Which weren’t reason for europe exploration in the america

“The answer is escape from economic and political turmoil.

There were a lot of reasons why people ventured to the New World but at the

time, economic issues weren’t one of them except in trade. This came later when

people wanted a better life which is why they left for the U.S.”

the enslaved people onboard suffered from illness with some frequency

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.