AP World History Chapter 17 Vocab Flashcards

3354446756	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	0
3354457783	Cape of Good Hope	Southern tip of Africa; first circumnavigated in 1488 by Portuguese in search of direct route to India	1
3354463989	Christopher Columbus	Genoese captain in service of king and queen of Castile and Aragon; successfully sailed to New World and returned in 1492; initiated European discoveries in Americas	2
3354475048	Ferdinand Magellan	1480-1521 Spanish captain who in 1519 initiated first circumnavigation of the globe; died during the voyage; allowed Spain to claim Philippines	3
3354487558	Dutch East India Company	Joint stock company that obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted virtually independent government in regions it claimed	4
3354493550	British East India Company	Joint stock company that obtained government monopoly trade in India; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed	5
3354501221	Lepanto	Naval battle between the Spanish and Ottoman empire resulting in Spanish victory in 1571	6
3354506031	Core nations	Nations, usually European, that enjoyed profit from world economy; controlled international banking and commercial services such as shipping; exported manufactured goods for raw materials	7
3354514308	Mercantilism	Economic theory that stressed governments' promotion of limitation of imports from other nations and internal economies in order to improve tax revenues; popular during 17th century and 18th centuries in Europe	8
3354523190	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	9
3354530735	Vasco de Balboa	1475-1519 First Spanish captain to begin settlement on the mainland of Mesoamerica in 1509; initial settlement eventually led to conquest of Aztec and Inca empires by other captains	10
3354542557	Francisco Pizarro	Led conquest of Inca empire of Peru beginning in 1535; by 1450, most of Inca possessions fell to the Spanish	11
3354547204	New France	French colonies in North America; extended from St. Lawrence along Great Lakes and down Mississippi River valley system	12
3354553119	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	13
3354564095	Treaty of Paris	Arranged in 1763 following Seven Years War; granted New France to England in exchange for return of French sugar islands in Caribbean	14
3354570936	Cape Colony	Dutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope in 1652 initially to provide coastal station for the Dutch seaborne empire; by 1770 settlements had expanded sufficiently to come into conflict with Bantus	15
3354582287	Boers	Dutch settlers in Cape Colony, in southern Africa	16
3354584717	Calcutta	Headquarters 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	17