Portuguese Colonial Expansion and the Battle of Alcácer Quibir

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What was the outcome of the Portuguese attempt to control the gold mines of Zimbabwe?

Unsuccessful attempts

Where did the Portuguese settlers gradually increase their influence over the affairs of a kingdom?

Mwene Mutapa

In what year did the Portuguese defeat the King's forces using hired African soldiers?

1628-29

Who expelled the Portuguese from East African ports north of Mozambique at the end of the 17th century?

Arabs from Oman

What did the Portuguese persuade the King of Mwene Mutapa to give them in 1573?

Permission to settle along Zambezi River

How did African societies acquire slaves according to the text?

Through warfare, raiding, and kidnapping

Which of these islands were explored and monopolized by the Portuguese in the 15th century?

Madeira, Azores, and Cape Verde

In what year did the Portuguese establish a colony at Porto Santo in the Madeira Islands?

1418

What was the outcome of Portugal's attempt to control Morocco in 1578?

It ended in disaster with many casualties

What did the Portuguese explorations of the West African coasts serve as a basis for?

The later explorations of Christopher Columbus and Vasco Da Gama

In what year did the Portuguese land and establish trading posts on the Senegal coast of West Africa?

1446

What did the Portuguese establish on the islands they explored and monopolized?

Sugar plantations

Which African kingdom initially allied with the Portuguese around 1482?

Kingdom of Kongo

Who was the Portuguese navigator that arrived at the mouth of the Congo River in 1482?

Diogo Cao

What was the dominant ethnic group in the Kingdom of Ndongo?

Mbundu

What was the name given to the region by the Portuguese, derived from the royal title of the Ndongo king?

Angola

Who was the Mbundu queen who led the early anti-colonial resistance against the Portuguese for four decades?

Queen Nzinga Mbande

What was the outcome of Queen Nzinga Mbande's negotiations with the Portuguese?

She signed a peace treaty largely on her own terms

Explore the history of Portuguese colonial expansion, including their establishment of colonies in Madeira Islands and conflicts in Algeria and Morocco. Learn about the disastrous Battle of Alcácer Quibir in 1578 which resulted in the death of King Sebastian I and Portuguese nobility.

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