Why did fifteenth-century Europeans search for a sea route to Asia? Choose all answers that are correct. A. Europeans had begun
to demand valuable goods such as silk and spices that could only be found in Asia. B. European merchants had manufactured goods to sell in Asia but needed a way to get them there. C. European monarchs were eager to learn more about Asian culture. D. The Ottoman Turks controlled the Silk Road, which was the main land route from Europe through the Middle East to Asia.
Fifteenth-century Europeans were in search of a sea route to Asia because (A) Europeans had begun to demand valuable goods such as silk and spices that could only be found in Asia, also B) European merchants manufactured goods to sell in Asia but needed an a way to get them there.
A) Europeans had begun to demand valuable goods such as silk and spices that could only be found in Asia.
B) European merchants had manufactured goods to sell in Asia but needed a way to get them there
Explanation:
While the fifteenth century, Westerners weren't just out to explore for a sea route to Asia, they had to explore for one since the Ottoman Turks commanded the Silk Road, which was the main ground route from Europe through the Middle East to Asia. Westerners had started to ask important goods such as silk and spices that could only be located in Asia as it has been very helpful to their everyday living. Of course, in turn, European traders had produced goods to sell in Asia for those expensive goods such as silk and spices, but when the land route wasn't possible and safe anymore, they had to explore for sea routes.
