Unit 4 Netherlands

Question 1

Dutch

Answer 1

-Had trading posts on Asian coasts
-Conquered Malacca in 1641, seizing a Portuguese site
-Has faster, cheaper, and more powerful ships than the Portuguese
-Developed the United East India Company (VOC)

Question 2

United East India Company

Answer 2

-Called the VOC
-Formed in 1602 during the Age of Exploration
-Helped with the risk of exploring, colonizing, and extracting resources from the New World
-A joint-stock company
-Funded by private merchants
-Has the power to start war, create colonies, and negotiate treaties.

Question 3

Bandanese

Answer 3

-Protective of their spice trade
-Were attacked by the Dutch
-Indonesia

Question 4

Massacre of 1621

Answer 4

-Island of Run
-The VOC, under orders from the Dutch government, decided to commit genocide on the Bandanese
-Some Bandanese were taken as slaves

Question 5

Effects of the Massacre of 1621

Answer 5

-Loss of Independence
-Economic Exploitation
-Cultural/Social Disruption
-Led to the growth of worldwide trade

Question 6

Brouwer Route

Answer 6

-Trade route to reach the “Dutch East Indies”
-Monopolized seafaring trade in SE Asia

Question 7

Japan

Answer 7

-Was called “edo” by other countries
-Japan does not know it is a Portuguese colony
-Tokugawa Ieyasu wants to get rid of foreign influence
-Sakoku (Closed country policy)
-Closes trade except with China and the Dutch

Question 8

Chattel Slavery

Answer 8

People are viewed as objects/possessions

Question 9

Indentured Servitude

Answer 9

Contracted work exchanged for “something of value; no wages

Question 10

Hacienda

Answer 10

plantations, particularly found in South America