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Subject: AP World History
UNIT IV – Global Interactions, 1450CE to 1750CE
Chapter 17 – The West and the World, Pgs. 383-402
--COMPLETE ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER IN THE ORDER IT IS SHOWN BELOW---STAPLE THESE STUDY GUIDE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE FRONT OF YOUR RESPONSES---WRITE THE SUBTITLE (i.e. Important Vocabulary) BEFORE EACH SET OF YOUR RESPONSES---MAKE SURE TO WRITE THE NUMBER FOR EACH QUESTION BESIDE EACH RESPONSE-Important Vocabulary
Directions: Identify, understand, describe, and explain the following terms and its importance to this chapter and world
history.
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Amerigo Vespucci
Atlantic Colonies
Battle of Lepanto
Boers
Calcutta
Cape Colony
Cape of Good Hope
Christopher Columbus
Coercive Labor System
Columbian Exchange
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Core Nations
Dependent Economic Zones
East India Companies
Emperor Atahualpa
Ferdinand Magellan
Francisco Pizarro
John Locke
Louis XIV
Mercantilism
Mestizos
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Mulattoes
New France
Prince Henry the Navigator
Seven Years War
Smallpox and Measles
Treaty of Paris
Vasco da Gama
Vasco de Balboa
William Penn
Important Dates
Directions: Identify, understand, describe, and explain the following dates and its importance to this chapter and world
history.
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1434
1498
1509
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1608
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1744
Guided Reading Questions
Directions: Identify, understand, describe, and explain the following questions, writing in complete sentences.
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What technological innovations made the global domination of the West possible?
What was the importance of Vasco da Gama reaching India?
How did the West explore early on?
How did the early European explorers interact with the indigenous populations, especially in India and South Africa?
How did the Battle of Lepanto affect world history?
What was the impact of the Columbian Exchange?
How do the terms “core area” and “dependent zone” compare?
What areas of the world remained outside of the global economy prior to 1600 and why?
What areas were added in the 17th century and why?
How do British and French North America differ from other European colonies?
What were the similarities and differences of British North America and French North America?
What were the results of the creation of a world economy?
Thematic Questions
Directions: Identify, understand, describe, and explain the following prompts, writing in complete sentences. Make sure to
write a thesis statement and use evidence from the text.
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What were the reasons the creation of a global economy in the 16th and 17th centuries differed from the previous
trade networks that had existed during the Postclassical period?
How was the West allowed to establish its dominance in the global trade network of the 17 th century?