Question

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

Answer 1

to increase the population of each nation.

Step-by-step 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