D) European increased need for raw materials and specialized metals in order
The Russo-Japanese War developed out of the rivalry between Russia and Japan for dominance in Korea and Manchuria. In 1898 Russia had pressured China into granting it a lease for the strategically important port of Port Arthur (now Lüshun), at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, in southern Manchuria.
Scientific racism<span> (sometimes </span>race biology<span> or </span>racial biology<span> or </span>pseudoscientific racism<span>) is the </span>pseudoscientific<span> study of techniques and hypotheses attempts to reveal the biological differences between races which can be used to support or justify belief in </span>racism<span>, racial inferiority, or </span>racial superiority;<span> alternatively, it is the practice of classifying</span><span> individuals of different </span>phenotypes<span> or </span>genotype<span> into discrete </span>races. Historically it received credence in the scientific community, but is no longer considered scientific.
because australia adopted its religon and language when colonized.
A main goal of the monarchs of Europe during the Age of Absolutism was to "<span>B) centralize political power," since they were "absolute" in their rule--meaning that they did not want any interruption of their power. </span>
