SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Question
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Which of the following was not a reason European monarchs funded risky voyages by explorers/navigators?
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to prove the world was round
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Having the possibility of claiming new lands
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finding a northwest passage to Asia
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discovering sources of wealth
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Overview. Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.
Detailed explanation-2: -Strong among them are the satisfaction of curiosity, the pursuit of trade, the spread of religion, and the desire for security and political power.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which was not a motivation for European exploration in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries? Ottoman control of the Silk Road.
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