The main language of Central and South America is Spanish--except for Brazil. Why is the main language of Brazil Portuguese? The country that is now Brazil was claimed for Portugal in 1500 by explorers who mapped its coast .

The Portuguese bought Brail from Spain in 1887.

The Spanish had no interest in Brazil and gave it to Portugal as a payment for a debt.

The election of 1638 made Portuguese the official language of Brazil.

Why are people more likely to marry individuals with social and cultural backgrounds very similar to their own? a. parents and other family members always exert pressure to marry within the group. b. people spend a great deal of time alone, and therefore can have few opportunities for meeting people. c. people develop irrational fears of out-group members and are scared to date them. d. people have greater access to individuals like themselves.

How does the principle of federalism affect the u. s. government? a. it guarantees that the united states will always be a representative democracy b. it ensures that the state governments have greater authority that the federal government c. it creates both separate and overlapping powers for the federal and state governments d. it divides the federal and state governments into three branches

6–6. business case problem with sample answer— criminal liability. during the morning rush hour, david green threw bottles and plates from a twenty-sixth- floor hotel balcony overlooking seventh avenue in new york city. a video of the incident also showed him doing cart- wheels while holding a beer bottle and sprinting toward the balcony while holding a glass steadily in his hand. when he saw police on the street below and on the roof of the building across the street, he suspended his antics but resumed tossing objects off the balcony after the police left. he later admitted that he could recall what he had done, but claimed to have been intoxicated and said his only purpose was to amuse himself and his friends. did green have the mental state required to establish criminal liability? discuss. [people v. green, 104 a. d.3d 126, 958 n. y.s.2d 138 (1 dept. 2013)] (see criminal liability.)