Sugar Changed the World Sections 2 & 3 Review
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
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.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
One sailor is famously known for trading "white gold" in the Carribean islands?
Marc Aronson
Christopher Columbus
Alexander the Great
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.K.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 5 pts
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.
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 5 pts
4. Read the excerpt from Sugar Changed the World, then answer the question that follows.
To understand the slavery that brought Africans to the New World you must begin with the death rate on the sugar plantations. Though we often think of slavery as a problem peculiar to the United States, only 4 percent of the slaves taken from Africa were brought to North America—which means that 96 percent went to the Caribbean, Brazil, and the rest of South America, mostly to work with sugar. The slave population in North America grew over time as parents lived long enough to have children. Some 500,000 slaves were brought here and there were four million enslaved African Americans at the time of emancipation. But on the sugar islands, while more than two million people were brought over from Africa, there were only 670,000 at emancipation. Sugar, with its demand for relentless labor, was a killer.
How does the excerpt contribute to the reader's understanding of an enslaved African person's experience on a plantation?
A The reader understands how all enslaved people lived a similarly difficult and brutal experience.
B The reader understands how especially horrific and dangerous conditions were for people enslaved on sugar plantations.
C The reader understands the similarities of experiences of people enslaved on sugar plantations and slaves who worked on other types of plantations.
D The reader understands why the Atlantic slave trade was so profitable.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI.K.2
CCSS.RL.1.2
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
Read the excerpt from Sugar Changed the World, and answer the question that follows.
Sugar was the product of the slave and the addiction of the poor factory worker--the meeting place of the barbarism of the overseers...and the rigid new economy. And yet, for that very reason, sugar also became the lynchpin of the struggle for freedom.
Sugar Changed the World by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
What is the meaning of lynchpin as it is used in the excerpt?
A relevant
B unimportant
C essential
D Transition
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.1.4
CCSS.RI.K.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 5 pts
Before slavery was abolished by the Emancipation Proclamation, many African men and women spent their lives working in cane fields. Abolished -
encouraged
done away with; ended
forgotten
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
A central idea of the text is that sugar is the driving force causing ______ and ________ effects in the world.
meaningless
positive
crucial
negative
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.RL.4.2
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