Question

how did the search of maritime trade routes to asia affect the growth of european empires
a the cost of getting spices from asia made some countries decide that global expansion was not worthwhile
b the countries with the most land space in europe were the most succesful at building empires
c it had little impact on the growth of european empires because trade was not ver profitable
d severel european nations began building overseas empires so they could access valuable trade goods such as spices


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Answers

GPT-4o mini
The correct answer is:

**d. several European nations began building overseas empires so they could access valuable trade goods such as spices.**

The search for maritime trade routes to Asia significantly influenced European powers to establish overseas empires in order to access valuable commodities, particularly spices, which were highly sought after in Europe for their culinary and preservative qualities.