Question

In the following passage.

The first and decisive step in the expansion of Europe overseas was the conquest of the Atlantic Ocean. That the nation .____ (achieve) this should be Portugal
was the logical outcome of her geographical position and her history. Placed on the extreme margin of the old, classical Mediterranean world and ___(face) the untraversed ocean, Portugal could ___(adapt) and ___ (develop) the knowledge and experience of the past ___(meet) the challenge of the unknown
From the seamen of Geneva and Venice, they ___ (learn) the organisation and conduct of a mercantile marine. Largely ____ (exclude) from the share in the Mediterranean Commerce, at a time when her population ___ ( make) heavy
demands on her resources, Portugal ___(turn) southwards and westwards for opportunities of trade and commerce .But ocean navigation was not the same as
____(navigate) the land-locked Mediterranean.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1 achieving. 2 faced. 3 adapt and 4 develop. 5 met. 6 learned 7 excluded. 8 made. 9 turned. 10 navigate