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Sugar Changed the World, Part 2: Central Ideas Answers

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Which text features would be most helpful to support the central idea of the passage? Select two options.

A
a timeline showing when Alexander the Great's power came to an end
B
a map showing the spread of Islam through much of the ancient world
C
a timeline showing when Muslim conquerors took over each part of Europe
D
a map showing how Alexander the Great spread Islam throughout the world
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a timeline showing the spread of Muhammad's teachings
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What evidence from the passage best supports the inference that white sugar was rarer and more valuable than brown sugar? Select two options.

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"Egypt became the world's great sugar laboratory"
B
"The kind of sugar easiest to produce from cane is dark"
C
"drain out the dark molasses to use by itself"
D
"wanted it to be as pure, sweet, and white as possible"
E
"Egyptians figured out how to meet that need"
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What evidence from the passage best supports the inference that sugar cane had special significance in the ancient era? Select three options.

A
"you lie down and face a three-cornered fire pot"
B
"sugar cane was now an ingredient in ceremonies involving fire"
C
"it crystallized into sweet, dark brown clumps"
D
“Perhaps that transformation itself seemed magical”
E
"sugar cane is called ikshu, which means 'something that people want'"
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"they began to use the name sharkara, which also meant 'gravel'"
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Which text features would be most helpful to support the central idea of the passage? Select two options.

A
a timeline showing how people have used sugar in the past and up until the present
B
a diagram of one of the eight hundred ships that Alexander the Great had built
C
a map of Alexander the Great's route and the site of the sugar cane discovery
D
a diagram of sugar cane, showing details of its outside and inside
E
a timeline showing when Darius I and Alexander the Great learned of sugar cane
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.In the 1100s, the richest Europeans slowly began to add more flavor to their food—because of a series of fairs and wars. A smart count in the Champagne region of France guaranteed the safety of any merchant coming to sell or trade at the markets in the lord's lands. Soon word spread, and the fairs flourished. Starting around 1150, the six Champagne fairs became the one place where Europeans could buy and sell products from the surrounding world—a first step in connecting them to the riches and tastes beyond. Fortress Europe was slowly opening up.

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"because of a series of fairs and wars"
B
"guaranteed the safety of any merchant"
C
"the one place where Europeans could buy and sell products"
D
"a first step in connecting them to the riches and tastes beyond"
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.The vast Muslim world was wonderful for the growth of knowledge. The Greeks had developed a level of practical experience and technical understanding a thousand years more advanced than anyone else nearby. The Muslims began to translate some of these ancient Greek texts. From India, Muslims learned of the zero, which allowed them to invent what we still call "Arabic” numerals. And because the Koran, the sacred book of Islam, is written in Arabic, scholars throughout the Muslim world learned to read Arabic and to share their knowledge. The Muslims swept past Jundi Shapur and learned the secrets of sugar. As they conquered lands around the Mediterranean Sea, they spread word of how to grow, mill, and refine the sweet reed.

A
The details describe the important role Muslims played in spreading knowledge throughout the world.
B
The details clarify the role Jundi Shapur played in spreading the secrets of sugar to the rest of the world.
C
The details describe how Muslims used knowledge from only the Greeks to make innovations.
D
The details reveal how important the Koran was in helping Muslims conquer other lands.
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.After the Egyptians crushed cut cane and captured the juice, they boiled and strained the liquid, let it settle, then strained it again. The cane juice was now poured into molds with holes in the bottom, so that all the liquid could drain out, leaving only a powder. That powder was then mixed with milk and boiled again. After one round of these steps, the process was repeated all over again. As a result of all this effort and care, Egypt was known for the "whitest and purest" sugar.

A
Egyptians required access to fire, molds, and milk in order to produce sugar.
B
Egyptians created an innovative process for refining white sugar.
C
The Egyptians' techniques proved that they were the smartest people in the ancient world.
D
The Egyptians' success inspired other cultures to develop similar techniques.
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Which text features would be most helpful to support the central idea of the passage? Select two options.

A
a timeline showing when Alexander the Great's power came to an end
B
a map showing the spread of Islam through much of the ancient world
C
a timeline showing when Muslim conquerors took over each part of Europe
D
a map showing how Alexander the Great spread Islam throughout the world
E
a timeline showing the spread of Muhammad's teachings
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.One of these early Hindu writings, the Atharva Veda, speaks of an archer's bow made of sugar cane. It tells of growing a circle of sugar cane as a kind of sweet protection for a lover, and it includes specific instructions on how to use sugar cane.

A
Hindus who lived in ancient times used sugar the same way we use it today.
B
Hindus who lived in ancient times believed that sugar had powerful properties.
C
Most Hindus in ancient times had very few specific uses for sugar cane.
D
Most Hindus in ancient times searched for new ways to use sugar cane.
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.The year is 326 B.C. Alexander the Great stands at the Indus River in what is now Pakistan. For a decade he and his Greek soldiers have been battling their way across the known world, defeating even the mighty Persians, rulers of Asia. Alexander's string of victories only feeds his hunger to conquer all, to know all. But his men balk. Tired of fighting, homesick, they refuse to go on. Alexander realizes he cannot continue to conquer Asia, but he is too curious to stop exploring. He has already built a fleet of eight hundred ships, appointed his close friend Nearchus captain, and sent them to investigate the coast of lndia by sea.

A
Nearchus was the captain of a fleet of ships that Alexander the Great had built.
B
Alexander the Great was victorious over formidable opponents in his conquests.
C
Alexander the Great worked only with friends he trusted, such as Nearchus.
D
Alexander the Great continued exploring even though his Greek soldiers quit.

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