Possibly "Matriarchy", which means "a society ruled by women"
D He performs badly, compared to Algernon
<span>Well, it allowed them to garrison more troops there which led to an increase in slave commerce for the Portuguese traders. </span>
Past participle is the answer
The author used DETAILED DESCRIPTION to create compelling characters in the passage given above.
From the passage given above, it can be seen that the author took his time to describe the characters and the settings in details. This gives the readers the opportunity to mentally picture the characters and the settings in the story.
