Mark the statement if it accurately describes Portugal’s claim to Brazil.

A.
The explorer who claimed Brazil was following a plan to sail far to the west to find and claim land for Portugal.

B.
The explorer who claimed Brazil was able to do so because Brazil lay east of the Line of Demarcation drawn at the Treaty of Tordesillas.

C.
A map of South America that shows the 1494 Line of Demarcation explains why the people of Brazil speak a different language from most of the people living in the rest of South America.

Question

Mark the statement if it accurately describes Portugal’s claim to Brazil. 	
	
 
A.
	The explorer who claimed Brazil was following a plan to sail far to the west to find and claim land for Portugal.
	
 
B.
	The explorer who claimed Brazil was able to do so because Brazil lay east of the Line of Demarcation drawn at the Treaty of Tordesillas.
	
 
C.
	A map of South America that shows the 1494 Line of Demarcation explains why the people of Brazil speak a different language from most of the people living in the rest of South America.

anonymous · Answer

I think I would go with B Here's a link that might help you: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121203100544AAbh2ej

anonymous · Answer

Yes it is definitely B. Pedro Cabral accidentally sailed to far when he was trying to find the wind current Vasco Da Gama had established to go to India but instead sailed down to South America. He sow mountians and thought it odd when he saw it was part of the land, he made a giant cross and calmed it for Portugal. He staked it to the shore of the land now none as Brazil. This was the only part of the Americas on the east of the Line of Demarcation so it was free for them to clam it.

anonymous · Answer

Definitely B and C

Source: My memory