How did changes in the natural and social sciences serve to justify European imperialism? Explain how changes in different scientific disciplines related to each other in reinforcing European judgments of Asian and African peoples.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Botany and zoology, which brought imperial discoveries home to Europeans and portrayed imperialism as benign and exploratory
2. Anthropology's evolution in a manner that justified imperialism through scientific study of remote peoples
3. Biological race theory's support for the civilizing mission and treatment of colonized cultures as inferior subjects
4. Western medicine and science as forms of cultural imperialism in the guise of improving material conditions
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which group gained the most from the Ausgleich of 1867?
A) Magyars B) Czechs C) Slovaks D) Serbs
Who invented the printing press?
What will be an ideal response?
The following are in the correct chronological order:
a. Yayoi period; Yamato period; Koryo kingdom; dynasty of Le Loi b. Heian period; Yamato period; Ashikaga shogunate; Koryo kingdom. c. Ashikaga shogunate; Yamato period; Koryo kingdom; dynasty of Le Loi. d. Kamakura Shogunate; Heian period; Tran dynasty; Parhae kingdom.