Question

Look at the table of the most widely practiced religions in four Latin American countries. Then answer the question that follows.
 

Country Primary Religions
Argentina Catholicism: 68.3%
Protestantism: 11.3%
Other/None: 20.4%
Colombia Catholicism: 78.3%
Protestantism: 12.0%
Other/None: 9.7%
Mexico Catholicism: 76.3%
Protestantism: 11.6%
Other/None: 12.1%
Venezuela Catholicism: 60.5%
Protestantism: 15.2%
Other/None: 24.3%

How did European imperialism contribute to the distribution of religions shown in the chart?
A.
Spanish soldiers attacked and imprisoned native Christians in Spanish territories.

B.
The British forced African Christians to work on plantations in British territories.

C.
The British made the Church of England the official religion in British territories.

D.
Spanish missionaries forcefully spread their religion throughout Spanish territories.

Answer 1

D. Spanish missionaries forcefully spread their religion throughout Spanish territories.

Spanish colonization of much of Latin America brought Catholic missionaries (and state support) who converted indigenous populations—often by coercion—leading to Catholicism's dominance in countries like Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Venezuela.