How did colonization affect the culture in South America? Check all that apply.European languages were introduced.The population increased.People found it easy to remember their native language.Missionaries helped develop a writing system.Catholicism is the most widely-practiced religion.

Colonization brought European languages such as Spanish and Portuguese to South America, and Catholicism became the region’s most widely practiced religion. Missionaries also recorded some Indigenous languages and helped create writing systems for them. The population did not simply increase: Indigenous populations fell sharply after colonization because of disease, violence, and forced labor. Indigenous people also often faced pressure to abandon their native languages.

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