What did newly discovered land mean for spain in the 16th century?
a. the opportunity to acquire thousands of slaves and new foods
b. the opportunity to expand spain's territory and spread christianity
c. the opportunity to make amazing scientific and cultural discoveries
d. the opportunity to create foreign penal colonies and grow expensive spices

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affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts