Which statements accurately describe Portugal’s claim to Brazil?

Question

Choose all answers that are correct.

Responses

A map of South America that shows the 1494 Line of Demarcation explains why the people of Brazil speak a different language from most of the people living in the rest of South America.

A map of South America that shows the 1494 Line of Demarcation explains why the people of Brazil speak a different language from most of the people living in the rest of South America.

The explorer who claimed Brazil was following a plan to sail far to the west to find and claim land for Portugal.

The explorer who claimed Brazil was following a plan to sail far to the west to find and claim land for Portugal.

The explorer who claimed Brazil was able to do so because Brazil lay east of the Line of Demarcation drawn at the Treaty of Tordesillas.

Answer 1

The following statements accurately describe Portugal’s claim to Brazil:

1. A map of South America that shows the 1494 Line of Demarcation explains why the people of Brazil speak a different language from most of the people living in the rest of South America. - This is correct because the Line of Demarcation established by the Treaty of Tordesillas divided the New World between Spain and Portugal, leading to Brazil being colonized by Portugal, which is why Portuguese is spoken there, unlike the Spanish spoken in many other South American countries.

2. The explorer who claimed Brazil was able to do so because Brazil lay east of the Line of Demarcation drawn at the Treaty of Tordesillas. - This is also correct because Brazil's location east of the Line allowed Portugal to claim it under the terms of the treaty.

The statement about the explorer following a plan to sail far to the west to find and claim land for Portugal is not necessarily accurate concerning the specific event of Brazil's discovery, so it would not be selected.