In 1900 many Americans considered Italians to be members of a distinct race. Today many Italian Americans celebrate their ethnicity. Using Italian Americans as an example, what does it mean to say that race is socially constructed? Then, explain how ethnicity differs from race in terms of (a) who defines it and (b) what it is based on.

"“forty or fifty years ago, many people thought that simply transferring technologies from industrialized to developing countries would close the technology gap. now we know that technologies developed in industrialized countries may not be suitable for use in other environments. they may require a particular type of infrastructure to operate. they may need specialized parts or knowledge to mend when they break we now understand that innovative capacity must be built in different ways." - united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon based on the secretary general's comments, which of these would be most important for a country to improve? a) native literature b) transportation grid c) cultural traditions d) construction styles

New communication technologies, improved transportation, and advanced military weapons made it possible for countries to speed up acquiring territory. rule large amounts of territory. fight off competition from opposing nations. expand their economies, which aided in conguest.

Why did working women earn one-thrid to one-half as much as men