Read the excerpt from "Hokusai's The Great Wave" by Neil MacGregor. Here’s a snatch of the letter from the president of the Unit
ed States that Perry delivered to the Japanese emperor: Many of the large ships-of-war destined to visit Japan have not yet arrived in these seas, and the undersigned, as an evidence of his friendly intentions, has brought but four of the smaller ones, designing, should it become necessary, to return to Edo in the ensuing spring with a much larger force. But it is expected that the government of your imperial majesty will render such return unnecessary, by acceding at once to the very reasonable and pacific overtures contained in the president’s letter . . . This was textbook gunboat diplomacy, and it worked. Japanese resistance melted, and very quickly the Japanese embraced the new economic model, becoming energetic players in the international markets they had been forced to join. They began to think differently about the sea that surrounded them, and their awareness of the possible opportunities in the world beyond grew fast. What type of outside source does MacGregor use in this excerpt? a college textbook a newspaper article a historical letter a Japanese website
We are required to determine the type of outside source MacGregor used in this excerpt
The type of outside source MacGregor used in the excerpt is a newspaper article.
Textbook: It refers to a coursebook or a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject mostly used in schools.
An article : This is a story, report, or opinion piece written in a newspaper, magazine, journal, etc.
Letter; This is a written or printed communication usually longer and more formal than a note.
Website: This is a collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web(www) which are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.
Therefore, the type of outside source MacGregor used in the excerpt is a newspaper article.
