How might a peasant come to own a small plot of farmland?
A. Through the death of a landowner who had no heirs
B. Through the well-field system, which allocated small plots for personal use, with the rest farmed for the lord
C. By purchasing it with money earned from selling excess farm products and hand-made items
D. By waging war on neighboring villages and seizing their land
E. By a lottery system run by the king
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
Sumerian gods and goddesses would best be described as
A) superhuman in power but very human in personality. B) the source of Sumerians' strong personal ethics. C) distant, mysterious and impossible to influence. D) outside and uninvolved in the natural world. E) a reflection of Mesopotamia's timeless stability.
What new text from c. 900 - 600 B.C.E. introduced the idea of transmigration of the soul?
a. Artha Veda. b. Ramayana. c. Mahabharata. d. Bhagavad Gita. e. Upanishad.
How did the American occupation of Japan after World War II empower Japan to become the second-largest economy in the world?
What will be an ideal response?
Easter Uprising
What will be an ideal response?