History Testweek Ch3

Question 1

Baltic trade

Answer 1

the trade of luxury products in exchange for grain and wood between the Dutch Republic and countries around the Baltic sea

Question 2

Commercial centre

Answer 2

a place where goods from all over the world were stored and eventually sold throughout Europe

Question 3

VOC

Answer 3

Dutch East India Company; trading company which sailed to the East-Indies and traded mainly in spices and silk

Question 4

Monopoly

Answer 4

being the only company that has the right to trade in a certain product

Question 5

Shares

Answer 5

represent parts of a company; you can buy and sell them for a profit, if the company is successful

Question 6

Governor-General:

Answer 6

a person who looked after the large trading network of the VOC in the East-Indies

Question 7

Intra-Asian trade:

Answer 7

a trading network between Japan, India and the East-Indies, in which the VOC participated

Question 8

WIC

Answer 8

Dutch West India Company; trading company which sailed to the West-Indies and mainly traded in slaves

Question 9

Privateering

Answer 9

the capturing and destroying of enemy ships

Question 10

Censorship

Answer 10

you are not allowed to write anything you want

Question 11

Freedom of conscience

Answer 11

freedom to have your own worldview

Question 12

Clandestine church

Answer 12

hidden churches often built in a house or barn where Catholics could practise their faith

Question 13

Baroque

Answer 13

art style derived from Renaissance art, characterised by extreme realism, dramatic effects and many emotions, especially on faces

Question 14

Dutch Realism

Answer 14

art style in which painters focused on painting realistic subject matters

Question 15

Genre

Answer 15

a particular type of painting