During the 19th century, European travelers thought the Orient was threatening because:
a. They did not believe they could acquire land in this region.
b. They believed it was the opposite of European civilization and thus irrational.
c. They did not know how to speak the language of the people in this region.
d. They were unable to safely traverse its terrain.
e. The Orient had more economic stability than the majority of European countries.
Question 2
Orientalism refers to:
a. Belief in the superiority of the cultures of China, Japan, and Korea.
b. Beliefs promoting colonial conquest of Asia.
c. A fantasy view of the Middle East as the European other.
d. A school of European painting depicting Arab cultures in an objective, realistic way.
e. A theory of anthropology regarding Islamic cultures as not very different from Western cultures.
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