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

Answer: 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.

d. mental map of reality

Explanation:

This concept of race as signifying human difference is best described by term mental map of reality. Mental maps of reality is the cultural classification of people and things that exist and assigning meanings to those things, the more diverse an individual is, the larger his or her mental map of reality because he or she must have come across various cultures and practices which will expand his or her classification of people or things. Mental maps are as a result of interactions with diverse cultures. For example before the first black Africans were seen, the Europeans had a mental map that every individual was white however, the discovery of the blacks expanded that mental map of reality and brought about classification by race.