Answer:
Christopher Columbus was not a hero. He was brutal conquistador. He killed and raped various native americans in the "west indies".
Explanation:
<span>All the choices seem possible good answers, but D is the correct one:
a. Drakensberg Moutains are the extreme south-east part of the "Great Escarpment", they may result an obstacle only on the far coastal zone (they do lack signs of civilization); b. The Great Rift Valley runs in the mid-east zone, but fossils, even 3 million years old, were discovered here, a proof of civilization; c. The Nile River was actually a resourceful water bank for the flourishment of the Egyptian Empire, it wasn't an obstacle for West African expansion per se; D. The Sahara Desert is the main and greatest geographical feature (among these choices) stopping people from West civilized expansion, in fact, only nomads have lived and still live there.</span>
Answer:
Political prisoners
Explanation:
At that time, European people do not have the freedom of speech like they do today.
Every time a certain person speak out against the current ruling classes, the ruling classes felt threatened that they managed to convince a lot of people and overturn them.
Because of this, many of those political opposition were exiled to another territory (usually far away from populated cities). Guiana is one of the spot that French used to exile such political prisoners.
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