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The Golden Age?

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BEFORE YOU START STUDYING

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Complete summary

WHILE STUDYING

Know what’s in your notebook (normal studying)

Come up with questions I might ask

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InThe text is missing words. The words are listed below. Put the words in the correct boxes with the letters.

Amsterdam was already trading with the Baltic Sea region in the sixteenth century. With this …A…, merchants earned a lot of money. At that time, Amsterdam was already a well-known …B…. Products were stored in warehouses and later resold. These products did not only come from Europe. As a result, a …C… emerged.

A

B

C

Goldenn Age 

Commodity market

Woorld economy

The grain trade

VOC

True or false

True

False

The seventeenth century was a Golden Age for the Republic.

The VOC engaged in privateering.

The world economy could arise due to the voyages of discovery.

The WIC was founded during the Eighty Years' War against Spain.

Slaves were traded on the Amsterdam stock exchange..

Answering open-ended questions.

• First, think about what knowledge is being asked for!
• Repeat part of the question first.
• Write in clear sentences.
• Structure your answer according to the question.
• Check if you have answered the question.

Practice question

On the next slide, you will see a practice question. When formulating an answer, keep in mind:

Repeat part of the question (guide yourself in the right direction!)

Follow the structure of the question (prevents you from forgetting things or mixing them up!)

Check if it is clear what is written (words are all you have, does it say what you mean?)

Explain, using the terms monopolies and staple market, why Amsterdam was the center of trade.

What should be in your answer?

- Explanation of monopolies (VOC was allowed to trade many products exclusively)

Explanation of the staple market (all products from around the world in Amsterdam)

Mention that merchants from all over the world came to Amsterdam for all goods.

How many points did you get for this question?

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Explain whether the expression "if you're born a dime, you'll never become a quarter" is appropriate for the Golden Age.
Make a judgment, so: on one hand, yes, because... on the other hand, no, because...

What should be your answer?

On one hand, yes, because many people who were wealthy remained wealthy, and many poor people stayed poor.

On the other hand, no, because your wealth depended on your job, and with good education, you could climb higher.

How many points did you get for this question?

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Answering source questions.

• First, think about what knowledge is being asked for!
• Describe what you see in the source.
• Explain based on what you see.
• Check if you have answered the question.

Practice questions.

Op de volgende slide zie je een oefenvraag staan. Denk bij het formuleren van een antwoord aan:

• Herhaal deel van de vraag (stuur jezelf in de goede richting!)
• Zeg wat je ziet in de bron (in de bron zie ik...)
• Controleer of het duidelijk is wat er staat (woorden is alles wat je hebt, staat er wat jij bedoelt?)

In this painting, you see a group of merchants. Explain, based on the source, which group ensured that the merchants in the Republic became very wealthy.

In this painting, you see a group of merchants. Explain, based on the source, which group ensured that the merchants in the Republic became very wealthy.

What should be your answer

In the source, you can see regents (recognized by their collars).

The regents governed the Republic.

Because they were merchants themselves, they created rules that were beneficial to them.

How many points did you get for this question?

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This is a painting of a tavern.

Explain, based on a source element, why the lower class in the Golden Age was not wealthy.

Explain, based on a source element, why the lower class in the Golden Age was not wealthy.

What should be your answer

In the source, I see: child labor, simple clothing, simple furnishings.

From this, I can infer that the lower class was not wealthy because: children had to work, and there was no money for anything other than basic necessities.

How many points did you get for this question?

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How many points did you score on the practice questions?

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