Unit Four Maritime

2. Stock Exchange
4. The VOC consisted of six Chambers (Kamers) in port cities.
5. a barrier used to regulate or hold back water from a river, lake, or even the ocean
6. Abbreviation for a joint stock company
7. In the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) arrived on the Banda Islands, seeking to establish a monopoly on nothing spice.
9. were found to be unique due to the availability of nutmeg and mace, which grew nowhere else in the world and therefore had extreme commercial value.
13. were built and used in the 16th and 17th centuries as a contract-for-hire vessel.

1. He was the founder of Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies
2. involved historical civilizations in Asia, Northeast Africa and Europe.
3. European ruler of the 16th century.
8. a company or group having exclusive control over a commodity or service
10. the VOC was the richest private company the world had ever seen, with over 150 merchant ships, 40 warships, 50,000 employees, a private ____
11. belief in the benefits of profitable trading;
12. System of money