Why didn’t early portuguese and dutch explorers decide to create settlements in australia ? a. the dutch and portuguese had a policy of creating no settlements. b. local natives successfully defeated dutch and portuguese forces. c. they didn’t think the land was suitable for settlements. d. it was already claimed by england.

Early Portuguese and Dutch explorers decided not to create settlements in Australia because C) They didn't think that the land was suitable for settlements. The Portuguese and Dutch settled mostly in the Americas and many of their colonies were established there. These nations did not think that Australia would be suitable to provide for their colonies needs, instead Australia was primarily settled by Great Britain.

the influence of daoism, buddhism, and legalism on chinese culture. unlike confucianism, daoism looked to nature rather than human beings as the source of morality. according to laozi, human society has to conform to the dao (the way), or the essential unifying element of all that is. some interpret dao as nature.

they wanted the u.s. to fight on the side of the central powers.