HISTORY
NEW GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
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the African coast, South America, and Southeast Asia
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looking for gold, spices, and other resources
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to convert the native peoples to Christianity
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Motivated by the desire for new markets and an ongoing opposition to the Muslims, Portuguese sailors had begun to explore the West African coast in the first half of the fifteenth century.
Detailed explanation-2: -Their goals were to expand Catholicism and to gain a commercial advantage over Portugal. To those ends, Ferdinand and Isabella sponsored extensive Atlantic exploration. Spain’s most famous explorer, Christopher Columbus, was actually from Genoa, Italy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Because the Silk Road was frequently closed due to various wars, European rulers began to pay for explorations to find a sea route to Asia so they could get spices more easily and for cheaper. Portugal was the first European country that sent explorers to search for the sea route to Asia.