Question

What was one of Portugal’s main goals in exploring the west coast of Africa?

A.) to find the northernmost point of the continent
B.) to claim territory along the coast
C.) to find a sea route to North America
D.) to complete maps of the continent

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

B.) to claim territory along the coast

Step-by-step explanation:

Portugal was one of the first European countries to reach Asia and start trading with those countries. This made Portugal become one of the most powerful countries in the world because at that time spices, clothes and other goods were not available in Europe and the Portuguese were able to sell them.

But the travel to Asia was long and tiring, because of that Portugal started to explore West Africa so they would be able to claim territory along the coast and have a “safe point” in the middle of the trip to Asia.