The "Well-Field System

question 57

Multiple Choice

The "well-field system"

• A) was an animistic belief designed to protect the health of the land.
• B) allowed peasants plots cultivated for their own use as well as land cultivated for their lords.
• C) was the first major agricultural advance in ancient China.
• D) was a water-diversion system which insured that every farm had the amount of water it needed.
• E) was originally developed by Aryan invaders to improve agricultural productivity in western China.

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