HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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find a faster trade route to Asia
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spread Christianity
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colonize new territories
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -During this time, Europeans took to the seas in search of new trade routes, knowledge, and sources of wealth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Portugal sent out Vasco da Gama who found a trade route around the southern tip of Africa and to India. They also explored much of the Far East and were the first Europeans to establish a trading colony in China at Macau. Other countries such as Great Britain and the Netherlands established colonies in the New World.
Detailed explanation-3: -1497–1499: The Portuguese Vasco da Gama, accompanied by Nicolau Coelho and Bartolomeu Dias, is the first European to reach India by an all-sea route from Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -Vasco da Gama, Portuguese Vasco da Gama, 1er conde da Vidigueira, (born c. 1460, Sines, Portugal-died December 24, 1524, Cochin, India), Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India (1497–99, 1502–03, 1524) opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope.