vocab ch 17
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| 56428999 | henry the navigator | portuguese prince responsible for direction of series of expeditions along the african coast in the 15 century; marked begining of western European expansion | 56428999 | |
| 56429000 | cape of good hope | southern tip of africa; first circumnavigated in 1488 by Portuguese in search of direct route to India | 56429000 | |
| 56429001 | core nations | nations, usually European that enjoyed profit from world economy controlled international banking and comercial services such as shippingl exported manufactured goods for raw materials | 56429001 | |
| 56429002 | vasco de balboa | first spain captian to begin settlement on the mainland of Mesoamerica in 1509l initial settlement eventually led to conquest of Aztec and Inca empires by other captains. | 56429002 | |
| 56429003 | new france | french colonies in northeeastern america; extended from st. lauwrence river along great lakes and down mississippi river valley system | 56429003 | |
| 56429004 | vasco de gama | portuguese captian who first reached India in 1497; established early portuguese domincance in Indian Ocean | 56429004 | |
| 56429005 | christopher columbus | genoese captian in service of king and queen of castile and aragon; successfuly sailed to new world and returned in 1492; initiated european discoveries in america | 56429005 | |
| 56429006 | calcutta | headquarters of british east india company in bengal in indian subcontinent; located on ganges; captured in 1756 during early part of seven years war; later became administrative center for all bengal | 56429006 | |
| 56429007 | british east india company | joint tock company that obtained government monopoly over trade in india; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed | 56429007 | |
| 56429008 | boers | dutch settlers in cape colony | 56429008 | |
| 56429009 | francisco pizzaro | led conquest of inca empire of peru beginning in 1535; by 1540, most of inca possessions fell to the spanish | 56429009 | |
| 56429010 | cape colony | dutch colony established at cape of good hope in 1652 initially to provide a coastal station for the dutch sea-born empire; by 1770 settlements had expanded sufficiently to come into conflict with bantus | 56429010 | |
| 56429011 | ferdinand magellen | spanish captain who in 1519 initiated first circumnavigation of the globe; died during the voyage, allowed spain to claim the philosophers. | 56429011 | |
| 56429012 | world economy | established by europeans by the late 16th century; based on control of seas including the atlantic and pacific; created an international exchange of foods, diseases, and manufactured products. | 56429012 | |
| 56429013 | mestizos | people of mixed european and indian ancestry in Mesoamerica and south america; particularly prevalent areas colonized by spain,; often part of forced labor system. | 56429013 | |
| 56429014 | atlantic colonies | british colonies in north america; originally restricted to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean from New England to Georgia. | 56429014 | |
| 56429015 | columbian exchange | biological and ecological exchange that took place following spanish establishment of colonies in new world; peoples of europe and africa come to new world; animals, plants, and diseases of two hemispheres were transfered. | 56429015 |
