AP World History Chapt. 17 Vocabulary Flashcards

5794838419	World economy	Established by Europeans by the 16th century; based on control of sea, including the Atlantic and Pacific; created international exchange of foods,diseases,and manufactured products.	0
5820608866	Silver	The global currency of the Early Modern period. The greatest discovery of silver was in Potosi, Bolivia.	1
5794883994	Cape of Good Hope	Southern tip of Africa; first circumnavigated in 1488 by Portuguese in search of direct route to India.	2
5820621498	Mita	The Inca system of drafting workers for short stints.	3
5794900844	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.	4
5794910852	Ferdinand Magellan	Spanish captain who in 1519 initiated first circumnavigation of the globe; died during the voyage; allowed Spain to claim Philippines.	5
5794966171	Dutch East India Company	Joint stock that obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed.	6
5794968433	British East India Company	Joint stock that obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed.	7
5796367338	Lepanto	Naval battle between the Spanish and the Ottoman empire resulting in a Spanish victory.	8
5796440968	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.	9
5796447187	Mercantilism	Economic theory that stressed governments' promotion of limitations of imports from other nations and internal economies in order to improve tax revenues; popular during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe.	10
5796451695	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.	11
5796530248	Vasco de Balboa	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.	12
5796538375	Francisco Pizarro	Led conquest of Inca Empire of Peru beginning in 1535; by 1540, most of Inca possessions fell to the Spanish.	13
5796683519	New France	French colonies in North America; extended from St. Lawrence River along Great Lakes and down Mississippi River valley system.	14
5796713524	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.	15
5796744391	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.	16
5807045758	Cape Colony	Dutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope in 1652 initially to provide a coastal station for the Dutch seaborne empire; by 1770 settlements had expanded sufficiently to come into conflict with Bantu.	17
5807060481	Boers	Dutch settlers in Cape Colony, in southern Africa.	18
5807065087	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.	19
5821611691	Joint-Stock Trading Companies	Companies that were given government monopolies of trade in the region designated, but they were not supervised by their own states.(The Netherlands, France, and Britain)	20
5821656926	Indentured Servitude	Workers brought from Europe under tight contract that controlled their labor for many years- had some success, but failed to recruit sufficient labor.	21
5822871295	Vasco da Gama	Portuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean.	22