In the years following 1532, colonization in Brazil was in the hands of the minor Portuguese nobles granted strips of land called
A) consulados.
B) captaincies.
C) propietary colonies.
D) mitas.
Ans: B) captaincies.
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A) The Spanish had a near monopoly in Indonesia. B) All of the European traders reached Asia via the trip around Africa. C) India was the center of the Spanish trading network. D) The English had begun to dominate trade in India.
Why did Helen Keller work for reform?
A) to end prostitution B) for temperance C) to help blind and disabled people D) to stop child labor
The Civil War can be considered the first modern war for all of the following reasons except
A) There was an extensive reliance on the new communication technology of the telegraph. B) There was large-scale use of trench warfare by armies on both sides. C) The size of the armies on both sides was larger than ever. D) Tactics changed dramatically. E) Airplanes significantly altered the experience of combat.
The newspaper industry was enhanced in the second half of the nineteenth century by the invention of all of the following except ______________.
A. the telegraph B. cheap mass-produced paper C. the linotype machine D. lithography E. annaline dyes