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This is the nickname for the period of great wealth and culture in the Netherlands, brought about by the VOC's trading success
What is the Dutch Golden Age.
This is the name the Dutch gave to the large island continent we now call Australia, after charting it during their Asian voyage
What is New Holland?
The "Oceania" geography song instructs you to start your search by finding this largest landmass in the region
What is Australia?
The Dutch East India Company was created as one of these, allowing it to control all the trade for one type of good or all the trade in a specific area
What is a monopoly?
This is the year the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was officially founded
What is 1602?
This company, which grew to control the bulk of trade in the Indian Ocean, was founded in 1602 and became the most successful company in history
What is invest in the Dutch East India Company ( Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC)?
This famous Dutch Golden Age painter is known for his dramatic use of light and is the artist behind "The Girl with a Pearl Earring"
ho is Johannes Vermeer?
This large Southeast Asian nation is mentioned in the song just before Papua-New Guinea
What is Indonesia?
The Dutch used profits earned by the VOC to build many of these large walls, which were necessary to prevent flooding in the low-lying Netherlands
What are dikes?
This is the common three-letter acronym used to refer to the Dutch East India Company
What is the V.O.C?
Because the VOC was a publicly traded company, common citizens in the Netherlands could do this, meaning they could make or lose money along with the company
What is invest in the VOC or Dutch East India Company?
The Dutch charted this specific Pacific island nation in 1642, though they had limited contact with its native inhabitants at firs
What is New Zealand?
According to the geography song, you can "surf down the Great Barrier Reef" to this specific island nation
What is New Zealand?
This King of Spain closed the port of Lisbon to Dutch merchants, an action that contributed to the Dutch Revolt and the eventual success of the VOC
Who is Philip II?
This is the year the Dutch charted both Australia and New Zealand
What is 1642?
he Dutch used this term for their money, which was often put toward funding the VOC or building sea walls
What are Guilders?
This famous painting, finished around 1665, is a major work by Johannes Vermeer
What is "The Girl with a Pearl Earring"?
This country is mentioned in the song as sharing an island with Indonesia
What is Papua-New Guinea?
This city, the capital of Portugal, was the specific port that Philip II closed to Dutch merchants, forcing them to find a direct trade route to Asia
What is Lisbon?
This is the year Vermeer completed his famous painting, "The Girl with a Pearl Earring"
What is 1665?
The VOC or Dutch East India Company was the world's first one of these, meaning it was so powerful and massive that it could sometimes act like a small country
hat is a megacorporation?
The success of the VOC contributed to the rise of this new form of government, founded in 1588, which replaced Spanish rule in the region
What is the Dutch Republic?
The VOC began colonizing this island chain in 1603, setting up shop near modern-day Indonesia, though contact was limited at first
What is Indonesia (or the Indonesian islands)?
The VOC grew to control the bulk of trade in this specific body of water, making it the central hub of their operations
What is the Indian Ocean?
Philip II's opposition to Protestantism helped inspire this major political event, which resulted in the Netherlands achieving independence
What is the Dutch Revolt?