Question

Which of the following statements is the most accurate summary explains why Europeans began exploring

Europeans were motivated by scientific curiosity to explore foreign lands. They wanted to catalog new knowledge about plants animals and peoples in order to control their environment
European states wanted to control trade with the East so they funded voyages to find a more efficient sea route to Asia. In the process, they found the Americas and then a race between European powers to control the Western Hemisphere.
Europeans wanted to learn more about the cultures of foreign peoples. In the process they discovered they were afraid of indigenous peoples different worldview, so they sought to convert them to Christianity.
Europeans states knew about the Viking journeys in the eleventh century and they wanted to finish them, so they funded voyages to sail to the Western Hemisphere. In the process they completed with other European powers to control the new lands they found.

Answer 1

European states wanted to control trade with the East so they funded voyages to find a more efficient sea route to Asia. In the process, they found the Americas and then a race between European powers to control the Western Hemisphere.

Step-by-step explanation:

We can make this conclusion because when we examine the expeditions of a European named, Christoper Columbus to the Americas, we notice that part of his intentions for his voyages was to find a more efficient sea route to Asia, in the process, he discovered an island he thought of as East Indies or India, in Asia, which was actually an island on the American continent.

Many historians believe that this discovery led to a race for control to exploit the region of its resources.