European Colonialism Part II Flashcards
China is at ___, Japan is ____, SE Asia is at ____, and the world is at ____.
160M, 22M, 22M and 500M
The rapid increase in population happened in
19th century.
The growing population is attributed to:
- Changing weather patterns that benefited agriculture.
- European introduction of new crops.
- Advancement of Science and Medicine.
Political situation in the region:
- There are no nation-states.
- Control over people is more important than control of the territory.
- There was no fixed boundary that marked the limit of a monarch’s power.
- China was highly influenced by its cultural traditions.
- Most are independent kingdoms.
- Most of today’s nations were not present.
aims to find a sea route to India as the uncertainties of conducting trade via land become more in question.
Portuguese
sail to find India but instead landed in Brazil.
Pedro Álvarez Cabral
With 170 men, the Portuguese empire sponsored ____ Gama in a quest to reach India via sea route.
Vasco da Gama
While navigating, they put markers called ___ were erected on areas where they made a landfall, as a symbol of claiming it.
padrões
On __ da Gama reached Calicut, India.
May 1498
On May 1498, da Gama reached __
Calicut, India
They utilize __ to create a stronghold in India.
violence
Alliance with locals who are against the Calicut was made. They establish the Viceroy of India __ as the first governor
Francisco de Almeida
Led by ____ they conquered Goa and became an important
port and eventually became the capital of the Portuguese
Empire.
Afonso de Albuquerque,
in the honor of the King of Spain, successfully proved that the world is a sphere.
Fernao Magallanes
a Portuguese explorer, who envision to find a route to Asia using west based on new discoveries made by the Spaniards in the Americas.
Fernao Magallanes
Magellan contacted natives from __, ___, and ___.
Patagonia, Ladrones, and the Philippines.
He established contacts in ___ and brought Christianity in the islands.
Sugbu
The expedition successfully reached their goal, finding a route to the Mollucas, and returning to Spain – led by
Juan Sebastian El Cano on September 1522.
It followed the style of the Portuguese – establishing trading ports such as Batavia, Malacca, and the coasts of India.
DUTCH
It established the first-ever multinational corporation the ______. Crops such as sugar and coffee could be grown and exported for considerable profits.
Verenigde Oostindische
Compagnie – VOC or Dutch East India Company
VOC, where money invested by people from
Netherlands managed by ____ , established its Batavia.
States General
Million of Europeans work in the Asian trade on ___ and netted for their efforts more than 2.5 million tons of Asian trade goods.
4,785 ships
For years, they have a monopoly in the waters
between the ____ and _____
Cape of Good Hope and the Straits
of Magellan.
The unification of Scotland and England, led to
Great Britain
British Empire became the largest empire in human history which at its peak constituted of global landmass.
25%
It was not until the ___ when Britain conducted the full-blown colonization of India and other parts of Southeast Asia.
19th century
a Muslim dominant group, and some princely states were the primary trading partners of England
Mughal Empire
Indians resistance of ___ led to more suppression and a move to direct control of the British Empire.
1850s
Britain’s intervention of ____ pursued somewhat reluctantly and primarily in defence of the territorial integrity of India. Military interventions were made to takeover the
country that took almost a century.
Burma
Britain’s interest in Malaya was bound on
protecting the port of ___
Singapore.
