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The majority of Portugal's colonies in Africa were located?

a. Southern Africa
b. Eastern Africa
c. Northern Africa
d. North Western Africa

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Eastern Africa definitely!
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The correct answer is A) Southern Africa.

The majority of Portugal's colonies in Africa were located in Southern Africa.

European powers in the 16th century sent their explorers to discover new navigation routes and to colonize new territories. Portugal was a powerful maritime power in that time and colonized Angola and Mozambique, in the south part of Africa. Portugal realized that those territories had many raw materials and natural resources to exploit.

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