Chapter 2 Key Terms

Question 1

What was a Caravel?

Answer 1

A fifteenth-century Portuguese sailing ship

Question 2

What was a factory in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

Answer 2

In the context, a trading post with offices and Warehouses

Question 3

What is Hangul?

Answer 3

Hangul was the Korean alphabet first introduced by King Sejong in 1446

Question 4

What was a Joint Stock Company? 🤑🤑

Answer 4

A company in which multiple merchants combine money to fund business ventures, sharing both risk and profit🤑

Question 5

What is Sikhism? 🙏 Created in the 15th century

Answer 5

Created in Northwestern India, the Punjab region, Sikhism is a combination of Hinduism and Islamic elements and was monotheistic

Question 6

What is a Sufi?

Answer 6

Sufis are Islamic mystics; practitioners of Sufism and the mystical expression of Islamic faith.

Question 7

What was the Silhak movement?

Answer 7

The Silhak movement was a reform promoting physical sciences and technology to solve practical problems in the late 17th century

Question 8

What is a Trade-Diaspora -Community? 💵💰🏦

Answer 8

Societies created when travelling merchants visited foreign countries for business and ended up settling there.

Question 9

Undang-Undang- Laut Melaka was a part of the grand Undang-Undang- Melaka law code, but what was The Laut Melaka and why isn’t it just the same as the grand law.?

Answer 9

The Undang-Undang- Laut Melaka was a Malacca Maritime law code, governing the conduct of sailors and traveling merchants.

Question 10

Undang-Undang- Laut Melaka was a part of the grand Undang-Undang- Melaka law code, but what was The Laut Melaka and why isn’t it just the same as the grand law.?

Answer 10

The Undang-Undang- Laut Melaka was a Malacca Maritime law code, governing the conduct of sailors and traveling merchants.