History Term 2 Unit 5: The Dutch East India Company (VOC)

Question 1

What was Holland?

Answer 1

Holland was a country in Europe.

Question 2

What was Holland also called?

Answer 2

It was also called “The Netherlands”

Question 3

What language do the people in Holland speak?

Answer 3

Dutch.

Question 4

What where people in Holland called?

Answer 4

The Dutch.

Question 5

Holland became a very ____ and ________ country in the __th century.

Answer 5

Rich; powerful; 17

Question 6

What does DEIC stand for?

Answer 6

D utch
E ast
I ndia
C ompany

(DEIC)

Question 7

What does VOC stand for?

Answer 7

V ereenigde     (Dutch)
O ost-                 (East)
I ndische           (India)
C ompagnie      (Company)

Question 8

What did the Dutch do after the 1600’s with the Portuguese?

Answer 8

They began to compete with the Portuguese for control over the sea route to the East.

Question 9

What did the Dutch sailors discover to get to India and Java?

Answer 9

The Dutch sailors discovered that they could sail east from the Cape on the west winds before they turned north to India and Java. They returned on the south-east winds.

Question 10

Where was the first and only land stop on the journey back?

Answer 10

South Africa.

Question 11

Where did the VOC want to send their ships?

Answer 11

The VOC wanted to sail their ships around Africa to buy spices in the East, take the spices back to Europe and sell them for a profit in Europe.

Question 12

Who had control over most of the sea routes around Africa and the Indian Ocean, and had set up trading ports along the African coast?

Answer 12

The Portuguese.

Question 13

The ___ attacked the __________ fleets and slowly took ____ most of the _______ ports in ______ and the ____.

Answer 13

VOC; Portuguese; over; trading; Africa; East.

Question 14

The VOC did not only _____, but was so ________ that it could ____ over territories too.

Answer 14

Trade; powerful; rule

Question 15

Who in Holland was very poor?

Answer 15

Ordinary people.

Question 16

If a ___ got a ___ on a ___ ship, he faced alot of ________.

Answer 16

Man; job; VOC; hardship.

Question 17

What 5 things happened when sailors went on long journeys?

Answer 17

They:

1. were separated from their families for a long time
2. had to sleep on the open decks and got cold and wet from the wind and the rain
3. did not get much sleep
4. ate food like bread. porridge, dried peas/beans with salted meat/fish
5. ate in groups of seven from one bowl/plate.

Question 18

What was in the water that the sailors drank and what did they do to rid the water of it?

Answer 18

There were worms and insects in the water and it was not safe to drink. Sometimes they stirred the water with a hot iron rod to try and kill the worms and insects. The sailors would drink the water with their teeth closed so that they would not swallow the dead insects and worms.

Question 19

What sickness did sailors get and what makes it happen?

Answer 19

Scurvy is a disease when they did not get enough Vitamin C in their diet,

Question 20

What happens during scurvy?

Answer 20

The sailor’s gums in his mouth bleed and grow over his teeth. It can also make his teeth loose.