8631437162 | Vasco De Gama | Portugese mariner; first Eurpoean to reach India by sea (1492) | 0 | |
8631444420 | Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator in service of Aragon and Castile; sailed west to find India but found the Americas in 1492 | 1 | |
8631481457 | East India Companies | British, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained gov't monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions | 2 | |
8632784763 | World Economy | Created by Europeans during the late sixteenth century; based on control of the seas; established an international exchange of foods, diseases, and manufactured products | 3 | |
8632801711 | Lepanto | Naval battle between Spain and the Ottoman Empire resulting in Spanish victory in 1571; demonstrated European naval superiority over Muslims | 4 | |
8632813679 | Core Nations | Nations, usually European, that profited from the world economy; controlled international banking and commercial services; exported manufactured goods and imported raw materials | 5 | |
8632831716 | Dependent Economic Zones | Regions within the world economy that produced raw material; dependent on European markets and shipping; tendency to build systems based on force and cheap labor | 6 | |
8632853938 | Vasco De Balboa | Began first Spanish settlement on Mesoamerican mainland in 150- | 7 | |
8632860528 | New France | French colonies in Canada and elsewhere; extended along the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes and down into the Mississippi River valley system | 8 | |
8632871758 | Atlantic Colonies | British colonies in North America along Atlantic coast from New England to Georgia | 9 | |
8632879258 | Treaty of Paris | Concluded in 1763 after the Seven Years War; Britain gained New France and ended Frances's importance in India | 10 | |
8632900053 | Cape Colony | Dutch Colony established at Cape of Good Hope in 1652 to provide a coastal station for Dutch ships traveling to and from the East Indies; settlers expanded and fought with the Bantu and other Africans | 11 | |
8632908185 | Boers | Dutch and other European settlers in Cape Colony before nineteenth century British occupation; later called Afrikaners | 12 | |
8632938964 | Calcutta | British East India Company headquarters in Bengal; captured in 1756 by Indians; later became administrative center for populous Bengal | 13 | |
8632947888 | Seven Years' War | Fought in Europe, Africa, and Asia between 1756 and 1763; the first worldwide war | 14 | |
8655453209 | Olmecs | (1200 BC- 400 BC) First to cultivate corn; giant stone heads | 15 | |
8655463720 | Zapotecs | (500 BC- 750 AD) Hieroglyphic writing | 16 | |
8655517369 | Teotihuacan | (250 AD- 900 AD) Pyramids and obsidian | 17 | |
8655522209 | Toltecs | (900 AD- 1100 AD) Pyramids; warlike | 18 | |
8655530337 | Maya | (250 AD- 900 AD) Similar to Greece; maize and beans; calendar and astronomy; animistic; human sacrifice | 19 | |
8655554377 | Tikal and Chichen Izta | Mayan city states; similar to Sparta and Athens | 20 | |
8655563214 | Quetzacoatl | Snakebird god; giver of life | 21 | |
8655589646 | Aztecs | (1300 AD- 1521 AD) Animistic; Hernan Cortes; tribute empire; chinapas; murals | 22 | |
8655643758 | Chinapas | Most productive agricultural system; four annual harvests; maize, beans, squash | 23 | |
8655652355 | Huitzilopochtli | Sun god of the Aztecs | 24 | |
8655662537 | Mural Paintings | Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo | 25 | |
8655668440 | Inca | (1438 AD- 1535 AD) Andes, Atacama, Amazon; Peru Chile Bolivia Ecuador Argentina; Similar to Rome | 26 | |
8655696515 | Incan Roads | 20,000 miles; military transportation trade communication; lead to Cuzco | 27 | |
8655712581 | Francisco Pizarro | Conquered Incas | 28 | |
8655718685 | Machu Picchu | Religious; emperor's get away | 29 | |
8655737499 | Trapiziod | 13* angles of all walls in Incan empire | 30 | |
8655741892 | Tambos | Rest spot for a messenger | 31 | |
8655748546 | Quipo | Numeracy; crops, military, census | 32 | |
8655754818 | Terrace Farming | potatoes | 33 | |
8655757404 | Guano | Bird fertilizer | 34 | |
8655777876 | 1492-1776 | American Revolution | 35 | |
8655780592 | 1433-1789 | French Revolution | 36 | |
8655783219 | 1453-1750 | Industrial Revolution | 37 | |
8655790394 | Henry The Navigtor | Portuguese prince who organized exhibitions | 38 | |
8655794174 | Cape Of Good Hope | Southern African Tip | 39 | |
8655834630 | Ferdinand Megellan | 1519; first European to circumnavigate the globe | 40 | |
8655841062 | Columbus Exchange | Exchange of disease and food | 41 | |
8655848069 | Mercantilism | Maximize trade | 42 | |
8655854480 | Mestizo | "Man of mixed race" | 43 | |
8655899431 | Cuzco | Inca capital | 44 | |
8655901410 | Ferdinand of Aragon | 1479-1516; ruled largest Christian kingdom in Iberia | 45 | |
8655907837 | Isabella of Castille | 1451-1504; ruled largest Christian kingdom in Iberia | 46 | |
8655916502 | Mexico City | Capital of New Spain | 47 | |
8655922823 | Caribbean Crucible | Spanish model for the Americas | 48 | |
8655924550 | Hispaniola | First islands that the Spanish settled on | 49 | |
8655934954 | Ecomendero/Ecomienda | Grant of Indian laborers | 50 | |
8655942486 | Bartolome De La Casas | Supported peaceful conversion of Native Americans to Spanish colonies | 51 | |
8655959992 | Hernan Cortez | Defeated Aztecs; lead 600 into Mexico in 1519 | 52 | |
8655967607 | Moctezuma II | Last independent Aztec emperor | 53 | |
8655971521 | Coronado | Lead expedition for gold; 1540-1542 | 54 |
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