Why hadn’t europeans used maritime routes before the age of exploration? 1. they feared that the muslims controlling portugal and spain made maritime routes unsafe. 2. they didn’t have the ships and navigation skills to travel around africa to asia. 3. they focused on exploring europe for gold, silver, and other precious metals. 4. they were interested only in trading with other european nations.

Why did the crew of the zong ship throw some captive africans overboard? a. there was not enough space in the ship. b. the captives’ deaths were covered by insurance. c. the ship did not have adequate food. d. the ship did not have sufficient crew to care for the sick captives. e. the african captives rebelled against the crew.

The factory system of the early-19th century caused a) a decrease in farm production. b) an increase in rural population. c) an increase in urban population. d) high unemployment in other areas.

What were copernicus’s ideas about the order of the universe deemed to be dangerous to church thinking? (5 points) a.the church was invested in the idea that the earth was at the center of the universe b.copernicus was developing a new religion that would challenge the church c.the church feared his ideas threatened their control of european universities d.copernicus was a follower of luther and therefore could not be trusted