Mr. Brown AP World ECHHS
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| 371877951 | Vasco da Gama | Portuguese mariner; first European to reach India by sea in 1498 | 0 | |
| 371877952 | Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese captain in Spanish service; began the first circumnavigation of the globe in 1519; died during voyage; allowed Spain to claim possession of the Philippines | 1 | |
| 371877953 | East India Companies | British, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions | 2 | |
| 371877954 | Columbian Exchange | interaction between Europe and the Americas; millions of native Americans died from the entry of new diseases; New World crops spread to other world regions; European and Asian animals came to the Americas | 3 | |
| 371877955 | Lepanto | naval battle between Spain and the Ottoman Empire resulting in Spanish victory in 1517; demonstrated European naval superiority over Muslims | 4 | |
| 371877956 | 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 | |
| 371877957 | Vasco de Balboa | began first Spanish settlement on Mesoamerican mainland in 1509 | 6 | |
| 371877958 | New France | French colonies in Canada and elsewhere; extended along St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes and down Mississippi River valley system | 7 | |
| 371877959 | Treaty of Paris | concluded in 1763 following the Seven Years' War; Britain gained New France and ended France's importance in India | 8 | |
| 371877960 | Cape Colony | Dutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope in 1652 to provide a coastal station for Dutch ships traveling to and from the East Indies; settlers expanded and fought with Bantu and other Africans | 9 | |
| 371877961 | Calcutta | British East India Company headquarters in Bengal; captured in 1756 by Indians; later became administrative center for populous Bengal | 10 | |
| 371877962 | Seven Years' War | fought in Europe, Africa, and Asia between 1756 and 1763; the first world-wide war | 11 |
