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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.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 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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Which details would best fit in a summary of this passage? Select two options.

A
"in India . . . it was used as an offering in religious and magical ceremonies"
B
"the first written record of sugar"
C
"Long before the first pyramids were built in Egypt"
D
"gods gave fire to human beings"
E
"a priest could turn them into smoke and send them on to the gods"
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.The traders who came up from Italy offered items they had bought [from] Muslims, which were not available in Europe: fruits such as oranges, apricots, and figs; dyes such as cochineal, which produces a rich red; rare fabrics such as cotton and raw silk. Many of the fabrics that we know of today came to Europe via the Muslims, and their names still show their origins: damask from Damascus, muslin from Mosul, gauzes from Gaza.

A
Traders brought not only sugar but also other valuable items to Europe.
B
The most popular items for traders to buy were various fruits and fabrics.
C
Most types of cloth are named after where they are from instead of what they look like.
D
After seeing cloth from other lands, Europeans worked to produce similar fabrics.
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What is the central idea of a text?

A
the feeling or emotion that a text provokes in the reader
B
a conclusion based on evidence and background knowledge
C
a series of ideas that support a main point
D
the main point the author is trying to make
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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.

A
The details provide examples of how France gradually became a place for worldwide trade.
B
The details describe the various measures that were taken to keep the merchants safe.
C
The details explain why Europe immediately welcomed foreign traders to its marketplaces.
D
The details describe how a series of wars brought about the downfall of a European fortress.
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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.

A
"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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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.The Hindu writings tell us of a religion in which fire was extremely important. People believed that the gods gave fire to human beings. Yet fire was also a way for humans to reach the gods. By placing offerings in a special fire, a priest could turn them into smoke and send them on to the gods. Five ingredients were selected for this special burning: milk, cheese, butter, honey, and sugar cane.

A
For sacrifices to gods, ancient Hindus chose materials that burned easily.
B
Sugar cane was the most important material that ancient Hindus sacrificed.
C
If fire was important to ancient Hindus, then food must have been important.
D
Hindu people must have valued the five substances they used as sacrifices.
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.When the prophet Muhammad began preaching in A.D. 610, he attracted only a few disciples. Yet by the time he died in 632, his faith had spread throughout Arabia. By 642, the armies of Muslim conquerors, along with the arguments of the Muslim faithful, took the religion all across Syria, Iraq, parts of Iran, and Egypt. From there, Islam spread through North Africa along the Mediterranean, across to the Iberian Peninsula, and over to France. Islam's march into Europe ended in 732, when the French defeated the Muslim armies at the battle of Poitiers. But that was not all. Muslim rulers took Alexander's old lands in Afghanistan and then, from there, swept through to conquer northern India. The pagan tribes of Central Asia chose Islam. By conversion or conquest, Islam, the religion of Muhammad, won over nearly all the lands of the ancient world: Egypt, Persia, India, and the Christian Mediterranean.

A
The prophet Muhammed only had a few followers.
B
Islam spread widely through invading armies and voluntary conversion.
C
The spread of Islam into Europe ended in 732.
D
French armies defeated Muslim armies at the battle of Poitiers.
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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.

A
"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 and study the drawing from Sugar Changed the World.

Question illustration
A
It emphasizes how time-consuming the sugar-making process was.
B
It illustrates the importance of a warm climate to sugar production.
C
It shows the large numbers of workers and tasks required to refine sugar.
D
It clarifies the many differences between producing sugar and producing honey.
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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'"
F
"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 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.THE WORLD’S FIRST TRUE UNIVERSITYToday, few people have heard of Jundi Shapur. But in its time, it was an exceptional university. Jundi Shapur was built in what is now Iran sometime between the 400s and mid-500s A.D. We can only guess the dates, but we do know more about the school. It was the meeting place of the world's great minds. In 529, Christians closed the school of Athens—the last link to the academies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. The remaining Greek scholars moved to Jundi Shapur. Jews joined them, as did a group of Christians called Nestorians, who had their own ancient and scholarly traditions. Persians added their voices, and one of their learned doctors set off for what is now India, to gather and translate the wisdom of the Hindus. The school created the very first teaching hospital in the world, a place where the sick were treated and young doctors learned their craft, as well as a fine observatory to track the heavens. At Jundi Shapur the best scholars west of China all gathered to think and study together. By the 600s, the doctors at the school were writing about a medicine from India named sharkara or, as the Persians called it, shaker—sugar. Indeed, scholars at Jundi Shapur invented new and better ways to refine cane into sugar. Since the school had links with many of the great civilizations of Asia, the Mediterranean, and Europe, word of sugar and the experience of tasting its special sweetness began to spread.

A
It convinces the reader that other universities are inferior.
B
It informs the reader that the text will focus on a specific school.
C
It reveals how this section of text is related to sugar.
D
It implies that the passage will describe types of universities.
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.When knowledge of sugar was just beginning to spread from India, from Persia, from Greece, from the great school of Jundi Shapur, cooks working for the wealthiest people treated it as a spice, blending it with other tastes. They continued to do that for another thousand years.

A
"from the great school of Jundi Shapur"
B
"cooks working for the wealthiest people"
C
"treated it as a spice, blending it with other tastes"
D
"They continued to do that for another thousand years"
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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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