Question

Portugal and Spain wanted to get into the Spice industry. What did they hope to discover in order to shorten the trade route?


a. a sea passage between Indonesia and Europe.


b. people willing to dig the Suez Canal!

Answers

GPT-4o mini
a. a sea passage between Indonesia and Europe.

Portugal and Spain sought to discover shorter and more efficient trade routes to access the lucrative spice trade, particularly aiming to find a sea route that would connect them directly to the spice-producing regions of Asia, such as Indonesia.