Portugal based its claim to brazil on the fact that a. its settlers had overtaken the people of brazil. b. it had more colonists there than any other european country. c. portuguese explorer pedro alvarez cabral had landed there in 1500. d. they had established a trading base there.

C. the didn't claim Brazil immediately but Predro Alvarez had landed there before they knew the value of the land.

500 books can be produced by one man and a printing press within 5 months, while a copyist can only produce one in the same amount of time

federal power is further limited with a system of checks and balances that gives each branch of government a measure of power over the others.

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