AP World History (17) Flashcards

2160430075	Vasco da Gama	Portuguese mariner, first european to reach India in 1498	0
2160433054	Christopher Columbus	Italian navigator in service of Castile and Aragon, sailed west and discovered Americas	1
2160446190	Ferdinand Magellan	Portuguese captain in Spanish service, circumnavigated globe in 1519, helped Spain claim Philippines	2
2160454231	East Indies Companies	Trade for Dutch, British, France and had government monopolies of trade to Indies and Asia	3
2160458904	World economy	European establishment in 16th century, based on control of seas, created internal exchange of food, disease and manufactured products	4
2160465270	Colombian exchange	Interaction with Europe and Americas, New World crops, Asian animals and European diseases	5
2160472303	Lepanto	Naval battle with Spanish and Ottoman Empire, Spanish victory in 1571, demonstrated European naval dominance over Muslims	6
2160475883	Core nations	European profits from world economy and controlled international banking and commercial services	7
2160482644	Dependent economic zones	Regions in world economy produced raw materials and built systems based on cheap labor	8
2160485633	Vasco de balboa	1st Spanish settlement in Mesoamerica in 1509	9
2160488450	New France	French colonies in Canada, st. Lawrence, Great Lakes, Mississippi	10
2160491938	Atlantic colonies	British colonies in North America, New England-Georgia	11
2160497790	Treaty of Paris	Concluded in 1763 after seven years war, granted New France to British and ended France importance in india	12
2160728230	Cape colony	Dutch colony in cape of good hope to provide a coastal station to/from East Indies, caused problems for native Americans	13
2160731493	Boers	Dutch settlers in cape colony before British occupation, later called Afrikaners	14
2160736480	Calcutta	British east India company headquarters in Bengal, captured in 1756 by Indian, became administrative center for Bengal	15
2160739905	Seven years war	1756-1763 fought in Europe, Africa and Asia, first world wide war	16