Ageologist uses chronological order to

see how long it took people to develop in certain areas
examine how different cultures formed and changed
determine why a society thrived or died out
record relationships between people and the environment

record relationships between people and the environment

Explanation:

The chronological order for a geologists helps him to see how humans were interacting with the environment and how was the environment in certain eras of the human history, through this arrangement of the data they can observe how societies are affected and what relationship that had with the environment that surrounded them.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

i'd assume india mainly because of how isolated japan was.   plus it is a whole china away.