Determine which sentences describe why the Portuguese chose to grow sugar on their plantations and which sentences do not.

Sugar crops did not
require hard labor.

The land was well
suited for sugar
plantations.

European traders had
no experience trading
with Africans.

Sugar was easy to
load on ships and
transport to Europe.

Sugar was in
high demand.

Portuguese laborers
agreed to work in
plantations only if
sugar was grown.

Factors are:

- The land was well suited for sugar plantations.

- Sugar was easy to load on ships and transport to Europe.

- Sugar was in high demand.

The sugar cane was well suited for the conditions in western South America, the climate was excellent for it, and soil as well, and that contributed to creating large plantations that were giving excellent amounts of sugar. A big advantage was also that the sugar was easy for storage and even easier for transportation on ships, and the ever growing demand in Europe for this product made the Portuguese lot of wealth.

Not factors are:

- Sugar crops did not require hard labor.

- European traders had no experience trading with Africans.

- Portuguese laborers agreed to work in plantations only if sugar was grown.

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.