Which of the following statements best investigates why the Spanish and Portuguese were able to influence Indigenous communities in Latin America?

Question

A. The destruction caused by widespread disease allowed European to more effectively change weakened Indigenous culture
B. The arrival of new crops and people from Afro-Eurasia slowly replaces Indigenous culture
C. Spanish and Portuguese missionaries were able to convert indigenous peoples to Christianity and force them to abandon their cultures
D. Indigenous communities did not have unique cultural identities and were easily influenced by the arrival of Europeans.

Answer 1

C. Spanish and Portuguese missionaries were able to convert indigenous peoples to Christianity and force them to abandon their cultures.