The correct answer is conventions.
Every four years, members of the Democratic and Republican parties meet at conventions to announce who their candidates will be for president and vice president. The selection of these candidates are based on the results of the primaries and caucuses held during the winter months. Then, in the summer, the parties meet at their respective conventions to announce their nominees.
The answer to this question would be "B"
The Portuguese sailors hunted and killed them for meat. Since the birds were flightless and fearless and did not make any attempts to flee, the sailors slaughtered them in large numbers.
The empire was spit because it was believed that this empire had become to large and complex for one ruler to handle.