How Did Conservative Chinese Leaders React to the First Railroads

question 11

Multiple Choice

How did conservative Chinese leaders react to the first railroads built in China?

• A) They used the railroads to reinvigorate China's internal trade networks.
• B) They were worried that the railroads would change the relationship between people and nature, but recognized that they were necessary.
• C) They saw the railroads as a threat to Chinese social harmony and had them torn up.
• D) They sold concessions to operate the railroads to the British and Americans.

---

Definitions:

Skewed Right

A distribution of data where the tail on the right side of the distribution is longer or fatter than the left side.

Normal Distribution

Normal Distribution is a probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Skewed Right

A distribution that has a tail on the right side, indicating that the majority of data points are concentrated on the left.

Homeowners

Individuals or entities that own and typically reside in a residential property.