COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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TRUE
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FALSE
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1512 Portuguese explorer Francisco Serrão was the first European to reach Ternate, an important event as Europeans had been desperate for direct access to the fabled ‘Spice Islands’.
Detailed explanation-2: -Portugal is part of the group of 12 founding members of the Atlantic Alliance, along with Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, United Kingdom and United States of America.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 25 April 1974, Portugal’s right-wing dictatorship finally collapsed in a bloodless coup, which became known as the Carnation Revolution. For over a decade, Lisbon had been fighting in Portuguese Guinea, Angola, and Mozambique, all to keep control of its five-century-old African empire.