As prosperity and population increased in Song China, Chinese officials

a. invented birth control methods to control population growth.
b. suppressed personal freedom and wealth.
c. sent people to fight wars in foreign lands as a population release valve.
d. developed water management, waste management, and firefighting techniques.
e. began to expand China's territory and settle people in the newly acquired lands.


ANSWER:
d

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