Social Grade 7 - Vocabulary
a union in which groups agree to trade and help each other resolve disputes
alliance
a process by which a culture or individual is absorbed into a more dominant culture because of its overwhelming influence
assimilation
an exchange of goods for other goods rather than for money
barter
a personal like or dislike of someone or something that is not necessarily based on fact
bias
a policy of recognizing two official languages
bilingualism
a document created by the Metis Provincial Government and presented to the government of Canada that requested that Metis recieve the rights enjoyed by other Canadians
bill of rights
a legal document created in 1982 that lists the basic rights that belong to evert Canadian citizen
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
a small village of extended families who lived together, cooperated, and shared resources
clan
a territory controlled by another country
colony
something done or owned collectively
communal
a method of resolving a disagreement whereby everyone gives up a little to get an agreement that they can all live with
compromise
an agreement reached by a group as a whole
consensus
an important idea or belief about how people should live
core value
a way of life that includes knowledge, experiences, and values a group shares and that shape the way its members see the world
culture
a system of government in which the people of a nation are involved in decision making
democracy
the characteristics of the people of a particular place
demographics
the unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice
discrimination
a production method that breaks work into small pieces: each worker specializes in only one step of the production process
division of labor
the way in which people meet their basic needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter
economy
a respected member of an indiginous community who uses Traditional Teachings, experience, and wisdom to help people in their community make good decisions
elder
a person who leaves their homeland permanently
emigrant
a view point that judges other global cultures and ideas according to personal values and standards; believing one's own ethnic group is superior
ethnocentrism / ethnocentric bias
a system of government in which a central government has power over matters affecting the whole country, and provincial governments have power over local and regional matters
federalism / federal system
Indiginous peoples of Canada who are not Metis or Inuit; groups of the same.
First Nations
a person of whom French is their first language learned and still in use; a person of French language and culture
francophone
tax-free trade between countries (no tariffs on imported or exported goods)
free trade
a powerful official, in New France, the most powerful member of the sovereign council and the King's personal representative
governor
the removal of 11,000 Acadians from Acadia by Britain, starting in 1755. Britain took the Acadians' land, homes and other possessions
the Great Deportation
a viewpoint that uses history to understand why things are the way they are
historical perspective
a set of characteristics and values that describes the essence of a person or group
identity
the process of people establishing homes and citizenship in a country that is not their native country
immigration
a country extending its control over other countries, often using economic or military means
imperialism
the original inhabitants of a given area
indiginous people
the shift from home-based manufacturing to large-scale factory production
industrial revolution
transformation to an economy based on large industries
industrialization
movement of people from one region to another within one country
internal migration
someone who releases people from oppression, confinement, or foreign control
liberator
an American belief that is the natural right of the United States to control all of North America
manifest destiny
ancestral descent through the maternal (mother's) line
matrilineal
an economic system that allowed an imperial country to become rich by selling the resources taken from its colonies
mercantilism
people of mixed First Nations and European ancestry who identify themselves as _____ people
Metis
the movement of people from one region of a territory to another
migration
when a company or group has complete control over a certain item's market
monopoly
government policy designed to promote cultural understanding and harmony in a society made up of people from varied cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds
multiculturalism
the policy of John A. Macdonald's government ot promote Canadian industry, to complete a transcontinental railway, and to encourage people to settle in the west
national policy
a group of 11 treaties signed by the Canadian government and various First Nations living between the Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountains
numbered treaties
a law passed in 1969 that restates that French and English are Canada's official languages at the federal level
Official Languages Act
a way of life in which language, teachings, and traditional stories are memorized and passed down orally from one generation to the next
oral culture
subjected to pour treatment because of one's beliefs
persecuted
a complex combination of characteristics that together describe a unique person
personal identity
the generally shared point of view of a group. It can reflect the outlook of people from the cultural group, faith, age category, economic group and so on
perspective
a society made up of many different groups of people, each with its own unique identities, ideas, perspectives, and culture; the resulting society has a sense of respect for all cultures
pluralistic society
a formal plan of action to ahieve a specific goal
policy
an image of an event created by a witness to the event
primary source image
a factor that influences people to migrate to a certain country or relocate to another location
pull factor
a factor that "pushes" people to leave their homeland or location
push factor
a public vote on an issue
referendum
a person who flees to a country because they can no longer live in safety in their own country because of war, torture, famine, or persecution
refugee
a system in which elected members all represent the same number of people; the greater the number of people, the more power a region has
representation by population (rep by pop)
a form of government in which citizens elect people to make decisions for them; the representatives make laws that are in the best interest of people
representative democracy
a parcel of land that the government agreed to set aside for the exclusive use of a First Nation
reserve
in Canada, a government (cabinet) that must answer to elected represetatives
responsible government
an image created from memory, imagination, or a pre-existing image
secondary source image
a social system based on nobles (or seigneurs) who rented land to farmers (or habitants)
seigneurial system
a place where people live permanently, such as a village; or establishing settlers in a new region as a way to take control
settlement
self-governing and independant of external powers
sovereign
an over generalized portrayal of people from one group; they can reflect people's prejudices
stereotype
the right to vote in political elections
suffrage
everything that we use to carry out our tasks; the tools we use and the way we use them
technology
in Canada, a major political subdivision that does not have the powers of a province
territory
a railway that extends across a continent
trancontinental railway
a formal agreement between nations
treaty
the 1763 agreement between Britain and France that ended the Seven Years' War, in which France gave up nearly all its claims in North America in favor of Guadeloupe
Treaty of Paris
a secret network that transported enslaved African American escapees to the British colonies where they could be free
underground railway
an organization that speaks for the workers who belong to it, the purpose of which is to improve the conditions under which people work
union
the process of people moving from the countryside to towns and cities; causing an area to become more urban
urbanization
shell beads woven into belts or strings used by some First Nations to record treaties and other agreements among different nations
wampum belts
a way of looking at the world that reflects one's core values
world view