Question

scientific revolution, enlightenment, and age of exploration assessment.- honors

1. what were not the motivations behind european exploration of distant lands?

a. trade with asia
b. the spirit of adventure
c. competition with chinese explorers
d. religious zeal

1. what does the phrase \gold, glory, and god\ mean?

a. the great 49er gold harvest, giving monarchs praise, spreading islam to new peoples
b. wealth from precious metals, adventure and prestige, bringing christianity to new peoples
c. discovering the gold deposits in egypt, acknowledging the pharaohs authority beyond the nile river valley, submission to the egyptian religion by outsiders
d. wealth from acquire new nations, adventure and prestige, purifying the church of heretics

1. how were spain and portugal able to take the lead in discovering new lands?

a. new technologies for ship travel and navigation, outside the box thinking on routes to asia
b. close proximity to the lands each nation discovered
c. rising populations in both countries forced them to discover these lands for people to live
d. other nations were distracted by the protestant reformation

1. how were the first explorations of spain and portugal similar and different?

a. both destroyed civilizations, portugal only stayed east, spain only conquered west
b. portugal destroyed civilizations, spain controlled north america, portugal controlled south america
c. both sailed to the americas, spain reached india first, both ended up in india
d. spain destroyed civilizations, portugal sought african gold, both ended up in the americas

Explanation:

1. Para la pregunta 1: Las motivaciones de la exploración europea incluyeron comercio con Asia, espíritu de aventura y fervor religioso. No hubo competencia con exploradores chinos como factor principal.
2. Para la pregunta 2: La frase "Oro, gloria y Dios" se refiere a los tres motores clave de la exploración europea: riquezas por metales preciosos, prestigio y aventura para los reyes y exploradores, y la difusión del cristianismo.
3. Para la pregunta 3: España y Portugal lideraron la exploración gracias a nuevas tecnologías náuticas (como astrolabios, cartas náuticas mejoradas) y métodos de navegación, además de un pensamiento innovador para rutas alternativas a Asia.
4. Para la pregunta 4: Tanto España como Portugal partieron hacia rutas de exploración iniciales, y ambos terminaron llegando a la India; además, España conquistó y llegó a las Américas, mientras que Portugal se centró más en rutas africanas y el este, pero ambos llegaron a territorios americanos en algún momento.

Answer:

1. C. Competition with Chinese explorers
2. B. Wealth from precious metals, adventure and prestige, bringing Christianity to new peoples
3. A. New technologies for ship travel and navigation, outside the box thinking on routes to Asia
4. C. Both sailed to the Americas, both ended up in India