AP World: Chapter 17 Flashcards

9242796406	world economy	created by Europeans during the late 16th century; based on control of the seas; established an international exchange of foods, diseases, and manufactured products.	0
9242796407	Cape of Good Hope	southern tip of Africa; first circumnavigated in 1488 by Portuguese in search of direct route to India.	1
9242796408	Christopher Columbus	Italian navigator in the service of Aragon and Castile; sailed west to find a route to India and instead came upon the Americas in 1492.	2
9242796409	East India Companies	British and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions.	3
9242796410	Lepanto	naval battle between Spain and the Ottoman Empire resulting in Spanish victory in 1571; demonstrated European naval superiority over Muslims.	4
9242796411	core nations	nations, usually European, that profited from the world economy; controlled international banking and commercial services; exported manufactured goods and imported raw materials.	5
9242796412	mercantilism	the colonial economic policy, by which a colonizing nation must import only from its own colonies, but sell exports as widely as possible.	6
9242796413	mestizos	people of mixed European and Native American heritage.	7
9242796414	Vasco de Balboa	(1475?-1517), Spanish adventurer; explored Central America.	8
9242796423	Francisco Pizarro	(1478-1541) Spanish explorer; arrived in the Americas in 1502; joined Balboa in Panama, then successfully attacked the Inca Empire.	9
9242796415	New France	French colonies in Canada and elsewhere; extended along St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes and down Mississippi River valley system.	10
9242796416	Seven Years' War	fought in Europe, Africa, and Asia between 1756 and 1763; the first worldwide war.	11
9242796417	Treaty of Paris	concluded in 1763 following the Seven Years' War; Britain gained New France and ended France's importance in India.	12
9242796418	Cape Colony	Dutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope in 1652 to provide a coastal station for Dutch ships traveling to and from Asia; settlers expanded and fought with Bantu and other Africans.	13
9242796419	Boers	Dutch and other European settlers in Cape Colony before 19th-century British occupation; later called Afrikaners.	14
9242796420	Calcutta	British East India Company headquarters in Bengal; captured in 1756 by Indians; later became administrative center for populous Bengal.	15