What is population density? a. the total number of people living in a certain area b. the average number of people in a given area c. the rate at which the world's population is expected to grow d. the cultural or ethnic breakdown of people living in a country

B. The average number in a certain area

Explanation:

Population density is calculated by taking the total area of a region in question and dividing it by the total number of people that live in that area. The result will give the average number of inhabitants per square kilometre, mile, acre, meter, etc. While the population density of an entire country is not a very accurate means of knowing the population density of that countries capital city, it does given an idea of how much land is available in the country per inhabitant.

beaches, climate, and waters

there's multiple reasons why the conquistadors were so successful in colonizing central america, and some of them are:

- they were seen as gods;

at the beginning, the spanish settlers were seen by the natives as gods, and this was mainly due to their white skin, and the way they came with their boats.

- possessed superior weaponry;

the spanish had gunpowder and guns, as well as cannons, while the natives did not had any fire weapons.

- made cleaver alliances;

they used the situation of tribes hating each other, so they made alliances with some of them which served them very well.

- brought diseases;

the native people were not immune to certain diseases the europeans brought with them, so they were dying from seeming harmless things for european standards.