How Did Local Populations Respond to European Missionary Efforts in the Americas

question 5

Multiple Choice

How did local populations respond to European missionary efforts in the Americas and Asia?

• A) They resisted cultural assimilation.
• B) Some converted to Christianity and European customs.
• C) Some compromised between indigenous religion and Catholicism in a type of syncretism.
• D) They actively rejected foreign ways.
• E) All of these.

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