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The correct answer should be the last one, It encouraged Americans to live up to the ideals of the founding fathers.
<u>Answer:</u> <em>B. a strong desire for luxury goods</em>
<em>A strong desire for luxury goods is the following elements of European culture led to the Age of Exploration.</em>
<u>Explanation:</u>
There are three main reasons for European Exploration. Them being for the sake of their economy, religion and glory. They wanted to improve their economy for instance by acquiring more spices, gold, and better and faster trading routes.
Also, they really believed in the need to spread their religion, Christianity. At first, they were roused by a longing to discover quicker and less expensive exchange courses to Asia, where they could exchange for flavors. Flavors were a rewarding item in Europe.
Both Europe and Japan had a "cast system" you could say, where peasants worked the land that the nobles owned. (The Japanese had their own terms for the people, I just can't remember them.) During this time, Europe had knights and these Knights had a code called Chivalry. Over in Japan, there were Samurai with a very similar code which was called Bushido. Hope this helps.
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