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Chapter 19 World His
World History Cedar Park High
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the importance of Vasco de Gama | returned from Indies in 1499, first to find route; turning point in Western Europe, Portugal takes lead |
| Asia's opinion of Europe | not interested in European goods |
| Asia's opinion of Chistianity | little interest in converting to Christianity |
| What is the importance of Europe? | minimal, had their own domestic and regional issues to deal with |
| Asian Trading World- interest in European goods? | No interest in European goods |
| Where did Vasco de Gama go? | Calicut, India |
| What happened in Calicut India with Vasco de Gama? | They did not like what he brought to trade. There was no market for goods |
| What did Vasco de Gama have to trade? | silver, forced to give up silver for merchants to sell stuff |
| What was the problem with Asian Trade | little interest for goods, Muslims already firmly embedded (difficulty in trading , resistant to conversion) |
| How long was the Asian Trading Network going on? | for centuries |
| What did they trade in the West (red Sea/ Persia) | glass, carpet, tapestry making |
| What did they trade central (India) | cotton textiles |
| What did they trade East (China) | paper, porcelain, silk textiles |
| what did they trade in Africa | supplied raw materials - metals, foods, forestry |
| Raw materials in the Long distance were what? | usually lightweight / luxury times like spices and gems |
| What were the raw materials in the short distance? | rice, livestock, timber |
| What were the Routes in the Asian Trade Route determined by? | Weather and Coastal |
| How did the weather influence the Asian Trade Route? | There were monsoons to watch for. There were strong winds that went different directions at different times of the year so they would schedule their trips according to the wind direction |
| Why could Europe make progress in trade (2 reasons) | 1. no central control to overthrow 2. No military force protecting trade |
| Were exchanges peaceful or not in the Asian Trade Route? | Peaceful for centuries |
| How did the Portuguese respond to their encounter at Calicut? | They responded by force |
| How did the Portuguese manage to get control of the trade? (3 reasons) | 1. superior vessels (ships) 2. element of surprise (trade peaceful for 1000 years) 3. Asians couldn't unite |
| mercantilism | in Europe accumulating bullion (silver/gold) |
| Why couldn't Portuguese trade the normal way? | nothing to trade, don't want to lose all their bullion and lose power |
| What were the phases of control of the Portuguese? (3 main phases) | Sea Patrols (piracy ) and raids on towns, capture towns and build fortresses, create a monopoly |
| Example of Portuguese capture of town | Malacca was captured by Ormuz Goa in 1510 |
| what did they set up in the towns and fortresses? | naval bases and factories where they stored their goods |
| What were the parts of the Portuguese creating a monopoly of trade? | 1. Control the price of spices 2. licensing of merchant ships, make traders have to register their ships |
| Why weren't the Portuguese successful in the long run? (5 things) | 1. cut off hands didn't help 2. resistance of Asian rivals 3. lack of soldiers/ships 4. corruption among crown officials 5 shipping losses |
| What were the shipping losses caused from? | overloading and poor design |
| Who took over the Trade after the Portuguese? | The Dutch |
| What was the process for the Dutch take-over? | Take Malacca in the early 1600s. Spice Islands Indonesia |
| Where did the Dutch set a port? | In Batavia, closer to the source of the spice islands in Indonesia |
| Why did Dutch succeed? | 1. used fortified towns, factories, warships, monopoly 2. more ships and better ships 3. took control of all phases of production - harvesting |
| How did the System evolve? |
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