Question

Answer all questions given under the heading

Malayan Peninsula

1. What was the reason for the European traders to come to South-east Asia?
2. Who was Albuquerque?
3. Who challenged the presence of the Portuguese?
4. When did the Dutch Capture Malacca?

Answer 1

1. When European traders crossed the Indian ocean at the close of the 15th century, they came for the spices of Southeast Asia.
2. Albuquerque was a Portuguese soldier who conquered Goa and Malacca. His successors were interested in the spice trade.
3. After the arrival of the Dutch and the English, there was a challenge to the presence of the Portuguese.
4. The Dutch captured Mlcca in 1641