European Exploration

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What does the word exploration mean?

The idea of exploring/searching an unknown area

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What unknown areas were Europeans interested in exploring during the 1400s?

They wanted to explore the East Indies (the Orient) and Africa

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What parts of the world did the Europeans of the 1400s refer to as the East Indies?

India, China and Indonesia

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Why were Europeans so interested in going to these places?

Gold, Glory and God

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How did Europeans plan to reach these places?

By finding an all sea-route to these parts of the East Indies

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Why did they need to use an all-sea route?

All other routes involved them travelling across land which were under the control of the Muslims and this was unsafe and very expensive