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| 18486597 | Lepanto | Naval battle between the spanish and the ottoman empire resulting in a spanish victory in 1517 | 0 | |
| 18486598 | Mercantilism | Economic theory that stressed governments promotion of limition of imports from other nations and internal economies in order to improve tax revenues; popular during 17th and 18th senturies in Europe | 1 | |
| 18486599 | Boers | Dutch settlers in Cape Colony in south Africa | 2 | |
| 18486600 | World Economy | Established by Europeans by the 16th century; based on control of seas, including the Atlantic and Pacific; created international exchange of foods, diseases, and manufactured products | 3 | |
| 18486601 | Core Nations | Nations, usually European, that enjoyed profit from the world economy; controlled international banking and commercial services such as shipping; exported manufactured goods for raw materials | 4 | |
| 18486602 | Seven Years War | Fought both in continental Europe and also in overseas colonies between 1756 and 1763; resulted in Prussian seizures of land from Austria, English seizures of colonies in India and North America | 5 | |
| 18486603 | Treaty of Paris | Arranged in 1763 following Seven Years War; granted New France to England in exchange for return of French sugar island in the Caribbean | 6 | |
| 18486604 | Cape of Good Hope | Southern tip of Africa; first circumnavigated in 1488 by Portuguese in search of direct route to India | 7 | |
| 18486605 | Pizzaro | Led conquest of Inca Empire of Peru beginning in 1535; by 1540, most of Inca possessions fell to the Spanish | 8 | |
| 18486606 | New France | French colonies in North America; extended from St. Lawerence River along Great Lakes and down Mississippi RIver valley system | 9 | |
| 18486607 | Mestizos | People of mixed European and Indian ancestry in Mesoamerica and South America; particularly prevalent in areas colonized by Spain; often part of forced labor system | 10 | |
| 18486608 | Cape Colony | Dutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope in 1652 initially to provide a coastal station for the Dutch seaborne empire; by 1770 settlements had expanded sufficiently to come into conflict with Bantus | 11 | |
| 18486609 | Columbus | Genoese captain in service of king and queen of Castile and Aragon; successfullysailed to New World and returned in 1492; initiated European discoveries in Americas | 12 | |
| 18486610 | Balboa | First Spanish captain to begin settlement in the mainland of mesoamerica in 1509; settlement eventually led to conquest of Aztec and Inca empires by other captains | 13 | |
| 18486611 | Calcutta | Headquaters 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 | 14 | |
| 18486612 | Dutch East India Company | Joint stock company that obtained government monoply over trade in Asia; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed | 15 | |
| 18486613 | British East India Company | Joint stock company that obtained government monoply over trade in India; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed | 16 | |
| 18486614 | Magellan | Spanish captain who in 1519 initiated first circumnavigation of the globe; died during the voyage; allowed Spain to claim teh Philippines | 17 |
