Question

How was Portuguese trade in India different from that in the Americas?

A.
It offered great wealth from gold and silver.

B.
It involved exchanges with traders from China and Southwest Asia.

C.
It required the establishment of many colonial settlements.

D.
It did not involve violence against other cultures.

Answer 1

B. It involved exchanges with traders from China and Southwest Asia. So they aimed to control the trading routes rather than having subjects.

Answer 2

Answer: B. It involved exchanges with traders from China and Southwest Asia.

Because India had conducted trade with other regions for centuries, the Europeans could not monopolize trade in the same way they did in the Americas. Therefore, India traded with the Portuguese, but also with other countries such as China and those of Southwest Asia.