Among the innovations that made China the world leader in agricultural productivity until the eighteenth century CE was the fengche, a ____________.
a. Specially bred form of draft animal.
b. Hand-cranked winnowing machine that separated the chaff from the grain.
c. Foot-powered chain pump for irrigation.
d. System of crop rotation that ensured that the topsoil would be preserved.
b. Hand-cranked winnowing machine that separated the chaff from the grain.
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a. that all humans descended from a common, non-human, ancestor b. that all creatures and inanimate objects have spirits c. there is only one deity which governs human action d. that only animate objects (creatures) have spirits e. that sacrifice is necessary for worship of deities
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A) public schools B) federally supported housing C) the military D) state governments
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A) Ethiopia B) the Sahara C) northern Nigeria D) central Africa