What were the main reasons Europeans began exploring A. They wanted to spread Christianity
B. Europe was overcrowded
C. They wanted to find alternate routes to Asia
D. To find Atlantis

C they wanted to go to Asia because of blockade created by Turks so they came up whit the idea to go around the globe.Then they find America

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.