Question

During the Era of Exploration in the 1500s, Europeans in the areas shaded in green would have been most likely to be spreading
A. Lutheranism.
B. Judaism.
C. Catholicism.
D. Protestanism.

Answer 1

During the Era of Exploration in the 1500s, Europeans in the areas shaded in green would have been most likely to be spreading **C. Catholicism**. This was largely due to the influence of Spain and Portugal, who were major colonial powers at the time and were closely associated with the Catholic Church, seeking to expand their empires and convert indigenous populations to Catholicism.