AP world ch.16 vocab martin Flashcards

ap world history c.16

120409715	Cape of good hope	southern tip of africa, circumnavigated in 1488 by prince henry the navigator (portugese)	120409715
120409716	Christopher columbus	discovered the americas in 1492	120409716
120409717	ferdinand magellan	sailed westward in 1519, passing the southern tip of south america and sailing across the pacific, reaching the indnesian islands in 1521 after incredible harships. claimed the phillipenes a spanish territory.	120409717
120409718	dutch east india company, british east india company	was given government monpoly of trade in the regions designated , but were not rigorously supervised by their state	120409718
120409719	Lepanto	spanish directed fleet defeated the navy of the ottoman empire in 1571. demonstrated european superiority over muslims	120409719
120409720	core nations	main nations in thw world that supplemented their growing economic prowess by self-serving political parties	120409720
120409721	mercantalism	urged that a nation state not import goods from outside its own empire but sell exports as widely as possible in its own ships	120409721
120409722	mestizos	people of mixed european and native american blood	120409722
120409723	vasco de balboa	first spanish captain to begin settlement on the mianland of mesoamerica in 1509	120409723
120409724	francisco pizarro	conquered the inca empire. assasinated at a dinner in 1451 by incan rebels	120409724
120409725	new france	french colonis in the new world	120409725
120409726	seven years war	war betweeen britain and france over dominance in the new world. britain won	120409726
120409727	treaty of paris	settled the seven years war in 1763, britain took over canada and missisppii river basin area	120409727
120409728	cape colony	colony planted at the cape of good hope by the dutch in 1652	120409728
120409729	calcutta	headquaters of the british east india company in bengal to india subcontinent	120409729