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Colonisation of Latin America

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Latin America is so named because __________.

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it is a part of Europe

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everyone speaks Latin

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languages of this region are derived from Latin

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it was a British colony

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Solution

The correct option is C languages of this region are derived from Latin
Back in the 1500s, Spanish and Portuguese made most of Central and South America as their colonies, and it remained so until 1800 CE. Spanish and Portuguese languages became prominent in this region. These languages were derived from Latin, so this regions is called as ‘Latin America’.

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