Europeans wanted to discover a new, shorter route to eastern Asia in order to
a. break the hold that Muslim merchants had on trade with Asia.
b. reduce the price of goods from Asia.
c. gain more profits for themselves.
d. reduce the time it took to transport goods.
e. All of these
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A) True B) False
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