Prior to the Very Late 1700s in Europe, and So

Multiple Choice

Prior to the very late 1700s in Europe, and so according to Linnaeus's scheme, differences between what later became seen as 'races' were:

A) fit into pre-existing conceptual models of personality or character (temperament) .
B) mapped onto the cardinal directions (north, south, east, and west) .
C) linked with the four most basic colors recognized (red, white, black, and yellow) .
D) ranked hierarchically.
E) All of the answers except for 'ranked hierarchically' are right.