The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

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The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"The early discourse of the New World then is full of questions that cannot be asked or answers that cannot be understood. 'Due to the lack of language,' complains Verrazzano,'we were unable to find out by signs or gestures how much religious faith these people we found possessed.' Canoes of Indians,Cartier writes,'came after our long-boat dancing and showing many signs of joy,and of their desire to be friends,saying to us in their language: Napou tou daman asurtat,and other words,we did not understand…And seeing that no matter how much we signed to them,they would not go back,we shot off over their heads two small cannon.'"
Stephen Greenblatt,Marvelous Possessions: The Wonder of the New World,1991
-Ultimately,the European-American Indian relationships would be defined by conflict as a result of

• A) continued European encroachment on American Indian territory.
• B) the rise of the Atlantic slave trade.
• C) the introduction of new kinds of plants and animals via the Columbian Exchange.
• D) the diversity of the American Indian populations in different regions.

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Maturities

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The market value of a bond, which inversely changes with interest rates.

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Debt with a lower priority for the payment of interest and principal than other (senior) debt.

Senior Debt

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