Question

Which statement best describes the relationship between technology and European exploration?(1 point)
Responses

European technological advances were slow and often prone to failure during long voyages.
European technological advances were slow and often prone to failure during long voyages.

European nations benefited from a combination of existing technologies and their own innovations to aid exploration.
European nations benefited from a combination of existing technologies and their own innovations to aid exploration.

Europeans refused to use technologies originating from Asia and Southwest Asia because they believed they were inferior to European designs.

Answer 1

European nations benefited from a combination of existing technologies and their own innovations to aid exploration.

They adopted tools from Asia and the Islamic world (compass, astrolabe, improved sails and navigational knowledge) and combined those with European ship design and navigation improvements (caravel, better charts, guns) to enable long ocean voyages.