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What is the Netherlands 🇳🇱🇳🇱⚽️🙃?

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The name of the of the European country also called Netherlands.

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What is a refreshment?

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A place where ships could stop to get food and water.

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What is scurvy?

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A disease which sailors got from not having any fresh vegetables and fruit on long sew journeys.

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In 1498, Vasco Da Gama travelled from Portugal across the Indian Ocean to _____.

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India

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Which European began to trade during the 1500s in the East (India and South-East Asia)?

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Netherlands
Britain
Spain
France

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Why did European traders want to go to Asia?

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To get things like spices and pepper to sell in Europe.

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What year did the Dutch government start the VOC?

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1602

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What does the VOC stand for?

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Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie

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What does the VOC translate to in English?

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Dutch East India Company (DEIC)

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10
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Who was the only Dutch company allowed to trade in the East?

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The VOC

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Where was the VOC head office?

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Batavia on the island of Java in the East Indies.

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It was a Journey of many _____ between Netherlands and Batavia.

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Months

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What happened in 1652?

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The VOC started a refreshment system at the Cape as a stopping place for ships.

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What was the purpose of the refreshment station?

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To provide the VOC ships with water and fresh food supplies. The Cape was also a place where sailors who had scurvy could rest and recover.

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During the first half of the _____, both English and Dutch ships at _____ ____ on their journeys to and from the east.

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1600s
Table
Bay

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16
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In _____, a Dutch ship was on its way back to the Netherlands. It was wrecked just ____ of Table Bay in a storm.

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1647

North

17
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How did the group of sailors survive in 1647 at the ship wreck?

A

They get fresh water,grew vegetables, and getting other food with the help of The Khoikhoi.

18
Q

When did the sailors go back to Netherlands?

A

1648

19
Q

The leaders of the group, Mr ____ and Mr _____, were asked to report to the VOC on the suitability of Table Bay as a place for a settlement.

A

Janszen

Proot

20
Q

What is a fort?

A

A strong building built for protection.

21
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When did the Dutch arrive at the Cape?

A

April 1652

22
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Who was the Commander of the ship and who did he come with?

A

Jan Van Riebeeck and he came with 90 people, these people were sailors, soldiers, and other skilled people.

23
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What instructions did the VOC give Van Riebeeck?

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Instructions to organize the planting of vegetable seeds and small fruit trees, and to set up peaceful, friendly trade with the Khoikhoi. He was also instructed to build to be a fort for protection for the Dutch and a hospital for sick VOC sailors.

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Q

True or false

He was instructed to keep a ____ of what happened each day, and to send regular reports to the VOC in the Netherlands.

A

Journal

25
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Why was Van Riebeeck’s important?

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It was an important written source of information about the new settlement, from the VOC’s point of view.

26
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What did we learn from Van Riebeeck’s journal?

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That everything in the early years of the settlement went well. The winter winds and rain washed away the mud and stone walls of the fort, and flooded the vegetables and other plants. And the strong South-Easterly winds destroyed the wheat crop.

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True or false

Van Riebeeck’s trade with Khoikhoi went well.

A

False, it didn’t.

28
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Why didn’t the trade with Khoikhoi go very well?

A

Van Riebeeck wanted to get livestock for meat for the settlement from the Khoikhoi. In spite of the Khoikhoi having large herds they never wanted to trade more than a few animals at a time.

29
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For many ____ after Van Riebeeck arrived, he hardly saw any Khoikhoi people. Then suddenly they arrived with their livestock.

A

Months

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