How did Portugal gain an empire in Brazil?
A) Portuguese mariners were first to explore the Amazon basin.
B) The Treaty of Tordesillas, designed to divide the Atlantic between Spain and Portugal, unintentionally granted Brazil to Portugal.
C) Initially, the Spanish had no interest in South America.
D) Brazilian natives successfully resisted Spanish invaders.
E) None of these answers is correct.
Ans: B) The Treaty of Tordesillas, designed to divide the Atlantic between Spain and Portugal, unintentionally granted Brazil to Portugal.
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