According to Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift, the continents do not move

Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

Earth’s surface is made up of seven major landmasses

Alfred Wegener proposed that the continents were once united into a single supercontinent named Pangaea, meaning all earth in ancient Greek. He suggested that Pangaea broke up long ago and that the continents then moved to their current positions. He called his hypothesis continental drift

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The weakening of the Tokugawa Shogunate allowed nationalist groups to (D) demand a change in government.

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Due to the crop faliure, high and exorbitant taxes created hardship. Due to this, many farmers were forced to sell their land. Many people were starved to death.

Also the new economy lowered the damiyo and samurai because they could not solve their financial problems and they became poor. This lead the nationalist to take advantage of it and demand for a change in the govenment.