AP European History / Unit 1: Renaissance and Exploration
1.7 Rivals on the World Stage
Notes
Portugal built a trading-post empire; Spain conquered the Americas; later, the Dutch, English and French built empires. The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) divided new lands between Spain and Portugal.
Practice
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided new lands between:
Papal line, 1494.
Portugal's Asian empire focused on:
Spice trade.
The Dutch rose as a trading power in the:
Golden Age.
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