Which was the most important colony in the Portuguese Empire in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
A) Haiti
B) Macao
C) India
D) Brazil
D
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a. architect b. warrior c. priest d. wife e. scribe
The book One Hundred Years of Solitude explores
a. the transformation of a small town and the arrival of a U.S. banana company. b. the Cuban Revolution and rise of Fidel Castro. c. the inhumanity of war in Argentina. d. the dictatorship of Fulgencio Trujillo in Dominican Republic. e. the environmental degradation of the Brazilian rainforest.
The Olmec peoples
A. did not do any stone carving, preferring to work in copper and ivory. B. spoke the Quechuan language. C. developed their capital at the mountain fortress of Cuzco. D. developed a system of hieroglyphics. E. replaced the Maya in Mesoamerica.
Which of these factors led to the development of low-cost, high-quality iron?
a. The desire to produce smaller, purer batches with less expense b. The high price of wood c. The ability to remove impurities from coal and produce a concentrated coke product d. The need to stretch available coal supplies e. The high cost of energy used in smelting iron