MATTHEW PERRY sailed to Japan. This American show of strength forced the TOKUGAWA SHOGUN to end Japanʼs long period of isolation and open its ports for trade with the West. (Commodore MATTHEW PERRYʼs visits to Japan in 1853 and 1854 resulted in the OPENING OF TRADE and diplomatic relations with Japan.)
Feudalism started around 8th century or 850 AD to be exact. Based from all the choices given, there is no right answer. So probably the closest is 900 A.D so I would have to go with that. But if there is a choice that is 850 A.D, that is the correct answer. I hope this answer helped you.
In China, first five year plan was from 1953 to 1957. It stressed rapid industrial development with social assistance. and it proved to be successful.
Explanation:
China wanted to achieve development and make a transition from an agricultural based economy to industrial based economy and hence it decided to invest on heavy industries based on the soviet model. Economic style followed soviet' model which featured state ownership, collective farming strategy and centralized economic planning. Soviets even helped China plan its economic model by drafting the first five year plan.
China, initially faced problems due to \the lack of imbalance in manpower to resources and hence many of the industries were being nationalized so that the government funded these projects. It is observed that soviet also co funded some of the national projects of china. It gave loans to China which china had to repay. China' economic plan was a success. There was a significant in the produce of heavy metals and industrial production also increased a lot.
I would say that Hakim calls the late 1800s an Age of Extremes because A. only extremely few people possessed significant wealth and power and B. there was an extremely large gap between the rich and the poor.
I don't think the poor were given those opportunities.
The first curator was E.J. Berwick
