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During the Age of Exploration, the countries of Europe were looking for gold, silk, spices, lumber, land, and fur. Why were these items of importance to Europe at this time?
Merchants hoped that the new goods would help to reduce inflation in Europe.
New kinds of funding were needed to repay the heavy debt that was owned to the Church.
Items from far away were used by the rich in Europe to show their wealth and status.
Europeans needed more merchandise was to increase trade along the Silk Road.
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- Items from far away were used by the rich in Europe to show their wealth and status.
Explanation (brief):
- Spices, silk, gold, furs, and exotic goods were luxury items in high demand among Europe’s elite and signaled wealth and prestige. Merchants and rulers sought direct access to these goods to profit and gain status.
- The other choices are incorrect: the influx of New World precious metals actually helped cause inflation (not reduce it); explorers weren’t primarily seeking funds to repay Church debt; and rather than increasing trade along the Silk Road, Europeans sought new sea routes to bypass Ottoman-controlled land routes.
- Items from far away were used by the rich in Europe to show their wealth and status.
Explanation (brief):
- Spices, silk, gold, furs, and exotic goods were luxury items in high demand among Europe’s elite and signaled wealth and prestige. Merchants and rulers sought direct access to these goods to profit and gain status.
- The other choices are incorrect: the influx of New World precious metals actually helped cause inflation (not reduce it); explorers weren’t primarily seeking funds to repay Church debt; and rather than increasing trade along the Silk Road, Europeans sought new sea routes to bypass Ottoman-controlled land routes.
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