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Sugar Changed the World, Part 2: Central Ideas Answers

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What is the central idea of the passage?

A
Jundi Shapur was most famous for its teaching hospital and observatory.
B
Jundi Shapur allowed teachers and students from different cultures to share ideas.
C
Jundi Shapur included the ideas of scholars such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
D
Jundi Shapur is barely known today, but it was an important place in the Middle East.
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Which details from the text support the central idea of this passage? Check all that apply.

A
“Today, few people have heard of Jundi Shapur.”
B
“Jundi Shapur was built in what is now Iran.”
C
“We can only guess the dates.”
D
“Greek scholars moved to Jundi Shapur.”
E
“Nestorians . . . had their own ancient and scholarly traditions.”
F
“The school created the very first teaching hospital in the world.”
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The central idea in this passage is that spices were popular because they were flavorful, not because they helped people eat spoiled food. Which ideas are key details supporting this? Check all that apply.

A
Spices could not disguise bad meat.
B
Ambergris has a briny, sealike taste.
C
Fresh meat and fish were easy to find.
D
Only the very rich could afford luxuries.
E
A myth is often repeated in books.
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How does the underlined sentence develop the central idea that the Crusades had both negative and positive results?

A
It relays the importance of wind energy during the Crusades.
B
It demonstrates that Muslims were the only group of people with good inventions.
C
It shows that a Muslim invention benefited European society.
D
It illustrates that Europeans were good at inventing new things.
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What is the central idea of the passage?

A
In the Middle Ages, spices that are now ordinary were rare imports from faraway places.
B
The spices at the Champagne fair were from the Middle East, where they were used in cooking.
C
Pepper was highly regarded in Europe, so merchants demanded more and more of it.
D
The Champagne fairs relied on a vast trade network that drove up the prices of new and rare goods.
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Which details from the text support the central idea of this passage? Check all that apply.

A
“sailed across the Mediterranean Sea to Syria”
B
“grown on the southwest coast of India”
C
“tiny dried black peppercorns were the perfect item to trade”
D
“From India the pepper was shipped across to Arabia”
E
“Jean de Joieville, a French writer . . . actually lived in the Muslim world”
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How does the map develop the central idea of the passage?

A
It provides a visual representation of lands conquered by Muslims.
B
It shows the regions that benefited from Muslims’ knowledge of sugar.
C
It illustrates how the growth and refining of sugar led to Muslim conquests.
D
It demonstrates that Muslims grew sugar outside of the Mediterranean.

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