Monday, November 28, 2016

Chapter 17 Spice, Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7

Chapter 17: Spice

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Questions

1. What city was the gateway for goods to be transported into central and northern Europe in the 8th century?
2. Where did pepper come from?
3. Where did cinnamon come from?
4. Where did cloves come from?
5. Where did nutmeg come from?
6. Which were the Spice Islands?
7. In what year did Constantinople fall?
8. Which two nations tried through maritime efforts to break Venice's monopoly on the spice trade?
9. Who sailed west and landed on the Bahamas in 1492?
10. Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497?
11. Who was the first European to visit Mombasa?
12. Who visited Calicut in 1498?
13. What is the Malabar Coast of India called today?
14. How many ships did Vasco da Gama lose in his expedition?
15. With only one ship arriving to Lisbon, how much was the cargo of spices worth (mainly pepper and cinnamon)?
16. Which European country started settling overseas colonies first?
17. Which city became the main mercantile port for trade with Africa?
18. Which South American country was claimed for Portugal by Pedro Alvares Cabral?
19. What is the name of the first Portuguese colony in Southern India?
20. When did the Portuguese annex the city of Malacca on the Malay Peninsula?
21. What year did Ferdinand Magellan start his expedition for Spain?
22. What year did Ferdinand Magellan die in the Philippines?
23. What year did Ferdinand Magellan's voyage returned to Spain after circumnavigating the globe?
24. What was the name of the ship captured by the English Royal Navy in1592.
25. Where was the ship captured?
26. What did the ship have in its cargo?
27. How much was this cargo worth?
28. What year was the East India Company established?
29. Where was the East India Company established?
30. What year was the Dutch East India Company established?
31. What was the name in Dutch of the Dutch East India Company?
32. The Dutch Government and English Government granted charters for these two companies to take and defend colonies.  True or False
33. These two companies had the power to raise armies and build fortresses if necessary.  True or False
34. These two companies acted like governments.  True or False
35. How long were the Spice Wars?
36. The Spice Wars took place from 1602 to 1661.  True or False
37. What was the name of the Dutch East Indies capital?
38. What is Batavia now?
39. What is the name of the area the Dutch took over on the Malay Peninsula?
40. What was the Treaty of Utrecht of 1661?
41. Who controlled Macau?
42. What was the Act of Union of 1707?
43. Which colony did the British establish?
44. When was Hong Kong returned to China?
45. When was Macau returned to China?
46. Who founded Singapore in 1819?



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