The spread of Catholicism throughout central and South America in the sixteenth century was most directly the result of A. The growth of the global Spanish silver trade
B. European merchants acquiring higher social status
C. The creation of extraction plantation economies
D. Competition with Protestants for global influence

the answer would be a i think?

the phenomenon that would be cited as evidence of increased economic interdependence between europe and the americas is  the development of mercantilism.

this theory suggests that the wealth of a country depends on its economic assets, or capital.

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the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.

utilized the penal colony