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

question 45

Multiple Choice

What was the relationship between the Age of Exploration and the Renaissance? This should be Question 13 since the answer is in pages 20-21

• 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.

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