<span>To the Northeast of Africa is Europe. Of course
Europe is extremely large, and can be divided into eastern, western,
northern, and southern Europe. But it's all still Europe. </span>
It means that the government, instead of free market, determines what is sold and how much it costs.
I think the best answer is B. Chinese culture influenced Japan in the areas of religion, writing, and technology. China, being in close contact with Japan even before, had many influences in Japan. They imported a very big rang of ideas, techniques of production and institutional models from China. Through these, new rice growing techniques and handicraft production were developed by Japanese as early as the Yamato period.
