[ 367 ] Geography and the World GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW _____________ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Use the map to answer the following question. Portuguese Sea Routes to the East AFRICA PORTUGAL INDIA Lisbon Calicut Cape of Good Hope E U R O P E A R A B I A A t l a n t i c O c e a n Indian Ocean Diaz 1486–87 Vasco Da Gama 1498 Bartolomeu Diaz Vasco Da Gama Based on the map, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Diaz, on his voyage of 1486–87 a. purchased spices and jewels in India and brought them back to Portugal. b. proved the existence of a sea route around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean. c. managed to reach Calicut in India in only two years. d. circled the globe and proved once and for all that the world was round.