Why did spanish leaders want to push spanish control into north america in the mid 1500s?
a. the spanish were driven from their colonies by a native american uprising
b. north america had a large amount of gold and silver.
c. spain wanted to keep european rivals far away from valuable towns and mines in mexico.
d. spain decided to engage in the fur trade on a large.

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countires in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the secondteam begins its own recruitment campaign to find better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rivals most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario