The sixteenth and seventeenth-century maritime exploration efforts by england, france, and the netherlands were most directly connected to which of the following processes?

a) the protestant and the catholic reformation

b) economic competition against spain and portugal as a desire to find new sailing routes to asia

c) the transfer of engineering and navigational knowledge from the classical and islamic worlds to europe

d) the need to ease population pressures in europe by establishing settlement colonies

The Correct Answer is B

Explanation:

The Era of exploration

Europeans searching for New routes of trade:

the industrial revolution pushed the world into modern industrialization. it changed the course of history profoundly. it caused rapid urbanization and pushed cities and countries into development. the industrial revolution began in great britain with a series with new inventions which led to the creation of machines and mass production.

this caused the country to gain wealth and money and become an international superpower. it improved transportation and manufacturing inside the country, pushed people to live in urban areas and britain to become the most powerful nation in the world for a while.