Question

Drag each sentence to the correct location.
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.

Answer 1

The land was well

suited for sugar

plantations.