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| 2160430075 | Vasco da Gama | Portuguese mariner, first european to reach India in 1498 | 0 | |
| 2160433054 | Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator in service of Castile and Aragon, sailed west and discovered Americas | 1 | |
| 2160446190 | Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese captain in Spanish service, circumnavigated globe in 1519, helped Spain claim Philippines | 2 | |
| 2160454231 | East Indies Companies | Trade for Dutch, British, France and had government monopolies of trade to Indies and Asia | 3 | |
| 2160458904 | World economy | European establishment in 16th century, based on control of seas, created internal exchange of food, disease and manufactured products | 4 | |
| 2160465270 | Colombian exchange | Interaction with Europe and Americas, New World crops, Asian animals and European diseases | 5 | |
| 2160472303 | Lepanto | Naval battle with Spanish and Ottoman Empire, Spanish victory in 1571, demonstrated European naval dominance over Muslims | 6 | |
| 2160475883 | Core nations | European profits from world economy and controlled international banking and commercial services | 7 | |
| 2160482644 | Dependent economic zones | Regions in world economy produced raw materials and built systems based on cheap labor | 8 | |
| 2160485633 | Vasco de balboa | 1st Spanish settlement in Mesoamerica in 1509 | 9 | |
| 2160488450 | New France | French colonies in Canada, st. Lawrence, Great Lakes, Mississippi | 10 | |
| 2160491938 | Atlantic colonies | British colonies in North America, New England-Georgia | 11 | |
| 2160497790 | Treaty of Paris | Concluded in 1763 after seven years war, granted New France to British and ended France importance in india | 12 | |
| 2160728230 | Cape colony | Dutch colony in cape of good hope to provide a coastal station to/from East Indies, caused problems for native Americans | 13 | |
| 2160731493 | Boers | Dutch settlers in cape colony before British occupation, later called Afrikaners | 14 | |
| 2160736480 | Calcutta | British east India company headquarters in Bengal, captured in 1756 by Indian, became administrative center for Bengal | 15 | |
| 2160739905 | Seven years war | 1756-1763 fought in Europe, Africa and Asia, first world wide war | 16 |
