What was the major difference between French colonizers and Spanish and English colonizers in the Americas?
a. The Spanish and English colonizers were averse to intermarriage with the natives.
b. The French colonizers relied on Native American cooperation.
c. The French colonized North America while the English and Spanish colonized South America.
d. The French colonizers were driven by religious conversion and not by wealth
Ans: b. The French colonizers relied on Native American cooperation.
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a. The two languages are actually closely related. b. The Chinese written language was based upon the written language of Japan. c. Written Chinese was discarded in favor of the Cyrillic alphabet. d. Using Chinese characters as phonetic symbols, Japan created a workable "hybrid" system. e. The Chinese borrowed the Japanese script as the basis of its written language.
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a. use it as labor. b. remove it to Portugal. c. enslave and eventually replace it. d. Christianize it e. exterminate it.
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A) lack of wealth and lack of a desire to work hard B) blacks' refusal to stand up for their political rights C) the increasing level of violence among many former slaves D) lack of morals, drinking, and gambling