HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Grand Canal is a man-made waterway that runs north and south in eastern China. It is the longest man-made waterway in the world. How long is it? The canal stretches over 1, 100 miles from the city of Beijing to the city of Hangzhou.
Detailed explanation-2: -Stretching some 1, 800 km, it is the world’s longest man-made waterway, and constitutes one of the world’s largest and most extensive civil engineering projects prior to the Industrial Revolution. At its peak, it consisted of more than 2, 000 km of artificial waterways, linking five of China’s main river basins.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Grand Canal is a vast waterway system in the north-eastern and central-eastern plains of China, running from Beijing in the north to Zhejiang province in the south.
Detailed explanation-4: -Yangtze River. The Yangtze River (or, “Changjiang” in Chinese, literally, the “long river"), is the longest river in China, running 6, 300 kilometers (3915 miles).