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What was the Columbian Exchange?
 
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What motivated the Portuguese to chart the Atlantic coast of Africa in the middle 1400s?
 
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Answer to Question 1

This was the exchange of people, diseases, domesticated animals and plants, and cultural knowledge between the peoples of the Old World and the New World.

Answer to Question 2

The Portuguese hoped to find a sea route around the Islamic countries to reach India and China.



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