Eorope Moves In

Question 1

This system required all trade ships and goods to go through the Portuguese

Answer 1

cartaza system

Question 2

Who was the first Portuguese explorer to arrive in Calicut, India in 1542?

Answer 2

Vasco da Gama

Question 3

This was an important trade city because it it connected to three main world regions

Answer 3

Calicut

Question 4

By 1515 who controlled all trade in the spice trade?

Answer 4

Portuguese

Question 5

The Portuguese also had control of trade operation in….

Answer 5

Goa and the Island of Sri Lanka

Question 6

Which port was closed go all non-Portuguese companies?

Answer 6

Diu in Gujarat on the Indian West Coast

Question 7

What company replaced the Portuguese?

Answer 7

Dutch East India Company

Question 8

What was the region in south-east India that the Dutch controlled in trade?

Answer 8

Coromandel Coast

Question 9

What acted as a form of currency in Southeast Asia?

Answer 9

Indian Textiles

Question 10

Who chartered the East India Company as a joint stock company?

Answer 10

Queen Elizabeth

Question 11

The charter banned all other British trade companies creating what?

Answer 11

a monopoly

Question 12

In 1612 the British fought whom off the coast of Surat, India?

Answer 12

Portuguese

Question 13

What was the name of the battle between British and Portuguese in 1612?

Answer 13

Battle of Swali

Question 14

After the British beat the Portuguese in the Battle of Swali, what did the British claim?

Answer 14

dominance over all Indian trade

Question 15

Who gained British permission to buy land and build factories on the Indian coast?

Answer 15

Thomas Roe

Question 16

What was the main profit for the British with Indian trade?

Answer 16

textiles

Question 17

Who were the first to establish trade routes with India?

Answer 17

Portuguese