Northwest Passage and Martin Luther

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What could you infer from this text? Options: The Aztec and Inca chose to join Spain willingly and helped them get rich. Spain’s wealth and success in the Americas came at a great cost to enslaved people, whose forced labor made the empire rich. Spain’s wealth came only from trading with Asia, not from the Americas.

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Spain’s wealth and success in the Americas came at a great cost to enslaved people, whose forced labor made the empire rich.

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What was the transatlantic slave trade?

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It describes how ships sailed from Europe to Africa, where traders captured or bought enslaved people. These ships then crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

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Select the answer that best summarizes this text.

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The transatlantic slave trade began when Europeans took enslaved Africans across the Atlantic on the Middle Passage. Conditions were terrible, and many people died before reaching the Americas.

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Select the answer that best summarizes the text.

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Martin Luther, a German monk, spoke out against the Catholic Church in the 1500s because he believed it was doing wrong things.

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What "passage" is the text talking about?

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The Northwest Passage

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Select the best summary of this text.

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In the 1500s and 1600s, explorers searched for a faster sea route through North America, but instead they faced dangerous ice and land that caused many expeditions to fail.

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Why did explorers want to find a Northwest Passage?

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To make trade with Asia faster.

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What does the word "harsh" mean?

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very difficult to deal with

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What is an "open waterway?"

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a clear path of ocean or river