Answer:
1. True
2. True
3. False
Explanation:
The Incas, the Maya, and the Aztecs were Native Americans of South America and Mexico. This is correct. The Inca Empire was a Native American civilization from South America, its capital was Cuzco in modern Peru and it encompassed the regions from Southern Colombia to the North of Argentina and Chile.
The technology of the astrolabe allowed sailors to navigate the seas by charting the stars and the constellations all the time. This is also true. The astrolabe was an ancient astronomical invention, widely used during the classical antiquity, the Islamic Golden Age, and medieval Europe. It allowed the user to orientate by observing the position of the stars and the constellations. It permitted sailors and navigators to explore the world starting thus the age of exploration.
European rulers did not really care about finding a trade route directly from Europe to Asia. Finding more land wasn’t important to them either. This is false. After the Ottomans conquered Constantinople and closed the access to the Eastern markets for European merchants, European rulers started sponsoring explorers to find alternative routes to the East. Finding land was a very important issue for them, mainly because they were also looking for sources of precious metals like gold and silver and other natural resources.
