It's called selective attention. It consists of a very selective attention as the name sáis because we focuse on a single thing ignoring the rest, and that's why it is called that way. Most human beings have this type of attention because they focuse on a single thing, sometimes this attention is better for concentration but some others we also need to focuse in more than one thing to get a better result. You can work on your selective attention to improve it so you can focuse on the important things, there are various methods to do it and from my point of view are very useful. Hope this answered helped you and have a great day.
1 Declining fertility and increasing longevity lead to rising numbers of older persons as well as a continuously growing share of older persons in the population.
"<span>Military power shifted away from European nations" is the best option since it was this very military power that allowed the European nations to be so dominating.</span>
If you are referring to the time after USA declared independence Europe was in a mess as war was raging on in Europe most commonly known as the "Napoleonic Wars".