America was named after italian explorer amerigo vespucci. is the word "named" in the sentence past or past perfect?

Past tense

Explanation:

Past tense indicates that an event has occurred in the past. Past tense is usually characterized with the addition of the suffix -ed and the verb is usually in past tense.

Example: I kicked the ball

Past perfect tense is used to show that something happened before the occurrence of an action in the past. It is usually characterized with ‘had’ . Example: I didn’t sweep because I had lost the broom

America was named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci- This is a past tense.

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

answer = d. hope this . : -d