Question

• Economic opportunities

• Expansion of empires

• Religious freedom

The factors listed above led to the

A) American Indians moving West

B) spread of democracy

C) European exploration of the Americas

D) European migration

Answer 1

C) European exploration of the Americas

Step-by-step explanation:

Generally, history recognizes three motivations to be the reasons for European exploration and colonization of the Americas ( New World)

These motivations are

1. God:

This represents the freedom of religion. They believed in the need to make their religion spread.

2. Economic opportunities:

the Europeans sought to improve their economies through discovering faster routes for trading, and also by acquiring more gold and spices.

3. glory (expansion of empires):

Among the Europeans there was a quest for global dominance.