Question

9. What historical event explains the high percentage of Catholics in contemporary Latin

America?
A. Colonization of the Americas by the Spanish and Portuguese
B. The relocation of the Pope's headquarters to Latin America
C. Increased migration from Great Britain to South America
D. English laws that require citizens to practice Catholicism

Answer 1

A. . Colonization of the Americas by the Spanish and Portuguese

Step-by-step explanation:

After conquering a certain territory, Spanish and Portuguese tend to force the people in that territory to follow several mandates:

- They need to abandon their own language and learn to communicate in Spanish / Portuguese.

- They need to learn about Spanish & Portuguese cultures

- They need to strictly adopt Catholics as their national religion.

Failure to follow this mandates will subjected them toward punishments from their colonizer. This explain why the vast majority of the people in contemporary Latin speak either Spanish or Portuguese and most of them are Catholics even to this day.