1. What prompted European Exploration?
Choose at least 3 issues or situations that made the Europeans want to explore the world. Write a 1 paragraph for EACH of these issues or situations in or around Europe during the 1400s explaining how they prompted overseas exploration. Please make sure each paragraph has at least FOUR full sentences, not sentence fragments.

Questions to help give you ideas:
Why would European leaders sponsor explorations?
What events were happening during this time period?
Why were commoners wanting to leave their homelands in Europe?
What inventions and tools led to easier sailing?
What routes were they trying to find?
What was the economy of these times like?