Answer:
They had to keep their voices silent.
The answer is money. It was believed that if they found a shorter way to Asia that they could access the trading market more easily and avoid middle-men and things like that. They could open companies there and trade for much less money and earn much more. However, he ended up in the Americas, not India.
Answer:
monks are men and they're religious.. even though you didn't put a list
Florida and Texas is all I know
