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luminitza

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Which of the following, related to the early explorations of the Portuguese and Spanish, is true?
 
  a. Europeans did not venture beyond the Straits of Gibraltar, fearing a torrid zone.
  b. Henry the Navigator led a crusade-type attack to capture a fortress in Morocco.
  c. Cartographers lacked the knowledge to indicate many of the newly-found locations on maps.
  d. Spain and Portugal felt that natives found in the new areas were not worthy of conversion to Christianity.
  e. Slavery was never part of early exploration.

Question 2

People taken captive during King Afonso's wars might have experienced all of these consequences EXCEPT
 
  a. being killed.
  b. becoming part of Kongo society.
  c. being held for ransom.
  d. being kept as dependent workers.
  e. being enslaved and exported.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b



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