Sugar Changed the World Parts I and II

1 (a)  Think about the text Sugar Changed the World by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos to answer this question.

Which statement best describes the purpose of Marc Aronson and Maria Budhos in writing this text?

• A  The authors seek to convey the widespread negative impacts of the rise of sugar production and trade around the world.

• B  The authors seek to convey the widespread positive and negative impacts of the rise of sugar production and trade around the world.

• C  The authors seek to convey the widespread positive impacts of the rise of sugar production and trade around the world.

• D  The authors seek to convey the limited positive and negative impacts of the rise of sugar production and trade around the world.

What distracted the Spanish from sugar cane farming?

• Aztecs

• Mayans

• Storms

• Russians

One sailor is famously known for trading "white gold" in the Carribean islands?

• Marc Aronson

• Christopher Columbus

• Alexander the Great

The Champagne Fairs began in ​ (a)   and lasted until ​ (b)  

• January
• December.
• February
• May
• Spring
• Fall

Brown sugar was the most valuable kind of sugar during the late 1800's. ​ ​ (a)  

• False
• True

True or False? An ax was kept next to the grinder so that a slave can fight off an overseer if he became violent while slaves loaded the cane.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Read the excerpt from Sugar Changed the World, then answer the question that follows.

From the 1750s on sugar transformed the way Europeans ate. Chefs who served the wealthy began to divide meals up. Where sugar had previously been either used as a decoration...or as a spice to flavor all courses, now it was removed from recipes for meat, fish and vegetables and given its own place—desserts. Desserts as the extremely sweet end to the meal was invented because so much sugar was available. But the wealthy were not the only ones whose meals were changing. Sugar became a food, a necessity, and the foundation of the diet for England's poorest workers.

How is this section of the text organized?

• A   The authors begin with a claim, provide evidence to support the claim, and then expand the claim to include not just the wealthy but the poor as well.

• B   The authors begin with a question then provide an answer to the question, including evidence and reasoning.

• C   The authors begin with a claim, then present reasoning and evidence, and conclude by presenting and responding to a conflicting viewpoint.

• D   The authors begin with a summary statement and then provide chronological details in support of this statement.

What did the text refer the first several thousand years to in terms of sweetener?

• The Bronze Age

• The Age of Honey

• The Age of Sugar

• The Age of Agave

What was the "sweet reed" that Darius I discovered?

• Pixie Sticks

• A bee hive

• Sugarcane

• Honey

What country became the "sugar laboratory" of the world?

• Islam

• Iran

• India

• Egypt