Which of the following are true of the spanish exploration and conquests in america? they were looking for wealth. they often searched for legends. they made many political allies. they sought a new route to asia. they were very kind to the indians. they claimed very little land except along the coast. they brought spain great wealth. they attracted a great deal of interest in spain.

isaac newton first proposed that earth was not perfectly round. instead, he suggested it was an oblate spheroid—a sphere that is squashed at its poles and swollen at the equator.

the idea of the earth being a flat disc is also inconsistent with the fact that a given lunar eclipse is only visible from half of the earth at a time. the only shape that casts a round shadow no matter which direction it is pointed is a sphere, and the ancient greeks deduced that this must mean the earth is spherical.