ANTH 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Starch, Bobby Flay, Luganda
22 Sep 2015
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Aspects of empire: political: laws, divides populations, system of gov"t, economic: resource control, taxation, currency, parameters of trade, cultural: religion, language, kinship. The colonial era: sun never sets on the british empire, reason for colonization: need for raw materials, markets, and the 3 cs: commerce, White man"s burden colonial power sought to establish new homeland for some members. Displaced native people and used them for labor (ex: usa: primary intent to colonize was extraction of resources from territory. It is the white man"s duty to civilize these people and to force their ideologies upon them. Christianity and civilization: christianity was the key to spreading civilization. Barbados (history, colonialism, tourism: became an independent country in 1961 after being a british colony. Because it was a settler colony, and because of sugarcane production, it was wealthier than islands such as jamaica: africa exports slaves to caribbean islands where raw materials are exported to europe.
