32.3 Portuguese Exploration Question Preview (ID: 55551)


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Pedro Cabral discovery


a) Brazil
b) Belize
c) Mexico
d) Cape Cod

Vasco da Gama


a) Faster route to Argentina
b) Faster route to Japan
c) Faster route to India
d) Faster route to Scotland

Henry the Navigator


a) Discovered the New World
b) Discovered Brazil
c) Discovered the route to India
d) Wasn't an explorer

Henry the Navigator was responsible for...


a) setting up sailing and map making schools
b) setting up Columbus to go on his voyage
c) inventing the astrolabe
d) inventing the compass

Where was Pedro Cabral trying to get to, but ended up in South America?


a) India
b) China
c) California
d) Guatemala

True or False: The Portuguese used violence as a strategy to control the trading in Africa and other places.
a) False
b) True
c)
d)

Portugal's control of traded allowed the cost of goods to ______________.


a) skyrocket
b) same the same
c) gold
d) drop

a territory, often very large, under the political and economic control of another country
a) country
b) colony
c) city
d) empire

What kind of plantations were the people of Brazil forced to work on?


a) Sugar
b) Cinnamon
c) Salt
d) Wheat

As the native population of Brazil decreased, the Portuguese needed more laborers. Starting in the mid–1500s, they turned to ____________.


a) Europe
b) Asia
c) Africa
d) North America

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