Which of the following were effects of the mission system?

Question

Check all of the boxes that apply.

American Indian languages, culture, and religion spread to Spanish colonists.

American Indians learned Spanish and converted to Christianity.

Spain colonized a vast territory.

European diseases spread, killing many American Indians.

Answer 1

The following effects of the mission system are applicable:

• American Indians learned Spanish and converted to Christianity.
• Spain colonized a vast territory.
• European diseases spread, killing many American Indians.

The option about American Indian languages, culture, and religion spreading to Spanish colonists is not typically focused on, as the mission system was primarily aimed at assimilating American Indians into Spanish culture rather than the reverse.