Question

After Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope and reached southwest India, the Portuguese
a.
discovered that European trade with India was monopolized by Spain.
b.
realized that Muslim traders could not communicate with Portuguese interpreters.
c.
discovered a new culture that had never traded with Silk Road merchants.
d.
established trading forts in India, Africa, and China.

Answer 1

hmm what do you believe it is?

Answer 2

d?

Answer 3

mmmmhhhhmmm you got it!!=)

Answer 4

Yay! Next question:
The Cape of Good Hope was first rounded by the
a.
Portuguese.
c.
Spanish.
b.
English.
d.
French.

Answer 5

a?

Answer 6

correct!

Answer 7

What convinced Magellan to trust Balboa's instinct to sail west to reach Asia in 1519?
a.
Discovery of the Bering Strait
c.
Discovery of the Atlantic Ocean
b.
Discovery of the South Sea
d.
None of the above

Answer 8

C? or in this order b?

Answer 9

The fact that Balboa discovered the South Sea (current name at that time for the Pacific Ocean) meant that it was possible to reach Asia by sea going westward. This is what Magellan believed.

Answer 10

Okay, thanks!
Next question:
In 1513 Balboa discovered an ocean that he named the Pacific Ocean.


Please select the best answer from the choices provided

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Answer 11

* clears throat* look at my last response haha

Answer 12

I know that. I am just not sure if it was in 1513

Answer 13

haha ooohh im dumb lemme check

Answer 14

your not dumb.

Answer 15

yup it was haha and well not in history buttttt.... ya haha

Answer 16

An all-water route to Asia was discovered
a.
by John Cabot in 1498.
b.
by Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci in 1501.
c.
by Magellan’s voyage.
d.
only after Spain and Portugal agreed to move the Line of Demarcation 700 miles farther east of the Azores.

Answer 17

The Portuguese were hopeful they were close to discovering the water route to Asia. So, they named the southern tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope. Ten years later, Vasco da Gama sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India. Soon afterward, he sailed back to Portugal with his ship full of spices.

Answer 18

B?

Answer 19

mmhhm

Answer 20

Last one:
he Strait of Magellan is
a.
the narrow sea passage discovered in South America by Magellan.
b.
located in what are now the Philippines.
c.
Magellan’s route to a great sea that he named the South Sea.
d.
the gateway to Africa, India, and the Americas.

Answer 21

A or C?

Answer 22

The Strait of Magellan, also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south.

Answer 23

so C?

Answer 24

yea haha good job!=)

Answer 25

Thanks! That is all for now! Thanks for all the help!!!!

Answer 26

no problem! !)