Which valuable resource being referenced in the passage led to the development of Cape Town, South Africa? A. coal
B. diamonds
C. platinum
D. silver

B. diamonds hope it helped (=^-^=)

2018 means 2018 ce or common era

there have been other eras too including bce, which included way more years.

as general terms,  indian territory,  the indian territories, or  indian country  describe an evolving land area set aside by the  united states government  for the relocation of  native americans  who held  aboriginal title  to their land. in general, the tribes ceded land they occupied in exchange for  land grants  in 1803. the concept of an indian territory was an outcome of the 18th- and 19th-century policy of  indian removal. after the  civil war(1861–1865), the policy of the government was one of  assimilation.