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Motives for Exploration: Wealth, Spices, and Trade Routes to Asia
Explain economic and political factors (Gold, God, and Glory) driving European maritime expeditions.
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European Exploration and the Age of Discovery
4th Grade · Social-studies · US-WI-SS
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Analyze the causes, technological innovations, encounters, and global consequences of early European voyages to the Americas.
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