The Practice of Extensive Wet Rice Cultivation in the Yangzi

question 17

Multiple Choice

The practice of extensive wet rice cultivation in the Yangzi River Valley was made possible by

• A) careful tracking of the annual monsoon season
• B) the Yangzi River dam
• C) dikes, canals, and irrigation channels
• D) the development of a new strain of rice

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