Part 2: Summarizing Central Ideas about Elizabethan England

Question 1

What is the topic of the paragraph?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the food supply in Elizabethan England

Question 2

What is the central idea of this passage?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Elizabethans had to be very careful about properly preserving and storing food.

Question 3

How does the passage develop the central idea "food was valuable due to the limitations of local resources"?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It explains that the poor starved to death as a result of a shortage in the food supply.

Question 4

Which statement best describes the interaction of central ideas in this passage?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The passage shows that when people purposely controlled the food supply, the poor were affected the worst.

Question 5

What is the main topic of "Hygiene, Illness, and Medicine" from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

medical practices and illness in Elizabethan England

Question 6

What is the central idea of this passage?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Remaining healthy in Elizabethan England was a challenge.

Part 2: Summarizing Central Ideas about Elizabethan England Answers