To help track the growing seasons, the Shang
A. held religious ceremonies on the eves of lunar eclipses.
B. developed a twelve-month, 360-day lunar calendar.
C. measured the water level of the Yellow River.
D. measured the exact length of time it took each crop to ripen, and created an almanac for farmers to use.
E. developed a two-cycle calendar, one of sixteen lunar months, and a second that lasted 12 years to represent the zodiac.
Answer: B. developed a twelve-month, 360-day lunar calendar.
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A) dangerous. B) impersonal. C) monotonous. D) undisciplined.
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A) ?popular sovereignty was the solution to the nation's crisis. B) ?the South had to secede from the Union. C) ?nonslaveholders should abolish slavery in their own interest. D) ?the Republican party wanted to enslave the South. E) ?the South had to industrialize to survive.
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a. reimburse Britain for the losses in sugar profits caused by American pirates. b. provide funds for Britain to carry on the Seven Years' War in Europe. c. repay Britain for the money spent on protecting the colonies from France. d. use in exchange for colonials not serving in the British military. e. invest in American ventures in the new West.