what were the leading countries notes

portugal led the way because it had strong government support for..

• sailing

• conquering

• land voyages

• construction

true or false: bartolomeu dias was the first around south africa.

• true

• false

because de gama's voyage to india gave portugal and other europeans a direct sea route to india, they took control of the _____ trade from muslim merchants.

instead of finding a route to asia, columbus reached the ______.

columbus' voyage caused increased tensions between spain and portugal, so the pope suggested the

the line of demarcation stated that...

• all lands to the east of the line belong to portugal

• all lands to the west of the line belong to portugal

• all lands to the east of the line belong to spain

• all lands to the west of the line belong to spain

the line of demarcation moved which direction to give more land to which country?

the treaty of ______ was signed by spain and portugal in 1494

the treaty signed by spain and portugal opened the era of exploration and

spain wanted to end portuguese domination of _____ trade.

• asian, especially chinese

• asian, especially indian

• asian

• american