Questions Refer to the Map Below

question 30

Multiple Choice

Questions refer to the map below.
-Which of the following is an accurate statement concerning the voyages shown above?

• A) East Asian countries sailed the largest and best-built ships in the fifteenth century.
• B) Ottoman expansion forced Venetian merchants to search for alternate routes to Asia.
• C) The Spanish controlled most of the islands in the eastern Atlantic.
• D) Western European countries dominated the voyages of exploration in the Atlantic Ocean.

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