
Sugar Changed the World, Sec. 4-5
Authored by LAUREN THIBODEAUX
English
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which statement best describes the authors’ claim that sugar was the connection between slavery and freedom?
The global demand for slave-grown sugar led directly to the end of slavery.
In order to produce large amounts of sugar, Europeans and colonists destroyed Africans.
At the same time that they were exploiting Africans, Europeans decided they wanted more freedom themselves.
Europeans no longer wanted to be ruled by a king but wanted a vote themselves.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which quotation best supports the authors’ claim that sugar was the connection between slavery and freedom?
“In order to create sugar, Europeans and colonists in the Americas destroyed Africans, turned them into objects.”
“Following the strand of sugar and slavery leads directly into the tumult of the Age of Revolutions.”
“Just at that very same moment, Europeans—at home and across the Atlantic—decided that they could no longer stand being objects themselves.”
“They each needed to vote, to speak out, to challenge the rules of crowned kings and royal princes.”
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which statement best supports the authors' central idea that the global trade of sugar and ideas impacted the entire world in both positive and negative ways?
The sugar trade caused the revolution in France, which created chaos and prevented progress in other nations.
The sugar trade led to the spread of ideas of freedom and revolution. However, these ideas caused Americans and others to turn their back on the revolutions around the world.
Global trade led to the spread of ideas of freedom but did not advance abolitionist goals in France or England.
The sugar trade led to the spread of ideas of personal freedom and, ultimately, revolution. However, revolutions often had violent and deadly consequences.
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CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which definition best describes zealous?
showing great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective
showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern
having no particular interest or sympathy
having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval
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CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Decide which two of the following statements apply to the Haitian Revolutions?
After victory, leaders announced that all men were equal, meaning that no men were property.
Victory was hampered by the lack of recognition from the international community.
Subjects went to war when hey felt their colonial masters were unfair, but they left the problem of enslaving people themselves to be resolved later.
People were fighting for liberty, equality, and fraternity.
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CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RI.7.7
CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"The great paradox about the French Revolution is that even as the revolutionaries passed ever more laws to benefit the poor and enslaved, those same leaders turned increasingly zealous in murdering their enemies."
What is the meaning of paradox as it is used in the example?
concern
conflict
absurdity
contradiction
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CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Select the country in which this event occurred:
1791- Passes a law that made the people on the sugar islands who were black or of mixed background equal to all other Frenchmen.
France
United States
England
Saint Domingue
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CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
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