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Quiz for Document 2–1: King Afonso to King João III, Correspondence, 1526

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Why was King Afonso concerned about the growing popularity of goods imported by Portuguese traders?

The imports threatened to undermine local manufacturers.

Merchants captured and sold free Africans as slaves so they could purchase more Portuguese goods.

The quality of the Portuguese imports was inferior and at times a danger to locals.

Portuguese traders were using the commercial trade as a platform for missionary efforts.

2. Instead of goods, what did King Afonso ask the Portuguese to send?

Priests, teachers, and masons to help his people.

Soldiers to help protect his kingdom and fight his enemies.

Slaves to help build up his kingdom.

Money to help him pay off his kingdom’s debts.

3. Which of the following statements correctly describes King Afonso’s opinion of Christianity?

It was a threat to his authority in his kingdom.

It was a nice idea but not something that his people were interested in.

It was highly valued and something to be more actively promoted in his kingdom.

It was a false religion and not to be trusted.

4. Why did King Afonso appeal to the King of Portugal rather than to other European monarchs?

He believed his kingdom to be as Portuguese as Portugal itself.

He thought the King of Portugal was more powerful than the other monarchs.

He disliked the other monarchs, such as the King of France and the king of Castile.

He thought the Portuguese had the best people to send to help his kingdom.