How was the leader of Palmares chosen?
a. He was a high priest.
b. By African tradition, he was the head of a powerful African people.
c. The African group with the largest number chose the leader.
d. He was elected according to his merit by the entire group.
e. He competed with other contenders for the leadership position.
d
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Two of the most important developments that arose from the voyages of Captain James Cook were
a. improvement of hygiene and nutrition for his men and the discovery of the Northwest passage. b. use of the latest technology for determining longitude and the exploration of the California coast. c. discovery of the Northwest passage and the mapping of the Pacific Ocean. d. the mapping of the Pacific Ocean and exploding the myth of Terra Australis.
The Buffalo Soldiers were
a. U. S. Army units who survived on the plains by killing buffalo. b. African American cavalry and soldiers who served in the frontier wars. c. soldiers who sought to defeat the Indians by depriving them of their primary food supply. d. soldiers who were killed in the Fetterman massacre. e. soldiers who were court martialed for assisting Plains Indians with food and other provisions.
The primary assistance from the federal government to railroad companies came in the form of ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The Long March
a. saw Chiang Kai-shek reconquer Northern China from the warlords. b. found Gandhi plodding 200 miles to the sea in his Salt March. c. resulted from the Japanese victory at the Marco Polo Bridge. d. was Chiang's escape from the Japanese rape of Nanjing. e. was the retreat of the Chinese communists to Yan'an.