Question
The extremely low-gradient Yoda Ela was constructed to transport this resource between Tissa Wewa and Kala Wewa near the capital city of Anuradhapura. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this resource that was organized in tanks as part of a “cascade” system used in medieval Sri Lanka to supply paddy fields.
ANSWER: water [accept rainwater]
[10h] The “cascade” system was maintained as part of this Sri Lankan system of compulsory labor on public works in exchange for land tenure, which was nominally outlawed, but actually exploited, in the 19th century by the British.
ANSWER: rājākariya [prompt on king’s work or king’s labor]
[10m] The “cascade” system began to fall into disrepair when the Dutch East India Company neglected inland areas in favor of coastal regions that could easily export the “true” variety of this crop grown in namesake “gardens” or gathered by the Salagama caste.
ANSWER: cinnamon [or Cinnamomum; accept true cinnamon or Cinnamomum verum; accept cinnamon gardens or kaneel tuinen; accept cinnamon peelers]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WUSTL B | Yale B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |