Chapter 16 Vocabulary
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| 2129006668 | henry the navigator | Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa. | 0 | |
| 2129006669 | vasco da gama | Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route. | 1 | |
| 2129006670 | Christopher columbus | Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506) | 2 | |
| 2129006671 | british east india company | Government charted joint-stock company that controlled spice trade in the East Indies after the Dutch | 3 | |
| 2129006672 | 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. | 4 | |
| 2129006673 | core nations | Nations, usually European, that enjoyed profit from world economy; controlled international banking and commercial services such as shipping; exported manufactured goods for raw materials. | 5 | |
| 2129006674 | dependent economic zones | Regions within the world economy that produced raw materials; dependent on European markets and shipping; tendency to build systems based on forced and cheap labor (ex. Brazil) | 6 | |
| 2129006675 | coercive labor systems | Included slavery, indentured servitude, serfdom, and other coercive labor systems in the Americas | 7 | |
| 2129006676 | vasco de balboa | Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama | 8 | |
| 2129006677 | columbian exchange | The exchange of goods and ideas between Native Americans and Europeans | 9 | |
| 2129006678 | cape colony | a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814 | 10 | |
| 2129006679 | cape of good hope | a province of western South Africa | 11 | |
| 2129006680 | 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 of Bengal. | 12 | |
| 2129006681 | ferdinand magellan | Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain | 13 | |
| 2129006682 | treaty of paris | This treaty ended the Seven Years War | 14 | |
| 2129006683 | battle of lepanto | a naval battle fought between a Spanish and Venetian fleet and the German navy. The Spanish won. The battle meant that European navies ahd surpassed the Muslims. The Turks could no longer challenge Europeans on international routes. | 15 | |
| 2129006684 | boers | Dutch settlers in South Africa | 16 | |
| 2129006685 | mestizos | a person of mixed Native American and European ancestory | 17 | |
| 2129006686 | atlantic colonies | British colonies in North America along Atlantic coast from New England to Georgia. | 18 | |
| 2129006687 | francisco pizarro | Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541) | 19 | |
| 2129006688 | new france | French colony in North America, with a capital in Quebec, founded 1608. New France fell to the British in 1763. (p. 489) | 20 |
