Voyages of Columbus Answers

Why was trade with Asia so important to European nations?

Asia was the only place Europeans could sell their wool and timber.

Asia had highly prized goods that Europe didn’t have.

Europeans wanted to learn more about Asia.

Europeans could easily travel to Asia.

What motivated Christopher Columbus to find a shorter and more efficient sea route to Asia?

his love of navigation

financial support from Portugal

financial support from Italy

the promise of wealth

In 1492, Portuguese explorers believed they could get to Asia more quickly by

establishing a shorter land route.

sailing around the southern tip of Africa.

traveling with larger caravans.

sailing through the Mediterranean Sea.

The primary goal of Columbus’s second voyage to the Americas was

to find gold.

to enslave Indigenous peoples.

to trade for spices.

to trade for silk.

Catholic priests were some of the harshest critics of Columbus because

Columbus claimed new lands for Spain.

Columbus wanted to acquire riches.

Columbus enslaved Indigenous peoples.

Columbus took funding from Spanish royalty.

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