The statement that best describes how Japan changed from isolationist society to a world power is <em>Japan's industrialization enabled it to build modern warships and weaponry</em>. After the defeat of the shogunate, the Emperor Mutsuhito, called Meiji, came to power. Japan reacted to outside pressure by changing internal market and fostering industrialization. This brought great changes in society.
The answer is B) Dharma. In the traditional Hindu view, a person's duties are dependent upon his or her age, gender, occupation, or caste; dharma is construed at least in part in terms of prescribed rituals and caste obligations.
Anvil is a tool used by blacksmiths, and it is the surface on which the object is placed which is worked on with a hammer- stroked with a hammer.
von Bülow meant (in 1899) that Germany will either have to colonize others ( be the hammer) or it would have to risk being colonized itself (being the anvil), hence showing the need for Germany to participate in colonization.
