PORTUGAL

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

mercantilism

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

papal Line of Demarcation

Iberian peninsula

A peninsula in southwestern Europe consisting of the countries of Spain and Portugal.

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

Africa

Moors

An ethnic group of mixed Berber and Arab stock living in northwestern Africa. The Moors invaded and conquered Spain in the 700s, and were finally driven out in 1492.

circumnavigate

To sail around.

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

True

Portugal had difficulty colonizing because they:

lacked resources, population, and size

Portugal's only colony in the New World was:

Brazil

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

Cape of Storms

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

Sumatra Africa China Java Japan the New World

What are the four reasons for Portugal's decline as a world power?

THEY DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY OR RESOURCES THEY LACKED A LARGE POPULATION LACKED IN SIZE THEY WERE CONQUERED BY SPAIN IN 1580

Portugal was the first European nation to:

contact Japan and China

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

trading