Why did Europeans start to explore Asia, Africa, and the Americas? Group of answer choices

At first they were looking for trade routes, but then they discovered setting up colonies made a lot of money.

They were running out of room in their own countries.

They wanted to go to war with someone.

They wanted to get slaves.

they wanted to cut out the Muslim and Italian middlemen, as the prices increased each time goods were passed from one trader to another trader, and gain direct access to the riches of Asia. this would require finding a route to the country that bypassed the Mediterranean sea

my cultural heritage consists of irish, german, native american, and others.

cultural/diplomatic relations. most medieval japanese   culture has chinese origins. writing, architecture etc.