Questões de Concurso Público Instituto Rio Branco 2007 para Diplomata - 1ª Etapa PAPA

The last sentence of the text has been left with two blank spaces. Choose the option below that contains the correct sequence of words that fill in the blanks, keeping the main ideas of the text.

"For a long time Portugal very successfully disguised the nature of her presence ____ a skilful amalgam of historical mythmaking, claims ____ multiracialism, and good public relations."

In the second line of the text, the word "crash" means