The Predominate Reason for Spanish Exploration in North and South

question 48

True/False

The predominate reason for Spanish exploration in North and South America was to convert the native populations to Christianity.

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Definitions:

Limbic Lobe

The limbic lobe is a set of brain structures located on both sides of the thalamus, immediately beneath the cerebrum, involved in emotion, behavior, and long-term memory.

Autonomous Morality

The second stage in Piaget’s cognitive-developmental theory of moral development, in which children base moral judgments on the intentions of the wrongdoer and on the amount of damage done.

Objective Morality

The perception of morality as objective, that is, as existing outside the cognitive functioning of people.

Piaget's Theory

A theory of cognitive development that describes how children construct a mental model of the world through stages of learning.