Which statement best describes Spanish missions in South America in the 1600s and 1700s? They were used as forts for Spain's conquest of the rest of the continent. They were built along major trade and shipping routes. They were established in only a few inland areas. They were set up to convert people throughout the empire.

They were set up to convert people throughout the empire.

Explanation:

The Spanish Conquest of the Americas was primarily motivated by the aim to convert the people throughout Latin America.The Spanish Crown felt that religious conversion was necessary in order to ease colonization of the Americas.The Spaniards wanted colonize the Americas through Catholicization.

Though the Spanish Crown dominated the political and economic lives of the people, the Church dominated the religious and spiritual lives of the natives. The Catholicization of the Americas removed native religions. It also led to the destruction of old temples and literary accounts and other works of indigenous civilizations.

question 1

the reasons for the global discontent in the early 1900s were the following:

desire for independence   was the main fight of many territories which were still under the control of colonial powers. dissatisfaction with peace terms of wwi . the best example is the case of germany, that was forced by the peace treaties to pay very expensive war reparations to the winners of wwi. some time later, german leaders broke relations and stopped recognizing the authority of those who imposed sanctions on their country, counting with the support of the population that was suffering the important economic consequences of the payment of reparations. overproduction of consumer goods which led to hyperinflation scenarios and very week currencies and economies.

question 2

the reasons for the great depression were the following, and these led to wall street crash in october 1929 and caused the subsequent great recession period.

high personal debt, that ended up with many bankrupt investors. falling stock price as everybody was getting rid of the stocks, many because they could not meet the amounts of money required by the margins that backed their investments.

question 3

italy: led by the fascists and benito mussolini   and promised to restore the greatness of the roman empire. germany: led by adolph hitler and the nazi party and conducted anti-jewish riots in austriajapan: was controlled by aggressive military leaders and invaded countries for their resources

2.