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17.2 History Quiz
Portugal and Dutch
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dias | Made it to Cape of good hope. Portuguese Explorer. (shorter trip) |
| de Gama | Made it to the Indian Ocean. Portuguese Navigator (longer trip) routes to India |
| What did Portugal do in 1514 | They gained control of the Strait of Hormuz, the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean. *they CHARGED MUSLIM traders a fee for passage through the strait* |
| joint-stock company | investors held shares. it should shares of stocks to investors who became partners in the venture |
| capitalism | busnisses are privately owned and exist to make profits |
| Northwest Passage | a sea route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific by way of a series of artic northern Canadian islands. But it didn't even exist |
| Dutch East India Company | Europe's largest commercial enterprise of the 17th century. They were a joint-stock company |
| Henry Hudson | English explorer who searched for the passage but failed. he sailed up the Hudson River. He went to present-day Albany, New York |
| What happened in the mid-1500s | the Netherlands was governed by the Cathloic rulers of Habsburg Spain. Spanish used to control the Netherlands before independence. (idk if this is the question but know this info) |