The Spanish government decided to expand its lands in North America because they wanted more Catholics.
Answer:
Learning.
Explanation:
As the exercise explains, learning is defined as as the process of gaining, aprehending or aquiring any new and enduring behaviors, information, knowledge, etc. through experience. This could mean learning a skill, knowledge, behavior, value, etc. The process itself could vary (be it from a single event or instant, or long-term experiences), but it is still called "learning".
Explanation:
The expansion of trade among West Asia, India and Southeast Asia helped the spread of the religion as Muslim traders brought Islam to the region. Gujarati Muslims played a pivotal role in establishing Islam in Southeast Asia. The second theory is the role of missionaries or Sufis.
I think the term you're looking for is 'intersection'