These special settlements were created by Spanish priests to convert Indian tribes to Christianity. In the center of each of these settlements there was usually a large building with an inside patio. At the opposite end was a Catholic church. What settlement is it?

The correct answer to the question is "Missions"

Explanation:

Spain was ready to send Missionaries to Christianize the New World. In the ecclesiastical bull of 1508, Universalis Ecclesiae (Of the All inclusive Church), Pope Julius II announced that the ruler of Spain would be the top of the Congregation in Spain and its realm. Such a strengthening unmistakably implied that alongside Spanish law, administration, language, and culture, the Roman Catholic religion, as well, would cross from Europe to the Americas and that the lord of Spain would participate in the spread of Christianity to the local people groups of the New World. His charge is set up missions all through the Western Side of the equator and, later, the Philippines. Along these lines started the historical backdrop of the missions that across time would turn into a piece of our public story and impact our mutual basic history with Spain, Mexico and Latin America.

All through the pilgrim period, the missions Spain set up would serve a few destinations. The first is convert locals to Christianity. The second is conciliate the regions for frontier purposes. A third target was to assimilate the locals to Spanish social standards so they could move from mission status to ward status as full individuals from the gathering. Mission status made partaking locals dependents of the government rather than residents of the empire.