VI Answer the following in one or
two sentences
1. Give a short note on Archives.
2. Write about the importance of Coins.
3. Why Prince Henry is called 'Henry the
Navigator?
4. Name the important factories established
by the Dutch in India.
5. Mention the trading centres of the English
in India.
Answers
1.An archives is a place where people can go to gather firsthand facts, data, and evidence from letters, reports, notes, memos, photographs, and other primary sources.
2.Currency is the physical paper notes and coins in circulation. By accepting the currency, a merchant can sell his or her goods and have a convenient way to pay their trading partners. There are other important benefits of currency too. The relatively small size of coins and dollar bills makes them easy to transport.
3.Prince Henry of Portugal (1394-1460) was called the Navigator not because he went to sea himself, but rather because he encouraged exploration in the early 15th century. He did the organization that was needed for long voyages to succeed. He began sending out expeditions in 1418.
4.India, they established the first factory in Masulipattanam in 1605, followed by Pulicat in 1610, Surat in 1616, Bimilipatam in 1641 and Chinsura in 1653. In Bengal they established a factory in Pipli, but it was abandoned for Balasore later.
5.The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company ), East India Trading Company (), the English East India Company or (after 1707) the British East India Company, and informally known as John Company,[2] Company Bahadur,[3] or simply The Company was an English and later British joint-stock company founded.