After the insecurity of the sixteenth century, what contributed to increased food production in Japan?
a. Improvements in irrigation
b. Enforcement of its existing system
c. A shift from cities to countryside
d. A decrease in the coinage of silver.
e. Planting corn and wheat, introduced from the Americas
a
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A) Carthusians. B) Franciscans. C) Cistercians. D) Benedictines. E) Dominicans.
The Egyptian novelist who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988 was
a. Muhammad Fawzi. b. Muammar Qadhafi. c. Naguib Mahfouz. d. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. e. Khalil Gibran.
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A. involuntary migrants. B. English farm laborers and landless artisans. C. Indian slaves. D. religious immigrant family units.
For white women, honor in southern culture consisted almost entirely of their
A. family loyalty. B. education and etiquette. C. sexual chastity and fidelity. D. household managerial ability.