Question

Which of the following correctly analyzes how the cartaz system represented a departure from previous patterns of trade?(1 point)
Responses

Portuguese, Muslim, and Venetian traders formed an alliance to share ports and profits using the cartaz system.
Portuguese, Muslim, and Venetian traders formed an alliance to share ports and profits using the cartaz system.

Portuguese ports now had exclusive control of Indian Ocean trade.
Portuguese ports now had exclusive control of Indian Ocean trade.

The cartaz system made few long-lasting or impactful changes.
The cartaz system made few long-lasting or impactful changes.

Muslim and Venetian traders gained power as people bought cartazes from them.

Answer 1

"Portuguese ports now had exclusive control of Indian Ocean trade."

Explanation: The cartaz was a Portuguese naval pass that forced Indian Ocean merchants to buy permits to trade, allowing the Portuguese to police sea lanes, tax and restrict shipping, and assert monopolistic control—a sharp break from the earlier decentralized, Muslim- and Asian-dominated open-trade networks.