World History Honors Helllppppp! Please

Q:which of the following was not a reason for europeans to see out their own trade routes to the Indian ocean?
A. the demand for spices and other foreign goods was growing in Europe
B. Islamic and Italian merchants cherged expensive prices for their goods
C. Mercantalism argues that goverment attemot to save as much gold and silver as possible
D. The collapse of the islamic Empires left a power vacuum in the Indian Ocean that the Europeans sought to fill

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World History Honors Helllppppp! Please 

Q:which of the following was not a reason for europeans to see out their own trade routes to the Indian ocean?
A. the demand for spices and other foreign goods was growing in Europe
B. Islamic and Italian merchants cherged expensive prices for their goods
C. Mercantalism argues that goverment attemot to save as much gold and silver as possible
D. The collapse of the islamic Empires left a power vacuum in the Indian Ocean that the Europeans sought to fill