Studied by 40 PeopleTags & Description
Columbian Exchange
New biological and ecological exchange of food, animals, people, and diseases, between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. And people resulted from the new expended global interaction.
Cape of Good Hope
Southern tip of Africa; first circumnavigated in 1488 by Portuguese in search of direct route to India
Ferdinand Magellan
Spanish captain who in 1519 initiated first circumnavigation of the globe; died during the voyage; allowed Spain to claim Philippines.
Dutch East India Company
Joint stock company that obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed
British East India Company
Joint stock company that obtained government monopoly over trade in India; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed
Lepanto
Naval battle between the Spanish and the Ottoman empire resulting in a Spanish victory in 1571
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
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
Vasco de Balboa
First Spanish captain to begin settlement on the mainland of Mesoamerica; initial settlement eventually led to conquest of Aztec and Inca empires by other captains
Francisco Pizarro
Led conquest of Inca Empire of Peru beginning in 1535; by 1540, most of Inca possessions fell to the Spanish
New France
French colonies in North America; extended from St. Lawrence River along Great Lakes and down Mississippi River valley system
Seven Years War
Fought both in continental Europe and also in overseas colonies; resulted in Prussian seizures of land from Austria, English seizures of colonies in India and North America
Treaty of Paris
Arranged following Seven Years War; granted New France to England in exchange for return of French sugar islands in Caribbean
Cape Colony
Dutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope initially to provide a coastal station for the Dutch seaborne empire; by 1770 settlements had expanded sufficiently to come into conflict with Bantus
Calcutta
Headquarters of British East India Company in Bengal in Indian subcontinent; located on Ganges; captured during early part of Seven Years War; later became administrative center for all of Bengal
Bullion
gold or silver in bars or ingots