Advances in seafaring technology allowed Europeans in the fifteenth century to travel farther and faster than before, thus seeing more of the diversity of the world's people. In response, they created the concept of "race," which divided the world's population into distinct categories and created a lasting and influential.

The correct answer or: Advances in seafaring technology allowed Europeans in the fifteenth century to travel farther and faster than before, thus seeing more of the diversity of the world's people. In response, they created the concept of "race," which divided the world's population into distinct categories and created a lasting and influential.

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The mental map of reality allowed the Europeans to create the concept of race which divided the world's population into distinct categories by them and had lasting and influential effects.

Explanation:

All right, this is a very difficult question because we have to understand one thing. The stereotyping behavior of categorizing human beings by their physical demographic characteristics was created by the traveling Europeans in the early stages of world exploration. This happened because they simply had enough knowledge, judgment, and openness to understand we are a single race. Therefore they created the concept of a different race. Nevertheless, they didn't create a bias superiority belief. Only a few misinformed individuals created it and remained until now.