According to the Textbook, Which of the Following European Colonial

question 298

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, which of the following European colonial powers, whose main colony was in present-day Indonesia, was less interested in amassing territory and religious converts than it was in turning a profit in Southeast Asia?

• A) Spain
• B) Portugal
• C) the Netherlands
• D) France

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