motives for exploration

Question 1

why was the tiny country of portugal interesting in exploration?

Answer 1

fresh resources to exploit and lands to cultivate (they had little land)

• originally sought fish, seals, whales, timber, land
• which they found on Azores and Madeiras Islands

Question 2

role of sugar in exploration

Answer 2

european demand for sugar was increasing

• italian already had sugar plantations in Palestine
• they worked with Portugal to start plantation in the atlantic islands

Question 3

how did the collapse of the mogul empire affect european exploration?

Answer 3

• travel on silk roads becomes less safe

- so they relied more on muslims to sail to Cairo where italy bought them

Question 4

why didn’t european monarchs like trading with muslims for asian goods?

Answer 4

expensive

-they wanted direct access by eliminating muslim intermediate to get more profit and goods

Question 5

why did europeans want to trade with sub-Saharan africa?

Answer 5

africans wanted gold

-europeans want to eliminate muslim intermediaries to direct access to african markets

Question 6

what role did christianity playing european exploration

Answer 6

• wanted to expand countries of christianity drove europeans to the larger world
• new testament urges christians to spread missionaries