What was a main goal of portugal, in terms of increasing trade within the indian ocean basin? a. to forge military alliances with important empires b. to secure a pathway to trade within the indian monopoly over trade in the region c. to capture bases and forts in order to exert increasing influence over the region d. to forge economic alliances with local traders in order to establish peaceful relations

The correct answer is C) to capture bases and forts in order to exert increasing influence over the region.

The main goal of Portugal, in terms of increasing trade within the Indian Ocean basin, was to capture bases and forts in order to exert increasing influence over the region.

It was Portuguese navigator Vasco de Gama established a safe route to the Indian Ocean. That is when they started to trade in the zone, and displaced Asian nations as the prominent kingdom that traded in the region. Let's remember that the Portuguese were great explorers and navigators. Indeed, Prince Henry of Portugal called the Navigator, opened a school of navigation to support maritime discoveries.

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monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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