Portugal

Question 1

When was Portugal’s peak?

Answer 1

16th century between 1525 and 1550

Question 2

First wave of expansion (islands)

Answer 2

Ceuta, Madeira and Azores (1415-31) + Cape Verde (1460)

Question 3

Expansion in mainland Africa

Answer 3

Cape Bojador (1434) and Sierra Leone (1462)

Question 4

Diego Cao

Answer 4

Congo river in 1483

Question 5

Bartolomeu Dias

Answer 5

Cape of Good Hope (Southern tip of africa) in 1487

Question 6

Calcutta

Answer 6

Vasco de Gama in 1498

Question 7

Goa

Answer 7

Goa: Afonso de Albuquerque in 1510 (1st colonial state in India)

Question 8

Treaties w Spain

Answer 8

Tordesillas: 1494
Treaty of Madrid: Correction of Tordesillas in 1750

Question 9

Discovery of Brazil + uniqueness

Answer 9

Discovery: Pedro Alvarez Cabral in 1500
Unique: Ventured inland, set up plantations, immigration of Europeans and African slaves

Question 10

Causes of Portuguese decline

Answer 10

Late 16th c
Defeat in Morocco: el Ksar el Kebir in 1578
Death of King Sebastian in 1578
Occupied by Spain: 1580-1640

Question 11

Losses

Answer 11

Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Malacca (Malaysia)

Question 12

Remnants

Answer 12

Brazil, Macau, parts of India, and east Timor

Question 13

Later expansion in Africa

Answer 13

Angola and Mozambique
Decolonisation: ended in 1974 (last to do so)