The Country Most Responsible for Convincing Other Countries to End

question 45

Multiple Choice

The country most responsible for convincing other countries to end the slave trade in the early 1800s was

• A) Spain.
• B) Portugal.
• C) the Netherlands.
• D) the United States.
• E) Britain.

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Universal Grammar

A theory suggesting that the ability to acquire language is innate, genetically programmed, and common to all humans, regardless of the specific language they learn.

Noam Chomsky

A linguist, cognitive scientist, and political activist known for revolutionizing the field of linguistics by introducing the concept of universal grammar.

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