Europeans used military power to build trading empires in Southeast Asia

European Footholds in Southeast Asia and India
Europeans used military power to build trading empires in Southeast Asia.
As you read section 3, answer the following questions.
1. What did Afonso de Albuquerque mean when he proposed to make the Indian Ocean a “Portuguese lake”?

2. How did Dutch involvement in Asia differ from that of the Portuguese?

3. How did silver from America flow to East Asia?

4. What happened to Mughal rule in India after Akbar?

5. How did the English gain control of India?

Vocabulary

Conquered the city of Malacca A. Afonso de Albuquerque
A distant area under foreign control is an B Robert Clive
Indian troops formed by the English and C. Outpost

French were called

Drove the French from India D. Sepoy
Some people have argued, “to the victors belong the spoils of the enemy.” How do events in this section support this statement?