1 Select all the correct answers.
Which two events spurred the need to chart new maritime routes?
O An increasing population forced Europeans to look for new lands to colonize.
0 The Turks captured Constantinople, closing the path to the Silk Road.
Europeans developed the economic system of mercantilism and needed reserves of gold and
silver.
0 Europe witnessed a period that historians refer to as a "dark age."
O The spread of smallpox killed most of the Taino people.