7. European nations began a big push towards world exploration for all the following reasons EXCEPT for: direct trade with Asia would bring great wealth to the nation
to gain resources and power
a desire to share in the rich spice trade of the East
to increase the population of each nation

to increase the population of each nation.

Explanation:

The reason is that the European nations main aim for world exploration is for resources and power from nations and not to increase the populution of nations

if you are talking about current time the answer is no

if you are talking about when the colonies were developing the answer is yes

a.) a poor farmer, due to the fact that they would want to be freed from british rule.