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they wanted to get the silks and spices there
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What did the europeans hope to gain by finding a sea route to asia?
A shorter sea route to Asia...
What best explains why europeans wanted to discover a direct trade route to Asia?
The desire for increased profit led Europeans to seek a direct trade route to Asia. If they could dispense with the middleman, they could keep the extra for themselves.
A historian who studies how and why people migrated from Asia to the Americas is most likely interested in?
human geography
What distinct advantage did industralized Europeans nations have over the non-industrialized nations of Asia and Africa?
A Well-defined infrastructure.
Person of mixed European and Indian ancestry?
The native Americans and Europeans trace their origin in Asia
What caused Europeans to become interested in Asia?
Mostly, Asia had what they didn't....silk, spices and such.
What trading good from Asia were Europeans most interested in?
Penis and anal.
What route to Asia were Europeans interested in discovering?
a sea route around Africa
Which famous Italian went to Asia causing Europeans to be interested in trade?
Marco Polo
What products caused Europeans to find a water route to Asia?
It was all about spices, yes the ones for cooking
What caused farmland in Central Asia to become useless?
the rain fall
What trading goods from Asia were europeans most interrested in?
Europeans were most intrested in spices from Asia.
What were Europeans perspective on exploration?
The Europeans perspective on exploration was the find riches, discover new passages to Asia for spices and silk and to conquer land to become most powerful using imperialism.
How was Asia viewed by the europeans?
with their eyes
What is true about the scramble for Asia?
in the "scramble" for Asia, Europeans had to deal with Japan.
What kept Europeans from traveling to Asia?
they had no maps that show the world correctly, no navigation tools ad they had never traveled to Asia by sea.
Why didn't the europeans just go by land?
Usually it was because the main trade hub was in Asia and Europeans couldn't get there because of the naturally border dividing mountain range. Thus, people that wanted to trade with Asia needed to sail. this then caused people to believe sailing was more productive than walking.
