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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: Henry the Navigator |
Portuguese prince responsible for direction of series of expeditions along the African coast in the 15th century; marked beginning of Western European expansion
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: Cape of Good Hope |
Southern tip of Africa; first circumnavigated in 1488 by Portuguese in search of direct route to India
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary:Vasco da Gama |
Portuguese captain who first reached India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: 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
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: Ferdinand Magellan |
Spanish captain who in 1519 initiated first circumnavigation of the globe; died during the voyage; allowed Spain to claim Philippines
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: Dutch East India Company |
Joint stock company that obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: British East India Company |
Joint stock company that obtained government monopoly over trade in India; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: Lepanto |
Naval battle between the Spanish and the Ottoman Empire resulting in a Spanish victory in 1571; demonstrated European naval superiority over Muslims
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: 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
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: 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 and 18th centuries in Europe
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: 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
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: Francisco Pizarro |
Led conquest of Inca Empire of Peru beginning in 1535; by 1540, most of Inca possessions fell to the Spanish
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: New France |
French colonies in North America; extended from St. Lawrence River along Great Lakes and down Mississippi River valley system
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: Treaty of Paris |
Arranged in 1763 following Seven Years' War; granted New France to England in exchange for return of French sugar island in Caribbean
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: 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 Bantus
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: Boers |
Dutch settlers in Cape Colony
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Chapter 17: The West and the World
Vocabulary: 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
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