GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The trade routes that appeared during this era in the Atlantic Ocean were collectively known as the Great Circuit. The routes connected four continents: North America, South America, Europe, and Africa, and they linked directly to the old water trade routes established in previous eras.

Detailed explanation-2: -Europeans established new trading-post empires in Africa and Asia, which proved profitable for the rulers and merchants involved in new global trade networks, but these empires also affected the power of the states in interior West and Central Africa.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Portuguese were the first to establish a trading empire in Africa and Asia. As early as 1505, King Manuel I (1495 – 1521) sent a permanent Portuguese force to India. From their Indian bases, the Portuguese continued to establish new trading bases across the Indian Ocean region.