European Colonialism Part II

Question 1

China is at ___, Japan is ____, SE Asia is at ____, and the world is at ____.

Answer 1

160M, 22M, 22M and 500M

Question 2

The rapid increase in population happened in

Answer 2

19th century.

Question 3

The growing population is attributed to:

Answer 3

• Changing weather patterns that benefited agriculture.
• European introduction of new crops.
• Advancement of Science and Medicine.

Question 4

Political situation in the region:

Answer 4

• 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.

Question 5

aims to find a sea route to India as the uncertainties of conducting trade via land become more in question.

Answer 5

Portuguese

Question 6

sail to find India but instead landed in Brazil.

Answer 6

Pedro Álvarez Cabral

Question 7

With 170 men, the Portuguese empire sponsored ____ Gama in a quest to reach India via sea route.

Answer 7

Vasco da Gama

Question 8

While navigating, they put markers called ___ were erected on areas where they made a landfall, as a symbol of claiming it.

Answer 8

padrões

Question 9

On __ da Gama reached Calicut, India.

Answer 9

May 1498

Question 10

On May 1498, da Gama reached __

Answer 10

Calicut, India

Question 11

They utilize __ to create a stronghold in India.

Answer 11

violence

Question 12

Alliance with locals who are against the Calicut was made. They establish the Viceroy of India __ as the first governor

Answer 12

Francisco de Almeida

Question 13

Led by ____ they conquered Goa and became an important
port and eventually became the capital of the Portuguese
Empire.

Answer 13

Afonso de Albuquerque,

Question 14

in the honor of the King of Spain, successfully proved that the world is a sphere.

Answer 14

Fernao Magallanes

Question 15

a Portuguese explorer, who envision to find a route to Asia using west based on new discoveries made by the Spaniards in the Americas.

Answer 15

Fernao Magallanes

Question 16

Magellan contacted natives from __, ___, and ___.

Answer 16

Patagonia, Ladrones, and the Philippines.

Question 17

He established contacts in ___ and brought Christianity in the islands.

Answer 17

Sugbu

Question 18

The expedition successfully reached their goal, finding a route to the Mollucas, and returning to Spain – led by

Answer 18

Juan Sebastian El Cano on September 1522.

Question 19

It followed the style of the Portuguese – establishing trading ports such as Batavia, Malacca, and the coasts of India.

Answer 19

DUTCH

Question 20

It established the first-ever multinational corporation the ______. Crops such as sugar and coffee could be grown and exported for considerable profits.

Answer 20

Verenigde Oostindische
Compagnie – VOC or Dutch East India Company

Question 21

VOC, where money invested by people from
Netherlands managed by ____ , established its Batavia.

Answer 21

States General

Question 22

Million of Europeans work in the Asian trade on ___ and netted for their efforts more than 2.5 million tons of Asian trade goods.

Answer 22

4,785 ships

Question 23

For years, they have a monopoly in the waters
between the ____ and _____

Answer 23

Cape of Good Hope and the Straits
of Magellan.

Question 24

The unification of Scotland and England, led to

Answer 24

Great Britain

Question 25

British Empire became the largest empire in human history which at its peak constituted of global landmass.

Answer 25

25%

Question 26

It was not until the ___ when Britain conducted the full-blown colonization of India and other parts of Southeast Asia.

Answer 26

19th century

Question 27

a Muslim dominant group, and some princely states were the primary trading partners of England

Answer 27

Mughal Empire

Question 28

Indians resistance of ___ led to more suppression and a move to direct control of the British Empire.

Answer 28

1850s

Question 29

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.

Answer 29

Burma

Question 30

Britain’s interest in Malaya was bound on
protecting the port of ___

Answer 30

Singapore.