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Read the claim and the reason that follows it.Claim: The Sudanese slit drum was the most historically significant object because it represented the end of the slave trade.Reason: Defeating Khartoum was a step toward ending the slave trade, so when the drum was found in Khartoum, it was re-branded and presented to Queen Victoria as a token of victory.

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The slit drum began its life in Central Africa, in the region where Sudan and the Congo share a frontier, and it would have been part of the court orchestra of a powerful chief.
B
The flanks of the drum have been carved to different thicknesses, so that a skilled drummer with a traditional drumstick can produce at least two tones and as many as four distinct pitches.
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It [slave raiding and trading] was centralized by the Egyptian government in Khartoum, which by the late nineteenth century had become the greatest slave market in the world, servicing the whole of the Middle East.
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It’s an interesting drum because it’s been etched with the Arabic script, because it fell into the hands of the Mahdi, and obviously Arabic is the lingua franca of Sudan and it’s the language spoken by the northern tribes.
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Which elements maintain a formal style and tone in writing? Check all that apply.charged languagevaried sentence typesacademic languageshort, choppy sentencesobjective language

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charged language
B
varied sentence types
C
academic language
D
short, choppy sentences
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objective language
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Which types of evidence best support a claim in argumentative writing? Check all that apply.examplesquotationsopinionsstatisticsfeelings

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examples
B
quotations
C
opinions
D
statistics
E
feelings
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Read the claim and counterclaim.Claim: The marine chronometer was the most historically important artifact because it made it possible for international trade to flourish.Counterclaim: At the time the marine chronometer was invented, international trade was already taking place.

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However, Thomas Earnshaw’s invention of an affordable chronometer meant that virtually any ship could carry one aboard.
B
Even so, it was the marine chronometer that allowed Charles Darwin to make his famous voyage and publish his findings about evolution.
C
However, the marine chronometer finally made accurate maps possible, creating safe, rapid, and efficient shipping routes.
D
Even so, international trade would have continued to expand and prosper by finding alternate ways to make trade by sea more effective.
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Read the sentence.The ruling classes fervently promoted tea in the hopes that the working classes would consume less alcohol and actually do some work.

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the ruling classes
B
fervently promoted tea
C
consume less alcohol
D
actually do some work
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Read the sentence.The Great Wave was inexpensive to purchase, costing only about the same as a double helping of noodles. Since lots of copies could be printed and still look good, it made loads of money.

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The Great Wave was as cheap as buying a double helping of noodles. Since lots of copies could be made and still look great, people started making piles of money.
B
The Great Wave was inexpensive to purchase, costing about the same as a double helping of noodles. Since mass quantities could be produced and still look exquisite, it became highly profitable to sell.
C
The Great Wave cost next to nothing, practically the same as a double helping of noodles. Since mass quantities could be produced and still look awesome, it became highly profitable to sell.
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The Great Wave was inexpensive to purchase, similar to buying a double helping of noodles. Since lots of copies could be made that still looked amazing, those who sold it made tons of money.
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Read the claim and the evidence that follows, which is an excerpt from Hokusai's The Great Wave.Claim: The Great Wave is the most historically significant artifact within Japanese culture.Evidence: The Great Wave, like the other images in the series, was printed in at least 5,000 impressions, possibly as many as 8,000, and we know that in 1842 the price of a single sheet was officially fixed at 16 mon, the equivalent of a double helping of noodles.

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It proves that The Great Wave is the most popular work of art ever produced and sold in Japan.
B
It shows that Japan was a society moving toward a deeper appreciation of the fine arts.
C
It proves that Japan was beginning to be the leader in the mass production of cheap paintings.
D
It shows the popularity and prominence of The Great Wave within Japanese culture.
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Read the claim.Claim: The Great Wave is the most historically significant artifact within Japanese culture because it signifies Japan’s hesitation to join the global economy.

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The Great Wave was made around 1830 by the great artist Hokusai and is one of his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.
B
Since The Great Wave is a work of art, the idea that it signifies Japan’s hesitation to join the global economy is simply one interpretation.
C
There are other paintings that more strongly represent Japan’s hesitation to open its ports and join the global economy.
D
After receiving a letter from the president of the United States in 1853, Japan quickly embraced the new economic model it had been forced to accept.
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Read the claim and reason.Claim: The Great Wave is the most historically significant artifact within Japanese culture because it represents global changes in Japanese society.Reason: The Great Wave stands as a prominent metaphor for the changes in Japanese society because it tells us about Japan’s state of mind as it stood on the threshold of the modern world in the middle of the nineteenth century.

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This bestselling woodblock print, made around 1830 by the great artist Hokusai, is one of his series of thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.
B
In the middle of the nineteenth century, as the Industrial Revolution began, the great manufacturing powers, above all Britain and the United States, were aggressively looking for new sources of raw materials and new markets for their products.
C
“So this great wave seemed, on the one hand, to be a symbolic barrier for the protection of Japan, but at the same time it had also suggested the potential for the Japanese to travel abroad, for ideas to move, for things to move back and forth.”
D
In the long years of relative seclusion Japan, governed by a military oligarchy, had enjoyed peace and stability.
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Read the sentence.The British defeat of the Mahdist forces at Omdurman finally brought an end to the shameful and horrific slave trade.

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uses casual language.
B
is completely objective.
C
uses charged language.
D
is a choppy sentence.

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