Colonial cities and Jesuits in Portuguese Brazil repeatedly clashed over the slave raids of the _________, or “pioneers/slave traders,” in village territories.
a. bandeirantes
b. entradas
c. mocambos
d. quilombos
a. bandeirantes
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Why did many Indian nations side with the British during the American Revolution?
A) They believed they could turn around and defeat the British following a victory over the Americans. B) The British had promised to cede additional territory to them. C) The Proclamation of 1763 had bound the Indians to supporting British interests in the colonies. D) The British regarded them as equals, whereas the colonists did not. E) They feared that a Patriot victory would mean westward expansion into their territory.
Because European immigrants to the Great Plains in the late 1800s tended to marry within their own groups and retained their native languages for several generations, they __________.
A. formed tight-knit, ethnically distinctive communities B. sought full assimilation into the American culture C. believed in social equality between different ethnic groups D. settled as individual families isolated on solitary homesteads
The largest problem facing Europe following World War II was ________
A) war damage B) dealing with war crimes C) dealing with the former Ottoman Empire D) displaced persons
President Obama was the target of a number of significant personal attacks in the media, including the accusation that his election was illegitimate because __________
A) his supporters committed fraud to rig the election B) he had been a member of the American Communist Party as a young man C) his birth certificate supposedly identified him as born in Kenya rather than in the United States D) no electoral college vote had actually taken place