Spain Was Not Successful in Its Settlement of North America

question 70

Multiple Choice

Spain was not successful in its settlement of North America mainly because the Spanish:

• A)lacked the resources to develop colonies successfully.
• B)sought quick profits and were dissuaded by clashes with Indians, believing that it was not worth establishing permanent colonies.
• C)believed the French to be too strong in the areas that they wanted and feared that it could lead to a war.
• D)considered colonies to be havens for debtors and persecuted Protestants.
• E)found themselves fighting with both the French and the English for control of territory.

Understand the role and management of confounds in experimental studies.

Grasp the ethical considerations in experimental design, especially regarding the use of placebos.

Comprehend the principles of masked (blind) designs in reducing biases.

Appreciate the importance of statistical significance in interpreting experimental results.

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Definitions:

Transitive Preferences

A condition in decision-making where if an individual prefers option A over B, and B over C, then the individual also prefers A over C.

Condorcet

A method of decision making, named after the French mathematician Marquis de Condorcet, that identifies the option that would win a majority of votes in all possible pairings against each of the other options.

Social Choice and Individual Values

A concept in welfare economics and political science that examines how to aggregate individual preferences, values, or welfare to reach collective decisions.

Condorcet Paradox

The failure of majority rule to produce transitive preferences for society.