The West Arrives in Asia

For Wednesday's class, please read chapter 12, and be prepared to answer the following questions:

• Who held monopolies on trade between Asia and Europe (list the two) before Vasco de Gama's breakthrough?
• What were Portugal's early advantages? What were their motives?
• What was the European strategy for trade with Asia? Why?
• Where in Asia were Catholic missionaries most successful and why?
• What is the significance of Goa?
• How did the Protestant Reformation and the Counter-Reformation impact Asia? Was it a significant impact?
• How did Russia's approach to Asia differ from that of the rest of Europe?
• Why did Japan initially welcome Christianity and then reject it?
• Why were the Dutch able to break the Portuguese monopoly?
• Where did the Dutch concentrate their efforts and how did they operate?
• Where did the English focus their efforts? Why?
• Make a rough outline of the chronology (who was ruling) and geographical range of European trade in Asia by country.