ap world history c.16
120409715 | Cape of good hope | southern tip of africa, circumnavigated in 1488 by prince henry the navigator (portugese) | 120409715 | |
120409716 | Christopher columbus | discovered the americas in 1492 | 120409716 | |
120409717 | ferdinand magellan | sailed westward in 1519, passing the southern tip of south america and sailing across the pacific, reaching the indnesian islands in 1521 after incredible harships. claimed the phillipenes a spanish territory. | 120409717 | |
120409718 | dutch east india company, british east india company | was given government monpoly of trade in the regions designated , but were not rigorously supervised by their state | 120409718 | |
120409719 | Lepanto | spanish directed fleet defeated the navy of the ottoman empire in 1571. demonstrated european superiority over muslims | 120409719 | |
120409720 | core nations | main nations in thw world that supplemented their growing economic prowess by self-serving political parties | 120409720 | |
120409721 | mercantalism | urged that a nation state not import goods from outside its own empire but sell exports as widely as possible in its own ships | 120409721 | |
120409722 | mestizos | people of mixed european and native american blood | 120409722 | |
120409723 | vasco de balboa | first spanish captain to begin settlement on the mianland of mesoamerica in 1509 | 120409723 | |
120409724 | francisco pizarro | conquered the inca empire. assasinated at a dinner in 1451 by incan rebels | 120409724 | |
120409725 | new france | french colonis in the new world | 120409725 | |
120409726 | seven years war | war betweeen britain and france over dominance in the new world. britain won | 120409726 | |
120409727 | treaty of paris | settled the seven years war in 1763, britain took over canada and missisppii river basin area | 120409727 | |
120409728 | cape colony | colony planted at the cape of good hope by the dutch in 1652 | 120409728 | |
120409729 | calcutta | headquaters of the british east india company in bengal to india subcontinent | 120409729 |