Japanese delegations, sent to Europe in 1873 to study the West's technological and industrial development, were especially impressed with the
a. British navy.
b. unification process of Italy.
c. German combination of nationalism and military-industrial power.
d. politics of monarchies.
e. French and German militaries.
c
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Technicians in the Egyptian city of Alexandria produced ingenious gadgets ranging from pumps to astronomical instruments. What is the most likely reason that they rarely applied their inventions to practical situations?
A) A large numbers of slaves made labor-saving devices unnecessary. B) Egyptian society was too poor to finance manufacturing projects. C) The aristocracy wanted to keep these gadgets for its exclusive use. D) Practical technology was believed likely to incite worker revolts. E) Pure knowledge was considered the highest form of achievement.
In the period from 1865 to 1900, southern factory workers
A) seldom included children in their ranks. B) generally were required to work fewer than 40 hours a week. C) earned wages higher than similar workers in the North. D) often earned wages insufficient to support their families adequately.
Charles de Gaulle was critical of France's Fourth Republic because of
a. its multi-party parliamentary political system. b. communist influence at the highest levels of government. c. its authoritarian presidency. d. its anti-Americanism. e. France's failure to join either the Common Market or NATO.
The negative emotion schadenfreude, a German word that, loosely translated, means to take pleasure in another's misfortune is a polar opposite of the positive emotion _____
A) empathy B) excitement C) calmness D) contentment E) astonishment