Dutch East India Company (VOC)

What did the VOC want?

• world control of the spice trade

• cheaper labor

• more land

• to avoid conflict

When did Holland become a very rich and powerful country?

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The Netherlands is a country in (Continent)

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People in Holland are called

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In the 17th century, some rich men in Holland formed a trading company called

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The Dutch name for the Dutch East India Company is the ' Vereenigde Ooost-Indische Compagnie' (VOC)

• True

• False

Why did the Dutch start to compete with the Portuguese

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When did the Dutch start to compete with the Portuguese for control of the Sea route to the East?

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What did Dutch sailors discover?

• A new Island in the Indian ocean, they could buy glass beads and cotton

• They could sail East from the Cape on the west winds

• A new coffee bean that was worth alot of gold

The Dutch sailors would sail East from the Cape on the west winds, before turning North to India and Java. How did they return?

• On the warm ocean current from up north

• On the south-east trade wind

• Via the Mediterranean sea to the West