Answer:
He called the people he found on the island "Indians" because he thought he had reached the Indian Ocean.
Explanation:
When Columbus was travelling, he initially meant to go through the Indian Ocean and to the Indies, and when he landed, he thought he was in the Indies. So, he named everyone there "Indians", even though he was definitely not in the Indies.
Answer:
Forest is the correct option.
Explanation:
Sixty percent of land in Brazil consist o forest and the share of Arable land is 32 percent. It is also the most bio diverse countries in the world. The bulk of the Brazilian forest lies in the Amazon Basin. But the country is witnessing the loss of forest cover in the past few years. Especially after the 1970's it has lost 19 percent of its forest cover area, due to the construction of Trans- Amazonian highway and the growing population in the Amazon basin.
Land use pattern in Brazil: 32 percent of the land is Arable Land. 60 percent is Forest Land and 5.2 percent of the land is used for other activities. Out of 32 percent of Arable land, less than one percent is used for growing permanent crops, while 23 percent is permanent pasture.
Answer:
1. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - gave Johnson authority to retaliate militarily in Vietnam.
2. Cold War - bloodless conflict between the United States and the Soviets.
3. Marshall Plan- gave financial aid to European nations.
4. Bay of Pigs - the Cuban invasion that attempted to overthrow Castro.
5. Potsdam meetings - determined the future of occupied nations following World War II.
6. Vietnamization - withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam.
Explanation:
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President John the power to take all necessary steps to retaliate any armed attack by the Vietnamese communist regime against the military of the United States. It aimed at preventing any large scale aggression or damage to the US military by Vietnam.
The Cold War occurred right after the end of the Second World War. It was an ideological conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. The US wanted to expand capitalism while Soviet Union tried to expand Socialism.
The Marshall Plan was a plan to give billions of dollars as financial aid to European nations which were devastated during the Second World War. The Marshall Plan was also called as the Economic Recovery Act of 1948.
The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's communist regime in Cuba. This invasion program was headed by President John F Kennedy in 1961.
The Potsdam meeting was a conference among the Big Three nations- Soviet Union, Britain and United States. It aimed at determining the fate of occupied European nations after the end of the Second World War.
Vietnamization was a policy which aimed at withdrawing the United States' military from Vietnam and transferring the power of governance to South Vietnam in 1970.
Answer:
435 Representatives total (based on population count). 235 Republican. 193 Democrat. 7 vacant (due to deaths/resignations).
Explanation:
