how social and physical environment helps learners
There is no substantial difference betweem "obtain" and "acquir."
Colonization was never intended by early explorers. They intended to find a path to Asia for spice trade. However, when arriving to the new world (the carribean) they noticed gold and extravagant jewelry on the natives, this sparked a gold rush, not only was th new world good for gold it was also rich in fine animal pelts and VAST LAND.