What did the europeans hope to gain by finding a sea route to asia

Basically they wanted to cut out the middlemen. Arabs were in the middle between India, China, and Europe. Europe was paying very high prices for spices and other goods. Islam and Christian Europe were not friendly towards each other. The Portuguese were actually looking for a long lost Christian sect they believed lived in the far east when the discovered how to sail to India and thought that Hinduism was a Christian religion at first when they arrived in India.  

as a result of the development shown on the graph,prices will most likely : the answer is rise

a politically correct answer.

northernmost part (disputed, administered) - near indira col, siachen glacier - 35.674520°n 76.845245°e

northernmost part (disputed, claimed) - dafdar near beyik pass - 37°24′00″n 75°24′00″e

northernmost part (undisputed) - near dharwas, chambal district - 33.24902°n 76.82704°e

southernmost part (mainland) - cape comorin - 8.06890°n 77.55230°e

southernmost part - indira point in the nicobar islands - 6.74678°n 93.84260°e

distance between:  

1 & 4 - 3070 km

1 & 5 - 3654 km

2 & 4 - 3269 km

2 & 5 - 3885 km

3 & 4 - 2801 km

3 & 5 - 3430 km

explanation: