Misc.
True or False: Slavery destroys the identity, culture, and ones own individuality
True
What is colonialism?
The Dutch east India company was established in what year?
A. 1600
B. 1601
C. 1602
D. 1604
What were three things the British east India company had a monopoly over?
Nutmeg, cotton, silk, indigo dye, sugar, salt, spices, saltpeter, tea, opium
What changed the Dutch West India company into a lucrative business?
Slavery
What was the main driving motivator of slavery around the 1600s?
Profit
True or False: Capitalism does not foster colonialism
False
The Dutch east India company sold what?
nutmeg, maces, cooking spices
The British east India company had conflict with what other company?
The Dutch East India companies
In what region did the Dutch West India company have a monopoly over trade and warfare?
The Atlantic
According to fanon (2006) what was used as an organizing principle for the upper class to dehumanize certain classes?
Racism
What serves as the biggest incentive when it comes to colonialism? (Hint: Think about it in the context of capitalism)
Monopolization of resources
Who were responsible for turning the company into a violent quasi-government organization?
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
How did Oliver Cromwell strengthen the British East India Company?
By copying/adopting the Dutch EIC's Charter
What two groups did the company wage war against?
Natives and European Powers
What did the Soldiers of Fortune Magazine report on?
Reporting of wars, including conventional warfare, low intensity warfare, counter-insurgency, and counter terrorism
True or False: Most developed nations today do not depend on the exploitation and ravages of third-world countries
False
Why did the Dutch conquer the Banda islands?
Wanted total control over the monopoly they had on nutmeg
In what year was the Regulating Act imposed to bail the British East India Company out?
A. 1772
B.1769
C.1777
D.1773
What event made the Dutch West India company begin to lose power?
When the English waged war on the Dutch Republic
Robert Brown claimed to have sent hundreds of mercenaries into which south American country?
El Salvador
The falling rate of profit that caused an economic crisis could only be resolved through _______ _________
Territorial expansion
The Dutch east India company was the first corporation to do what?
About how many soldiers did the British East India company have?
260,000 Soldiers
The company took over the north part of what country?
North Brazil