Chapter 21. Reflections on Europe in the Age of Exploration, Chapter 2

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Correct. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that the social, economic, and political consequences of the Black Death and the desire for wealth provided the incentive fourteenth-century Europeans needed to take new risks, explore new territories, and establish ties between the New World and the Old.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that the social, economic, and political consequences of the Black Death and the desire for wealth provided the incentive fourteenth-century Europeans needed to take new risks, explore new territories, and establish ties between the New World and the Old.

Correct. The answer is b. The author bolsters his argument that the Black Death created important preconditions for European exploration by pointing out that because one-third of Europeans died, survivors had access to more plentiful resources, which gave them new chances for social and economic advancement.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author bolsters his argument that the Black Death created important preconditions for European exploration by pointing out that because one-third of Europeans died, survivors had access to more plentiful resources, which gave them new chances for social and economic advancement.

Correct. The answer is d. The author argues that their desire for larger realms and fuller coffers motivated monarchs like Isabella to sponsor journeys of exploration in the fifteenth century.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author argues that their desire for larger realms and fuller coffers motivated monarchs like Isabella to sponsor journeys of exploration in the fifteenth century.

Correct. The answer is b. In order to bolster his argument that Portugal led European exploration in the 1400s, the author states that Portuguese sailors developed the caravel, the type of ship that became explorers’ vessel of choice in coming decades.

Incorrect. The answer is b. In order to bolster his argument that Portugal led European exploration in the 1400s, the author states that Portuguese sailors developed the caravel, the type of ship that became explorers’ vessel of choice in coming decades.

Correct. The answer is a. The author suggests that Bartolomeu Dias’s successful navigation around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 and his idea that it would be possible to find a sea route to the East facilitated Portugal’s commercial ascendance. By discovering a sea route to the East and eliminating overland travel, Portuguese merchants could charge much lower prices than others could for the goods they imported to Europe.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author suggests that Bartolomeu Dias’s successful navigation around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 and his idea that it would be possible to find a sea route to the East facilitated Portugal’s commercial ascendance. By discovering a sea route to the East and eliminating overland travel, Portuguese merchants could charge much lower prices than others could for the goods they imported to Europe.

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