the answer is A
A potlatch is a gift-giving feast practiced by indigenous peoples of the <u><em>Pacific Northwest</em></u> Coast of Canada and the United States, among whom it is traditionally the primary economic system. This includes the Heiltsuk, Haida, Nuxalk, Tlingit, Makah, Tsimshian, Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka'wakw, and Coast Salish cultures. Potlatches are also a common feature of the peoples of the Interior and of the Subarctic adjoining the Northwest Coast, though mostly without the elaborate ritual and gift-giving economy of the coastal peoples.
The one that caused serious conflict among various groups of the people in the west is : D. Mining
Back then, finding a land filled with valuable gold and metals is the fastest way to a rich and extravagant lives since back then the one who own the mine is the one who find it. But often time, the greed forced people to hurt each other for the sake of mining location's ownership
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The correct answer is the last item: these countries have transitioned to democracy, and the United States has decreased aid to them.
Although the Cold War was mostly between the United States and Soviet Union in European, the Latin America’s Cold War experience is also well known. During the cold war, the United States provided funds for a lot of millitary movement in latin american countries to stop communist infuences in that region. After the fall of Soviet Union, the United States stopped providing aid to these countries.