Slaves in the Middle Colonies were comparatively few, numbering perhaps 3000 all told, and were chiefly centered in New York. They were, as a rule, humanly treated. The institution was discountenanced by large bodies of inhabitants and slave importation was gradually restricted.
The Nacirema people are a group of people who live in the territory north of the Tarahuamare people of Mexico and are native Americans. Nacirema is America spelt backwards. From the article, we are made to know that the nacirema people relish their bodies as they consider it a weak vessel that needs to be taken care of frequently through their body rituals. Every nacireman owns a shrine and there he does his magical body rituals. The nacirema are quite different in their cultural practice and magical beliefs such as the body ritual and hence considered quite unusual. We are reminded however of the danger of interpreting a culture based on first impressions of practices which seem unfamiliar to the observer. Invariably concluding that we should never make conclude that a people are quite different from us as they're in fact not.
B. Few countries believe in Judaism so some people punished them
The Executive Department does not call its chief administrator the secretary of the department. This is because the chief administrator of the Executive Department of the Government is the President or the leader of the country. Other people who are in the different branches of the government are appointed by the President because they are a part of his cabinet.
Answer:
B. the control of oil (not sure though that makes more sense)