WorksheetsSCTW Part 1
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why was honey "a way of living" for early man?
a)
Bees model how people should live
b)
Bees show how people how to make honey
c)
Honey showed how people should live
d)
Honey was the way people made a living
2.
How did sugar spread?
a)
Started in New Guinea then spread east to west
b)
Started in Egypt then spread east to west
c)
Started in Hawaii then spread east to west
d)
Started in India then spread east to west
3.
How did Indians first come to make crystallized sugar?
a)
used fire to boil
b)
used magic
c)
added water and let it settle
d)
put the sugar cane juice in the freezer
4.
What is Jundi Shapur?
a)
A building in india
b)
The first true university
c)
The first person to go to a university
d)
The first place they found sugar cane
5.
How did Egypt become a "sugar laboratory"?
a)
1st to make sugar crystals
b)
1st to make "whitest & purest" sugar
c)
1st to make brown sugar
d)
1st to make sugar candy
6.
What was Europe's "intellectual" state after the fall of Rome?
a)
happy, educated, and unified
b)
violent, ignorant, and divided
c)
cowardly, educated, and divided
d)
happy, ignorant, and unified
7.
List three goods and who they came from?
a)
apples, grapes, and figs - Europeans
b)
apples, oranges and apricots - Muslims
c)
oranges, apricots, and figs - Muslims
d)
apricots, oranges, figs - Europeans
8.
What negative effect did a physician note about sugar?
a)
cleans the blood
b)
strengthens the heart and lungs
c)
makes teeth blunt and decay
d)
makes teeth white
9.
How else besides trade, did Europeans learn about sugar?
a)
War
b)
Fairs
c)
Internet
d)
People
10.
How were the crusades more than a battle?
a)
information exchange
b)
Money exchange
c)
Bloody , gruesome conflicts
d)
Food exchange
11.
What new knowledge was acquired by the Europeans?
a)
How to plant and refine sugar
b)
How to cut and process the sugar cane
c)
How to crystallize sugar
d)
How to transport sugar cane
12.
What are two problems with sugar cane?
a)
time and fire
b)
time and money
c)
fire and money
d)
time and space
13.
How did Columbus describe sugar?
a)
"white gold"
b)
"sweet reed"
c)
"baby powder"
d)
"sweet salt"
14.
What is the meaning of the word refining as used in the following sentence:
A plantation was not new technology but a new way of planting, growing, cutting and refining a crop.
A plantation was not new technology but a new way of planting, growing, cutting and refining a crop.
a)
gathering
b)
processing
c)
filling
d)
cutting
15.
What is the impact of the word collapses in the following sentence:
...masses of people must do every step right, on time, together, or the whole system collapses.
...masses of people must do every step right, on time, together, or the whole system collapses.
a)
To compare the system to an unstable building
b)
To criticize the use of slave labor
c)
It emphasizes the importance of working together
d)
It explains how slaves were treated
16.
Which statement from the passage is the central idea of paragraph 5 on p. 7?
Sugar is different from honey It offers a stronger sweet flavor...But there is another story as well. Information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. In fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery...
Sugar is different from honey It offers a stronger sweet flavor...But there is another story as well. Information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. In fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery...
a)
"Information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded"
b)
"Sugar is different than honey."
c)
"It offers a stronger sweet flavor"
d)
"In the Age of Sugar, Europeans bought a product..."
17.
How was the central idea developed over the course of the text of "The Problem with Sugar Cane"?
a)
The text structure is organized to explain the origin of plantations
b)
The text structure is organized to explain the evil intent of plantations
c)
The text structure is organized to explain the sweetness of sugar cane
18.
Which best explains how the problems outlined in paragraph 1 of "The Problem with Sugarcane" were solved?
a)
slave labor was invented in order to have enough people to process the sugar cane
b)
Plantations were created b/c a system was needed to process the sugar cane quickly
c)
plantations were created b/c other crops and resources had failed
19.
Which statement best summarizes the passage "The Problem with Sugar Cane"?
a)
A system was engineered to solve the two problems with sugar cane.
b)
Crop was sold to solve the problem of making money
c)
The problem of sugar cane was solved with creating a machine
20.
How did the picture on pg. 28 support the text?
a)
The picture shows the solution their problem which was the sugar plantation
b)
The picture shows how Africans were sold into slavery which was the problem with sugar
c)
The picture shows how sugar was created which was the problem with sugar
21.
How is honey similar to sugar?
a)
They are both sweetners
b)
They are both the same color
c)
They both have the same smell
d)
They have the same flavor
22.
How did bees mirror human lives?
a)
Bees have queens served by loyal subjects
b)
Bees make honey like people
c)
Bees sting like people
d)
Bees live in a hive
23.
What new method of organizing sugar productions did the Muslims develop?
a)
sugar factories
b)
sugar plantations
c)
sugar plants
d)
sugar mills
24.
Who were the first slaves used on the plantations?
a)
Africans
b)
Muslims
c)
Russians
d)
Indians
25.
How is honey different from sugar?
a)
Honey is natural, Sugar is invented
b)
Honey is hot, Sugar is cold
c)
Honey is made by man, Sugar is made naturally
26.
What type of text structure?
Students who are frequently absent often have lower average grades than those who have good attendance. When they are out of the classroom, students do notget to see a teacher’s lessons. Even if they attend extra help, it’s usually much shorter and less detailed than the actual lesson. In addition, frequently absent students often miss tests or other assignments and don’t always make up the work.
Students who are frequently absent often have lower average grades than those who have good attendance. When they are out of the classroom, students do notget to see a teacher’s lessons. Even if they attend extra help, it’s usually much shorter and less detailed than the actual lesson. In addition, frequently absent students often miss tests or other assignments and don’t always make up the work.
a)
problem & solution
b)
order & sequence
c)
compare & contrast
d)
cause & effect
27.
What type of text structure?
Hurricane Katrina began as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005. The depression later strengthened into a tropical storm on the morning of August 24 where the storm was also named Katrina. Katrina continued to move into Florida, and became a Category 1 hurricane only two hours before it made landfall around Hallandale Beach on the morning of August 25. The storm weakened over land, but became a hurricane again while entering the Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Katrina began as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005. The depression later strengthened into a tropical storm on the morning of August 24 where the storm was also named Katrina. Katrina continued to move into Florida, and became a Category 1 hurricane only two hours before it made landfall around Hallandale Beach on the morning of August 25. The storm weakened over land, but became a hurricane again while entering the Gulf of Mexico.
a)
Problem and solution
b)
Main idea
c)
Compare and contrast
d)
Chronological
28.
In an advertisement, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
29.
In a textbook, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
30.
In a newspaper articles, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
31.
In a poem, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Infrom
c)
Entertain
32.
In a campaign speech, the authors purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
33.
A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays and likes lasagna
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
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