Question

Which of the following is not true about the methods Spanish friars used to achieve their goals?

a. They learned local languages in order to better communicate with the local peoples.
b. They studied traditional Indian beliefs, and then used those similarities to help explain Christian ideas.
c. They protested the treatment of the Indian peoples to the government.
d. They refused to baptize native converts into the Christian faith.

Answer 1

The Correct Answer is D.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Catholic friars served as the Missionaries. The Friars worked to convert Indians to Christianity and to persuade them to adopt the Spanish culture.
• The Friars advocate that the Indians surrender their tradition in favor of the Christian beliefs and Spanish ways.
• The Friars destroyed the sacred Images and the Indian temples then forced them to build the new Catholic Churches and adopt the rituals of the Catholic faiths.

Answer 2

It would be that "d. They refused to baptize native converts into the Christian faith", since the Spanish viewed this as a way of solidifying their efforts of religious conversion.