East India Company's Charter and Trade Routes Quiz

How did mercantile trading companies in the eighteenth century primarily make profit?

Who granted the East India Company the sole right to trade with the East in 1600?

Which Portuguese explorer discovered the sea route to India in 1498?

Which European power had already established their presence in India by the time the English ships arrived in the seventeenth century?

What base did the Portuguese establish in India on the western coast?

Name another European power that started exploring trade possibilities in the Indian Ocean by the early seventeenth century.

What was the significance of the charter acquired by the East India Company from Queen Elizabeth I in 1600?

How did the East India Company primarily make profit in the eighteenth century?

Who established their presence in the western coast of India before the English ships arrived in the seventeenth century?

Which European explorer discovered the sea route to India in 1498?

By the early seventeenth century, which other European power began exploring trade opportunities in the Indian Ocean?

What strategy did mercantile trading companies in the eighteenth century primarily use to make profit?