Answer the Following Questions

question 39

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions:
-global mass migration

• A)A term coined by literary scholar Edward Said to describe the way Westerners misunderstood and described colonial subjects and cultures.
• B)The restoration of the Japanese emperor to power in 1867, leading to the subsequent modernization of Japan.
• C)The use or threat of military force to coerce a government into economic or political agreements.
• D)The mass movement of people from Europe in the nineteenth century; one reason why the West's impact on the world was so powerful and many-sided.
• E)The late-nineteenth-century drive by European countries to create vast political empires abroad.
• F)Descendants of the Dutch settlers in the Cape Colony in southern Africa.
• G)A meeting of European leaders held in 1884 and 1885 in order to lay down some basic rules for imperialist competition in sub-Saharan Africa.
• H)The idea that Europeans could and should civilize more primitive nonwhite peoples and that imperialism would eventually provide nonwhites with modern achievements and higher standards of living.
• I)The 1857 and 1858 insurrection by Muslim and Hindu mercenaries in the British army that spread throughout northern and central India before finally being crushed.
• J)Two mid-nineteenth-century conflicts between China and Great Britain over the British trade in opium, which was designed to "open" China to European free trade. In defeat, China gave European traders and missionaries increased protection and concessions.
• K)Policies and beliefs, often influenced by nationalism, scientific racism, and mass migration, that give preferential treatment to established inhabitants over immigrants.
• L)A series of Western-style reforms launched in 1898 by the Chinese government in an attempt to meet the foreign challenge.

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Definitions:

Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of materials and the standard cost, multiplied by the actual quantity of materials used.

Purchasing Agent

An individual responsible for buying goods and services for a company, ensuring the right materials are acquired at the best prices.

Lower Quality

Lower quality typically refers to products or assets that do not meet certain standards or expectations in terms of performance, durability, or reliability.

Materials Quantity Variance

The difference between the actual quantity of materials used in production and the expected quantity, multiplied by the standard cost per unit.