Answer: To illustrate Japan's isolation in the 1800s.
Explanation: The outside source in this excerpt (the first few lines) clearly describes how while the rest of the world was dealing with monarchies, wars and developing new technologies like trains and wheels, Japan decided to be totally closed off from all of that, and they concentrated just in painting screens for 200 years.
All of these are subjective except C which is a 100% verifiable fact
a)taste in music is subjective
b) many people think videogames aren't too violent (opinion)
d) this is somebody's opinion
Answer:
that would be A.ward
just like when you say downward or upward, sideward
ward the direction of
~batmans wife dun dun dun....
