Large increases in the need for food led the Han Chinese government to encourage more intensive farming in the fragile
environment of the Huangtu Plateau. At the same time, new iron refining techniques produced better plows and other farm tools.
Iron smelting technology involved purifying and hardening iron in various kinds of furnaces.
What environment-damaging activity was partly caused by iron smelting?
A.
desertification
B.
terracing
C. deforestation
D. overgrazing

Ablank relationship exists between an employee and a supervisor

Which statement best describes evidence of a mulitcultural mix in east africa? a. because of what he learned during his pilgrimage to mecca, mansa musa was able to build a center of islamic scholarship. b. the traders of ghana brought back with them slaves from the mediterranean who taught the ghana rulers about christianity. c. clans were made up of lineages that were descendants of multiple ancestors from different regions of africa. d. swahili became a language made up of words spoken by traders along the coast of the indian ocean.

How was the appointment of two consuls during the roman republic an example of a democratic principle? one consul represented patricians and one represented plebeians, so that all citizens had representation each consul had control over the same number of military legions, which prevented either one from a forceful takeover. consuls had to agree on all decisions, which prevented any one person from gaining too much power. consuls had to make decisions based on majority rule in the senate. quickly