Abeka 10th Grade History Test 2 Practice

The main idea is that European explorers were driven by a mix of religious, economic, and prestige-seeking motives, often captured by the phrase God, gold, and glory. Religious motivation pushed efforts to spread Christianity and win converts; economic motivation aimed to gain wealth by finding direct trade routes to Asia for spices, gold, and other valuable goods, bypassing costly intermediaries; and glory refers to the desire for national prestige and personal fame that came from discovering new lands and claiming territory. The other options don’t fit as primary drivers: industrialization wasn’t an immediate goal of exploration in this era, although it would come later; astronomy was a crucial navigation aid, not the main reason for voyaging; and communism hadn’t even emerged as an idea yet, so it couldn’t motivate exploration.