Question

how did many of the brazilian landowners receive their land?
a grant from the king of portugal almost 500 years ago
won through conquest in brazil
granted through the brazilian colonial government
claimed informally by force

Explanation:

During the colonial period, the Brazilian colonial government played a significant role in land distribution. It granted land to many landowners as part of the colonial administrative and economic - development processes. Portuguese kings' grants (Option A) were more related to the initial exploration and early - stage territorial claims rather than the widespread land - ownership for landowners. Conquest in Brazil (Option B) was more about the initial Portuguese takeover of the territory from indigenous people rather than how landowners got their land. Claiming informally by force (Option D) was not the systematic or main way landowners received land; the colonial government's grants were more institutionalized.

Answer:

C. Granted through the Brazilian colonial government