How did Japan respond to domestic social changes and the challenges posed by contact with foreign cultures? according to ap "the earth in it people" textbook

Japan respond to domestic social changes and foreign cultures.

Explanation:

Japan confronts isolationism as they set their aim to stop foreign ideologies approach their values and society. The Tokugawa shogunate kept Japan isolated from 1603 until 1853 in believe that it would unbalance the old system in Japan.

Japan responses to changes through modernization by technology and industrial. The Meiji government introduced the westernization in the country along with changing things like clothing.

answer: the answer is b

explanation: i just took this quiz last week

the industrial development of cities in the ruhr area in the nineteenth century is described. the research was based on english and german language sources. several factors that shaped growth and paths of the cities were categorized and analyzed. they are locations, resources, traditions, entrepreneurs, and technological developments. locations and resources were the most important among them; other factors may be regarded as consequences from locations and resources. among the cities, bochum, essen, gelsenkirchen, and dortmund had the richest resources and most favorable locations in the transportation network and grew to be the largest cities in the ruhr area near the end of the nineteenth century. riverside location was also a favorable factor for the development, as shown in the development of duisburg on the confluence of rhine and ruhr. resource distribution can explain the rise of textile industry, metallurgical industry, and coal and iron industries, and the northward progression of the mining industry. tradition was an important factor for cities such as krefeld, barmen, elberfeld, solingen, and remscheid, which experienced development based on their traditions through the nineteenth century. various entrepreneurs exerted influences within and beyond the local level over the ruhr area. technological development stimulated the northward progression of the mining industry and the deep connection between the coal and the iron industries.