AP World History Flashcards
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| 2651350350 | Vasco da Gama | Portuguese mariner; first European to reach India by sea in 1498 | 0 | |
| 2651354178 | Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese captain in Spanish service; began the first circumnavigation of the globe in 1519; died during voyage, allowed Spain to claim possession of the Philippines | 1 | |
| 2651364523 | East Indian Company | British, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India to Asia; acted independently in their regions | 2 | |
| 2651371080 | Colombian Exchange | Interaction between Europe and the Americas; millions of the native died from the entry of new diseases; new world crop spread to other world regions; European and Asian animals came to america | 3 | |
| 2651381454 | Lepanto | Naval battle between Spain and the Ottoman Empire resulting in Spanish victory in 1571; demonstrated European naval superiority over the Musilm | 4 | |
| 2651388016 | Core Nation | Nations, usually European, that profited from the World economy; controlled international banking and commercial services; exported manufactured goods and imported raw materials | 5 | |
| 2651607223 | Vasco de Balboa | Began first Spanish settlement on mesoamerican mainland | 6 | |
| 2651611098 | New France | French Colonies in Canada and elsewhere; extended along St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes and down Mississippi River valley system | 7 | |
| 2651623037 | Treaty of Paris | Concluded in 1763 following the seven years war; British gained New France and ended France's importance in India | 8 | |
| 2651627149 | Cape Colony | Dutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope in 1652 to provide a coastal station for Dutch ships traveling to and from East Indies; settlers expanded and fought with Bantu and other African | 9 | |
| 2651636338 | Calcutta | British East Indies Company headquarters in Bengal; Captured in 1756 by Indies; later became administrative center for populous Bengal | 10 | |
| 2651643554 | Seven Year's War | Fought in Europe, Africa and Asia between 1756 and 1763; the First world-wide war | 11 | |
| 2651648692 | Ivan III (the great) | Prince of Moscow; responsible for freeing Russia from Mongols | 12 | |
| 2651651098 | Third Rome | Russian claim to be the successor of the Roman and Byzantine empire | 13 | |
| 2651666653 | Ivan IV (the Terrible) | confirmed power of tsarists autocracy by attacking the authority of the Boyars | 14 | |
| 2651673198 | Cossacks | 15 |