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| 301058562 | Vasco da Gama | Portuguese captain who first reached India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean. (p. 545) | 0 | |
| 301058563 | Christopher Columbus | Genoese captain in service of king and queen of Castile and Aragon; successfully sailed to New World and returned in 1492; initiated European discoveries in Americas. (p. 545) | 1 | |
| 301058564 | Ferdinand Magellan | Spanish captain who in 1519 initiated first circumnavigation of the globe; died during the voyage; allowed Spain to claim Philippines. (p. 546) | 2 | |
| 301058565 | Dutch East India Company | Joint stock company that obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed. (p. 547) | 3 | |
| 301058566 | British East India Company | Joint stock company that obtained government monopoly over trade in India; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed. (p. 548) | 4 | |
| 301058567 | Columbian exchange | Biological and ecological exchange that took place following Spanish establishment of colonies in New World; peoples of Europe and Africa came to New World; animals, plants, and diseases of two hemispheres were transferred. (p. 592) | 5 | |
| 301058568 | Lepanto | Naval battle between the Spanish and the Ottoman Empire resulting in a Spanish victory in 1571; demonstrated European naval superiority over Muslims. (p. 551) | 6 | |
| 301058569 | 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. (p.551) | 7 | |
| 301058570 | New France | French colonies in North America; extended from St. Lawrence River along Great Lakes and down Mississippi River valley system. (p. 555) | 8 | |
| 301058571 | Atlantic colonies | British colonies in North America; originally restricted to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean from New England to Georgia. (p. 555) | 9 | |
| 301058572 | Treaty of Paris | Arranged in 1763 following Seven Years' War; granted New France to England in exchange for return of French sugar island in Caribbean. (p. 555) | 10 | |
| 301058573 | 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. (p. 560) | 11 | |
| 301058574 | Boers | Dutch settlers in Cape Colony. (p. 560) | 12 | |
| 301058575 | 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. (p. 560) | 13 | |
| 301058576 | 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. (p. 536) | 14 | |
| 301058577 | 4 S's of world trade | Silver, Sugar, Slaves, and Spices. | 15 | |
| 301058578 | 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). | 16 | |
| 301058579 | French East India Company | founded in 1664; granted a monopoly by the King but still couldn't compete with the English and the Dutch. | 17 |
