Which of the Following Would Not Describe the Middle Kingdom

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would not describe the Middle Kingdom?

• A)Political stability for half a millennium.
• B)Increased trade with neighbors.
• C)Worsening conditions for poor laborers.
• D)A more "democratic" sense of who would be able to enjoy the afterlife.
• E)Development of the first real empire.

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Endosperm

Nutritive tissue in the seeds of flowering plants.

Nutrition

The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth, including the study of nutrients and how the body utilizes them.

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water, producing oxygen as a byproduct.

Cotyledons

The first leaves that appear from a germinating seed, providing energy to the young plant before true leaves develop.