Answer:The sturdy oak
Explanation:
The sturdy oak is a stereotypic view that a man or male person is a self-sufficient pillar of strength who can not depend on anyone but can do things on their own without any assistance. This makes a male person believes that showing that you have doubts about something will make you look weak and unmanly such that a person never express their doubts.
This put pressure in men and they suffer greatly in their work environment because they can not openly admit when they don't know something. This is the case with Brendan,he can't ask because it will make him look unmanly.
The answer on this scenario is all of these. Modelling one's work after the other is acceptable yet to replace one's experience with the experience of the writer is not. Also copying directly and failing to use one's own theme are all not acceptable.
I think that the part of the continent meant in the Question is the North-Western part of the continent and the countries are:
France
Spain
Great Britain
United States.
At the time between 1760 and 1790 none of these countries made any claims to what is today Alaska
