India also had to work
as slaves for the Europeans.The government in India also allowed a variety of trade ports.
Britain wanted the resources that India had because of it’s warm climate. The British and
French rule in Canada is also a case of historical globalization that affected the indigenous
peoples due to imperialism. The following are intended and unintended efforts to assimilate
and exterminate languages and culture in a globalizing world for the aboriginals... The Royal
proclamation, Indian Act, Reservations, Sixties Scoop, Residential School System,
Legislation, White Paper and Red Paper response, and slavery were all factors in the British
and french rule in Canada. All of those things I mentioned have negatively affected the
aboriginals due to imperialism by the British. The government now has apologized and is still
making amends to the aboriginals this day.
Guiding Question B: Imperialism (continued)
Residential schools for the aboriginals was a bad case of assimilation. They
were forced into these catholic schools away from their families, and they weren’t
able to practice any of their own cultural practices or religions. They wanted to
eliminate the culture of any indigenous people and controlled them by making
them practice the Catholic religion. In these schools, the indigenous were
physically and sexual abused. Many died in these camps. This is an extremely
negative effect on what imperialism did to the Indigenous people. Depopulation is
the last case on how imperialism negatively affected the indigenous. The
Europeans brought in many diseases when they imperialised different places.
When the Europeans took over Africa, they wiped out 65% of the African
population due to them bringing in smallpox. The world is becoming more
globalized each and every day, because of this cultures, languages, and animals
are becoming depopulized. The buffalo is now endangered because people
decided to kill the buffalo without using it in many ways like the first nations did. All
of the previous case studies I’ve mentioned are negative effects on indigenous
Case Study 6: exchange of goods and technologies
Case Study 7: Scramble for Africa
Case Study 8: British rule in India
Case Study 9: British and French rule in Canada
Case Study 10: Residential Schools
Case Study 11: depopulation
Guiding Question C: Legacy of Historical
Globalization
The world is becoming more and more globalized each and every day. This is
why we are losing languages in our world each week. The world loses a language
every two weeks! English is one of the main languages, and globalization is
pushing that language to be a priority in peoples language. This is why bill 101
was created, so that French speaking in Quebec is a main priority over English.
The next case study I did was Civil Strife as a Result of Past European Imperialist
policies. Civil strife is when the citizens protest against the government for what
they feel is right. A huge example of Civil Strife was the Oka Crisis. The police
wanted to expand a golf course onto the Mohawks burial land. The Mohawk
fought for their rights, and they protested against the non-indigenous people. This
created more awareness for indigenous’ peoples issues today.
Guiding Question C: Legacy of Historical
Globalization
Recently, the government has made many improvements on how they have
been doing things over the years. They have done many things to make amends with the first
nation for what happened in the residential schools historically. They have tried extremely hard to
make things right by doing things including apologizing, the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, and
giving the Aboriginals Financial settlements. Another example is the Nunavut government as
shown in my case study picture. Their government had no political parties. They were very
independent. The last case study that has to do with the legacies of historical globalization
continuing to impact the lives of people today is the social impacts on the indigenous people. They
are still being affected to this day. Due to consequences of imperialism, there are eight major
social issues for indigenous people. These eight consist of poorer health, lower levels of
education, inadequate housing and crowded living situations, lower income levels, higher rates of
unemployment, higher levels of incarceration, higher death rate amongst children, and higher rates
of suicide. This has a negative effect on the indigenous due to historical globalization and
imperialism. This is because of past discrimination, racism and stereotypes. These things need to
be improved in our society. All of the previous case studies that I have mentioned have to do with
the legacies of historical globalization continuing to impact the lives of indigenous people today.
Case Study 12: loss of language
Case Study 13: civil strife as a result of past
European imperialist policies

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Case Study 14: government and social institutions
(i.e. hospitals, 3 branches, schools)
Case Study 15: social impacts on indigenous
peoples