IDSA01H3 Final: IDS Glossary Terms Set 2 pt 1
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Glossary Terms Set #2 pt. 1
1. Colonialism
Colonialism refers to the practice of transferring a population to new territory, or colonizing a
nation with its own rules, laws and ordeals. The settlers may be of a different origin, but abide
by the same allegiance as all the other nations that has been colonized by the same sovereign.
(E.g. British Colony). A colony establishes and maintains their power in other territories.
✓ Source: Encylopedia.com http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Colonialism.aspx
2. Clash of civilizations
The clash of civilizations is a hypothesis created by Samuel P. Huntington. The hypothesis was
that the religious cultures and identities of people were the primary source of conflict during
the post-cold war. He believed that conflict was mostly prevalent between Muslims and non-
Muslims.
Huntington divided the world into 8 major civilizations:
✓ Western Civilization (E.g. Canada)
✓ Latin America (E.g. Mexico)
✓ Orthodox (E.g. Greece)
✓ Eastern World (E.g. Buddhist, Hindu, Chinese, Japanese)
✓ Muslim world (E.g. Middle East)
✓ Sub Saharan Desert (E.g. Africa)
✓ Lone country civilizations (E.g. Haiti)
✓ Cleft country civilizations (E.g. Ukraine)
Huntington believed that civilizations will clash because of 6 reasons:
✓ Civilization differences
✓ The world is smaller
✓ Economic modernization
✓ Civilization consciousness
✓ Cultural characteristics are hardly to compromise (than political or economic)
✓ Increase in economic regionalism
Huntington believes that there will be conflict that will arise between the western civilizations
vs the rest of the non-western civilizations. Another part of his theory suggests that conflict will
form on a local and global level.
✓ Source: The Clash of Civilizations? The Debate by Samuel P. Huntington, Published by
Simon and Schuster on 1996
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Document Summary
Colonialism refers to the practice of transferring a population to new territory, or colonizing a nation with its own rules, laws and ordeals. The settlers may be of a different origin, but abide by the same allegiance as all the other nations that has been colonized by the same sovereign. (e. g. A colony establishes and maintains their power in other territories. Source: encylopedia. com http://www. encyclopedia. com/topic/colonialism. aspx: clash of civilizations. The clash of civilizations is a hypothesis created by samuel p. huntington. The hypothesis was that the religious cultures and identities of people were the primary source of conflict during the post-cold war. He believed that conflict was mostly prevalent between muslims and non- Huntington divided the world into 8 major civilizations: Huntington believed that civilizations will clash because of 6 reasons: Cultural characteristics are hardly to compromise (than political or economic) Huntington believes that there will be conflict that will arise between the western civilizations vs the rest of the non-western civilizations.
