OGE ENGLISH grammar (test 1 the Portuguese)

During the 1500's Portugal was a strong sea power. It was the (a)   European country to build an overseas empire./ONE/

The Portugese first of all wanted to potect (a)   trade routs to the East./THEY/

They founded the colony of Angola in Africa, set up trading posts in India, Malaya, Java, Sumatra and the Spice Islands, which today (a)   Moluccas./CALL/

The Portuguese were (a)   in protecting their overseas lands for trade than in building permanent settlements. The only exeption was Brazil in South America./INTERESTED/

The Portuguese (a)   spices from the East, gold from Africa, and diamonds and gold from Brazil./GET/

However, it was hard for a small country to defend its widespread overseas lands against stronger (a)   ./COUNTRY/

Spain also sent its people-conquistadores-to explore the Americas. Hernando Cortes was one of (a)   ./THEY/

Cortes led his army in the capital city of the Aztec Indians, who had a highly advanced culture, but who could not fight well against the Spanish because the Aztecs (a)   horses and steel weapons./NOT HAVE/

The Spanish also went to other places in the Americas-Lima, Peru, Mexico and the Caribbean islands included. Spanish settlers wanted to gain (a)   wealth and power for Spain./MUCH/