Question

europeans seek new trade routes

1. what was a main reason for european exploration?

the main reason was that wanted to find new routes and also to find things that are worth something.

1. what had created profitable business in europe?
2. how did other european monarchs and merchants try to bypass the italians?

the portuguese explore africa

1. who promoted exploration in portugal and what event led him to emphasize exploration?
2. what did he create when he returned to portugal?

portuguese sailors reach asia

1. which explorer rounding the tip of africa first? what forced him around it?
2. who reached the port of calicut, india in 1498?
3. what did they fill their ship with before they returned to portugal?

spain also makes claims

1. who did spain finance? what was his plan?

Explanation:

1. Europeans aimed to find new trade - routes to Asia for valuable goods like spices, silk, and gold, as the existing over - land routes were costly and controlled by middlemen.
2. Trade in luxury goods such as spices, silk, and precious metals from Asia, as well as the growth of urban centers and the rise of a merchant class, had created profitable businesses in Europe.
3. Other European monarchs and merchants tried to bypass the Italians by funding voyages of exploration to find new sea - routes to Asia, avoiding the over - land routes that the Italians dominated.
4. Prince Henry the Navigator promoted exploration in Portugal. The fall of Constantinople in 1453, which cut off traditional trade routes to Asia, led him to emphasize exploration.
5. When Prince Henry the Navigator returned to Portugal, he created a school of navigation in Sagres, which trained sailors, map - makers, and navigators.
6. Bartolomeu Dias was the first explorer to round the tip of Africa. Storms forced him around the Cape of Good Hope.
7. Vasco da Gama reached the port of Calicut, India in 1498.
8. Before returning to Portugal, Vasco da Gama's ships were filled with spices such as pepper, cinnamon, and cloves, as well as precious stones.
9. Spain financed Christopher Columbus. His plan was to reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer:

1. To find new trade - routes to Asia for valuable goods.
2. Trade in luxury goods from Asia and the growth of the merchant class.
3. By funding voyages of exploration to find new sea - routes to Asia.
4. Prince Henry the Navigator; the fall of Constantinople.
5. A school of navigation in Sagres.
6. Bartolomeu Dias; storms.
7. Vasco da Gama.
8. Spices and precious stones.
9. Christopher Columbus; to reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean.