The Primary Motive for the Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century European Voyages

question 18

Multiple Choice

The primary motive for the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century European voyages of exploration and discovery was the desire to

• A) spread Christianity around the world.
• B) verify the new scholarly theory that there were undiscovered continents.
• C) gain direct access to the goods of Africa and Asia.
• D) establish naval control of the seas.

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