How might the notion of the East as ecologically sensitive be a “back-handed insult” to non-Western societies?

a. Because Eastern cultures are less patriarchal than the West.
b. Because environmental transformation and related capitalism is more
recent in the East than the West.
c. Because it insinuates that Eastern ideology is more rational and
practical than that of the West.
d. Because it implies that scientific and technological capacity is beyond
the ideological capabilities of the East.


d. Because it implies that scientific and technological capacity is beyond
the ideological capabilities of the East.

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Explain the characteristics of and the motivations behind the United States' Asia Pivot policy

What will be an ideal response?

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A. use data collected exclusively from high resolution satellites. B. use complicated two dimensional grid systems that change temporally. C. can be run on powerful home computers, allowing citizen scientists to run models. D. use spectral models derived from energy released from the earth and clouds.

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A) low B) lower middle C) upper middle D) high

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