What did the landowning class control?
A. governments and courts
B. trade
C. religious institutions
D. cultural life
Answer: A
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Unlike Confucianism, Daoism reacted to the chaos of the Warring States period by stressing
a. hierarchy. b. inaction. c. education. d. social interaction.
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