Chapte 16 Terms Flashcards

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