Sugar Changed the World, Part 2: Central Ideas

Question 1 of 10 • Summer School 26: Literature & Composition II

What is the purpose of the cause-and-effect structure of this passage? Select two options.

Answer

to mark important events in the history of sugar

to show how the desire for sugar led to slavery

to compare the labor used for sugar with that used in other industries

to reveal that the reason for sugar’s low price was slavery

to explain how honey led to the discovery of sugar

Sugar Changed the World, Part 1: Author’s Purpose

Sugar Changed the World, Part 1: Author’s Purpose

Lesson 1: "Sugar Changed the World", Author’s Purpose