Portugal

papal Line of Demarcation

In 1480, to divide the new lands between Spain and Portugal, the pope drew the first:

Cape of Storms

In 1487 Bartholomew Dias discovered the tip of Africa, which he called the:

Brazil

Portugal's only colony in the New World was:

lacked resources, population, and size

Portugal had difficulty colonizing because they:

contact Japan and China

Portugal was the first European nation to:

mercantilism

The economic policy which included the idea that all colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country was:

circumnavigate

to sail around

True

By circumnavigating Africa, Vasco da Gama became the first European to reach the East Indies by sea.

trading

Portugal's main source of economic support came through the business of _____.

Africa

Prince Henry initiated a program of exploration to find a route to the East Indies, by sailing around _____.

1. Sumatra 2. Africa 3. China 4. Java 5. Japan 6. the New World

What countries or areas did Portugal contact, colonize, or establish posts in?

Iberian peninsula

a peninsula in southwestern Europe consisting of the countries of Spain and Portugal

Moors

an ethnic group of mixed Berber and Arab stock living in northwestern Africa