Which statement best summarizes a motivation behind the age of exploration?

a) european governments looked to spread feudalism to africa and americans.

b) explorers from europe hoped to discover new trade routes to asia.

c) the ming dynasty worked to establish colonies in africa and the american.

d) the ottoman empire looked to spread islam in asia and africa.

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the answer is 1.. i think

answer-the island had airfields that the u.s. military needed.

i do believe its (d) it allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.

explanation: signed into law in may 1862, the homestead act opened up settlement in the western united states, allowing any american, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. by the end of the civil war, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years

judaism, christianity and islam, are all abrahamic religions and therefore have in common the hebrew idea of a single god which is the source of all morality. the idea of the covenant is only related to judaism, while dharma is a concept of indian religions and the four noble truths are basic principles of buddhism.