SAT World History Practice Question
Portugal's MAIN motivation for seeking an alternate route to the East was to
- A.establish a direct trading relationship with China
- B.compete with Spain and its holdings in the New World
- C.end the Italian and Muslim dominance of trade
- D.lay claim to all trade rights in the Indian Ocean
- E.begin colonizing key areas of Southwest Asia
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