What Event Prompted the Portuguese and Others to Find a New

question 5

Multiple Choice

What event prompted the Portuguese and others to find a new avenue to the sources of spices?

• A) The collapse of Indonesia in 1433 sparked a rush to enter the spice market.
• B) The Venetians ended their exclusive trade treaty with the Ottoman Turks in 1445.
• C) The fall of most of the Italian states to other European powers in the late fifteenth century allowed the Portuguese to expand.
• D) After the Ottomans conquered Constantinople in 1453, they controlled the spice trade and could raise taxes at will.
• E) The invention of sailing ships in the late fifteenth century encouraged more trade.