European Footholds in South and Southeast Asia Chapter 2 Section 3

sepoys

-Indian soldiers in the service of the East India Company, to serve anywhere (either in India or overseas)

Goa

A Portuguese seized island off the coast of India- major military ford and commercial base

Dutch East India Company

A company founded by the Dutch in the early 17th century to establish and direct trade throughout Asia. Richer and more powerful than England's company, they drove out the English and Established dominance over the region. It ended up going bankrupt and being bought out by the British

sovereign

Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.

Malacca

City on the tip of the Malayan peninsula; a center for trade to the southeastern Asian islands; became a major Portuguese trading base.

Philippines

Spanish colony found by Magellan in the Pacific used as as major trading port to the rest of the Spanish empire

Alfonso de Albuquerque

This Portuguese-named governor of India (1509-1515) captured Malacca, which was of great importance to Indian Ocean trade. The violent means by which he accomplished this set the blueprint for later Portuguese imperialism.

outpost

a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops

Mughal Empire

a period of Muslim rule of India from the 1500s to the 1700s