The "Well Field System

question 102

Multiple Choice

The "well field system"

• A)was an animistic belief designed to protect the health of the land.
• B)allowed peasants plots of their own to work, as well as working the lands of their lords.
• C)was developed only in the first century, in response to the rise of socialist thought.
• 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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