Why were the Spanish and Portuguese so interested in finding new ways to get to Asia?(1 point)

Responses

They had never traveled to Asia before.
They had never traveled to Asia before.

They wanted to use new sailing technologies.
They wanted to use new sailing technologies.

They wanted to have more control over trade by avoiding the use of middlemen.
They wanted to have more control over trade by avoiding the use of middlemen.

Europeans could not trade over land or the Mediterranean Sea.

They wanted to find alternative trade routes to obtain valuable goods from Asia.