Praxis 5004 Khan Academy Info Questions and Answers Already Graded A

Praxis 5004 Khan Academy Info Questions and Answers Already Graded A Why did europeans want to explore the new world? to claim more land and find riches -gold, god, and glory -also wanted to find routes to asia -religious motivations Crusades A long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia -christians wanted to dominate holy lands -jerusalem is a holy site for jews, christians, and muslims, but european christians wanted to reclaim the whole city from Muslim rulers Silk Road Trade The most famous of the trading routes established by pastoral nomads connecting the Chinese, Indian, Persian, and Mediterranean civilizations; transmitted goods and ideas among civilization. The Silk Road was important because it linked Asian and western cultures for more a thousand years, but it was also costly. Reconquista of Spain means reconquest, refers to the 800 years of violence an expulsion of muslims from the iberian peninsula after the failed crusades why did the spanish support christopher columbus on his voyages to the new world? the spanish were threatened by the portugese due to their exp