Advances in transportation technology via seafaring allowed Europeans to travel farther and faster, thus seeing more of the diversity of the world’s people. This resulted in the creation of the concept of different "races" of humans. This concept of race as signifying human difference is best described by which term?a. cultural norm b. cultural value c. racism d. mental map of reality

D. Mental map of reality

Explanation: Mental map of reality is an individual's perception of an environment. Mental map of reality attempts a cultural classification of an based on its perception of people and things which exist within such area,also trying to relate and assign a conception or meaning to them. Thus, establishing differences between the various classes based on perception of the areas.

Mental mapping utilizes perception drawn from previously traveled or visited territories to group human into races by creating a mental attribution or classification based on observed differences.

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.