1452 explorer answers

So I’m doing this project in school about 1452 questions and right now I will give you the answers to them one of the questions was why did merchants want to get to the east so badly? it was because back in Spain where they were it was hot they had no refrigerators so they would use salt and pepper to preserve their meat salt and pepper was very valuable back then he next question is why couldn’t  traders take a land route any more? it was because the city’s they passed through would not let them through unless they paid money the next question is well it is not really a question but it says share information about the to explorers you studied and well I don’t really know much about them but I do know their names were Christopher Columbus and john cabot and they both had crazy hair doos??  and the next question is what kinds of items did the sailors take on their journeys? they took things like guns and diving bells and food and other useful stuff the next question is well once again it not a question but it says describe the importance of team work during a project to me it is important because if you did not have teammates you would not have enough people to get the job done the next question is how did the expeditions benefit the king or queens country? when they got all this stuff from trading they got rich?