The European colonial powers _____
a. only founded colonies in societies with long histories as chiefdoms
b. never found chiefs to be associated with supernatural powers
c. eliminated traditional chiefs because they interfered with colonial administration
d. created chiefs where none had previously existed in order to facilitate administration of local populations
e. recognized local chiefs and used them in order to create orderly societies that were subordinated to European administrations
ANSWER:
d
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