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AGE 6. The Time of Regents and Monarchs

6.2 A World Economy
Practise Questions

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AGE 6. The Time of Regents and Monarchs

6.2 A World Economy
Practise Questions

Slide 1 - Diapositive

1a) Why did Antwerp merchants need to find another city for their trade?

Slide 2 - Question ouverte

1b) Which two products were imported in the Republic from the Baltic?

Slide 3 - Question ouverte

2. Which of the following sentences is true?
A
In the Baltic Trade, Dutch merchants would trade with East Prussia and Poland
B
The Dutch merchants brought wood and grain and traded these for luxury products
C
The goods that were brought back were immediately sold to other countries
D
Merchants stored a lot of grain so they could help other countries when a famine broke out

Slide 4 - Quiz

Slide 5 - Vidéo

3. Which text about the development of Amsterdam is correct?
A
a new defensive wall was built around the new quarters
B
new quarters arose behind a new defensive wall

Slide 6 - Quiz

4. Put the events in the correct chronological order
Westerkerk 
Jordaan
the Townhall 
(Paleis op de Dam)
extension of the Heren-, Keizers- en Prinsengracht
Prinsengracht

Slide 7 - Question de remorquage

5a. What was the main function of the
Amsterdam canal system?
A
people could more easily travel around Amsterdam using the canals
B
troops could be transported to the defensive walls quickly in wartime
C
products could be brought to and stored into the warehouses
D
merchants could travel easily to the markets of the city with their products

Slide 8 - Quiz

5b. So, the function of the canals was mainly:
A
economical
B
military
C
religious
D
communicative

Slide 9 - Quiz

6. Why did the States General decide to form
one big trading company?

Slide 10 - Question ouverte

7a) The VOC had a monopoly.
This means that that the VOC was the only Dutch company allowed to trade spices in the East Indies.
A
TRUE
B
FALSE

Slide 11 - Quiz

7b) What are shares?
A
parts of a company that the company shares with other companies
B
products from a company that you can buy
C
parts of a company that you can buy and sell
D
products from a company that are stored in warehouses

Slide 12 - Quiz

7c) Why did the VOC issue shares?

Slide 13 - Question ouverte

7d) Did people who bought a VOC share have faith in the success of this company? Explain.

Slide 14 - Question ouverte

7e) Today people still buy and sell shares.
Can you think of a modern company that sells shares?

Slide 15 - Question ouverte

7f) Suppose someone gives you € 5,000,- to buy shares,
which company would you choose? Why?

Slide 16 - Question ouverte

8a) "The VOC had many privileges"
What are privileges?

Slide 17 - Question ouverte

8b) The VOC was a multinational.
What is a multinational?
A
a company that only sells local products in one village or city
B
a company that sells products all over the country
C
a company that sells products in different countries all over the world
D
a company that sells products no other company sells

Slide 18 - Quiz

8c) Name two modern multinationals

Slide 19 - Question ouverte

8d) What privileges did the VOC have that
modern multinationals do NOT have?

Slide 20 - Question ouverte

9a) What was the main reason the VOC decided to
colonize the trading posts in the East Indies?

Slide 21 - Question ouverte

9b). Why did Coen want to control the Banda Islands?

Slide 22 - Question ouverte

9c) Today many Dutch cities have a street named
after Coen.
Write down one reason why you think
this is a good thing and one reason why
it is a bad thing.

Slide 23 - Question ouverte

10a) Why did the States General allow privateering for the WIC?

Slide 24 - Question ouverte

10b) After 1648, the WIC started to concentrate less on
privateering and more on slave trade.
Can you explain this?

Slide 25 - Question ouverte

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