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| 9242796406 | world economy | created by Europeans during the late 16th century; based on control of the seas; established an international exchange of foods, diseases, and manufactured products. | 0 | |
| 9242796407 | Cape of Good Hope | southern tip of Africa; first circumnavigated in 1488 by Portuguese in search of direct route to India. | 1 | |
| 9242796408 | Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator in the service of Aragon and Castile; sailed west to find a route to India and instead came upon the Americas in 1492. | 2 | |
| 9242796409 | East India Companies | British and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions. | 3 | |
| 9242796410 | Lepanto | naval battle between Spain and the Ottoman Empire resulting in Spanish victory in 1571; demonstrated European naval superiority over Muslims. | 4 | |
| 9242796411 | core nations | nations, usually European, that profited from the world economy; controlled international banking and commercial services; exported manufactured goods and imported raw materials. | 5 | |
| 9242796412 | mercantilism | the colonial economic policy, by which a colonizing nation must import only from its own colonies, but sell exports as widely as possible. | 6 | |
| 9242796413 | mestizos | people of mixed European and Native American heritage. | 7 | |
| 9242796414 | Vasco de Balboa | (1475?-1517), Spanish adventurer; explored Central America. | 8 | |
| 9242796423 | Francisco Pizarro | (1478-1541) Spanish explorer; arrived in the Americas in 1502; joined Balboa in Panama, then successfully attacked the Inca Empire. | 9 | |
| 9242796415 | New France | French colonies in Canada and elsewhere; extended along St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes and down Mississippi River valley system. | 10 | |
| 9242796416 | Seven Years' War | fought in Europe, Africa, and Asia between 1756 and 1763; the first worldwide war. | 11 | |
| 9242796417 | Treaty of Paris | concluded in 1763 following the Seven Years' War; Britain gained New France and ended France's importance in India. | 12 | |
| 9242796418 | Cape Colony | Dutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope in 1652 to provide a coastal station for Dutch ships traveling to and from Asia; settlers expanded and fought with Bantu and other Africans. | 13 | |
| 9242796419 | Boers | Dutch and other European settlers in Cape Colony before 19th-century British occupation; later called Afrikaners. | 14 | |
| 9242796420 | Calcutta | British East India Company headquarters in Bengal; captured in 1756 by Indians; later became administrative center for populous Bengal. | 15 |
