Question

The sixteenth and seventeenth-century maritime exploration efforts by England, France, and the Netherlands were most directly connected to which of the following processes?

a) The Protestant and the Catholic Reformation

b) Economic competition against Spain and Portugal as a desire to find new sailing routes to Asia

c) The transfer of engineering and navigational knowledge from the classical and Islamic worlds to Europe

d) The need to ease population pressures in Europe by establishing settlement colonies​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

I believe the answer is, B.

Answer 2

The Correct Answer is B

Step-by-step explanation:

The Era of exploration

Europeans searching for New routes of trade:

• New sources of wealth, luxury and goods from Asia are the main aim and desire of European exploration.
• The Demand of good and services is higher than supply means merchants could charge higher prices than the regular prices.
• England, Portugal, Spain, and France wanted to go far from their Italian merchant counterparts and find new sea routes for themselves.