325132959 | Vasco De Gama | Explorer who made it to India in 1497. | 0 | |
325132960 | Angola | Tip of South America, discovered by Dias and used by the Portuguese in a search for a direct route to India. | 1 | |
325132961 | Christopher Columbus | Italian explorer who after getting denied by Portugal, his expeditions were funded by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. First sailed to the New World in 1492, and traveled to the west indies, killed thousands of the native people. | 2 | |
325132962 | Ferdinand Magellan | Searched for a passage to the Pacific Ocean, initiated the first circumnavigation of the world, but died on the voyage though his crew finished the trip. | 3 | |
325132963 | Dutch East India Company | Government monopoly of trade in Asia, acted independently of their own states (366). | 4 | |
325132964 | British East India Company | Government monopoly of trade in India, acted independently of their own states similar to the Dutch East India Company. | 5 | |
325132965 | Lepanto | 1571: Naval battle between the Spanish and Ottoman empire. The Spanish won succumbing the Ottoman empire to do not mess with the Europeans powers (368). | 6 | |
325132966 | Core Nations | Nations typically European that controlled trade all aspects of trade and enjoyed the profits. Ex. Spain made sugar from the west indies be brought back to Spain so they could monitor which nation would receive the sugar (368). | 7 | |
325132967 | Mercantilism | Idea that there was finite wealth, and that sell/export=good, but import=bad, colonies=raw materials to export, and heavy state control (368). | 8 | |
325132968 | Mestizos | People of mixed European and Native American blood who were exposed to major work loads because of estate management systems. | 9 | |
325132969 | Dependent Economic Zones | Sugar industry depended on the slave trade to be able to produce more and make more profit. The idea that different trades depend on each other to flourish. | 10 | |
325132970 | Vasco De Balboa | Explorer who went across Panama, first Spaniard to begin a settlement in Mesoamerica that led to conquest the Aztec and Inca empires. | 11 | |
325132971 | Francisco Pizarro | Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca with the help of of smallpox, guns, and metal weapons. | 12 | |
325132972 | New France | French colonies in North America from the St. Lawrence River to along the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi river. Heavily influenced by the Catholic Church. | 13 | |
325132973 | Seven Years' War | War between France and England that took place both in the colonies and in Europe. Between 1756-1763 (373). | 14 | |
325132974 | Treaty of Paris | 1763, after seven year's war, New France went under England control in return for a French sugar island in the Caribbean (373). | 15 | |
325132975 | Cape Colony | Colony established in the Cape of Good Hope, Africa by the Dutch, their settlement led to conflicts with the Bantus. (376). | 16 | |
325132976 | Boers | Name for Dutch Settlers in Cape Colony, Southern Africa (376). | 17 | |
325132977 | Calcutta | Headquarters for the British East India Company in India that allowed for them to have access to the all in the wealth in the Ganges Valley. (376). | 18 | |
325132978 | La Malinche | translator who assisted Cortez, mother of the mestizo people | 19 | |
325132979 | Cassava | example of a New World crop adopted by societies in the old world, especially Africa, not very nutritious | 20 | |
325132980 | Zheng He | Chinese sailor whose expeditions stopped before Europe increased exploration | 21 | |
325132982 | Prince Henry | Portuguese prince who sponsored navigation, school for study or maritime technology | 22 |
AP World History Chapter 16: The World Economy Flashcards
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