What Was the Relationship Between the Age of Exploration and the Renaissance

question 18

Multiple Choice

What was the relationship between the Age of Exploration and the Renaissance?

• A) The onset of the Age of Exploration and its emphasis on trial and error inspired the earliest ideas of the Renaissance.
• B) The focus of the Renaissance on religious rather than secular ideas caused the Age of Exploration to center solely on missionary work.
• C) The Renaissance and Age of Exploration occurred simultaneously, as both marked the end of the period known as early modernism.
• D) The Renaissance emphasis on humanism, discovery, and scientific innovation helped spark the Age of Exploration.
• E) Because the Renaissance began in Asia and spread to western Europe, the Age of Exploration ultimately focused on Asia as well.