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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the authors' purpose in writing Sugar Changed the World?
To inform the reader of the positive and negative impacts sugar had on the world.
To persuade the reader to understand the positive and negative impacts on the world.
To tell the reader that sugar had a positive impact on the world.
To explain slavery and its connection to the worldwide sugar trade.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What island is believed to originally have grown sugar cane in 9000 BC?
Hawaii
Saint Domingue
New Guinea
Azores
- 3. Multiple Choice
Where did the Europeans first encounter sugar?
Hawaii
The Champagne Fairs
The Crusades
England
- 4. Multiple Choice
According to the text, what does refined mean?
having substances removed through a process
stirring molasses
planting sugar cane
becoming something better
- 5. Multiple Choice
What country became the "sugar laboratory" of the world?
Islam
Iran
India
Egypt
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of ending Part One with this sentence: "His name was Christopher Columbus."?
To remind the readers how North America was discovered.
To tell the readers how Columbus was involved in the process of farming sugar cane.
To foreshadow what will happen in the next section of the text.
To connect sugar to North America's colonization.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What two difficulties did the Europeans face when it came to harvesting sugar cane?
Climate and water
Time and workers
Fire and sweetness
Time and fire
- 8. Multiple Choice
Muslims had developed the _______________ way of farming.
Religious
Plantation
Sweet
Decorative
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a POSITIVE impact sugar had on the world?
King Henry III was able to buy lots of sugar for the country.
Sugar was used to make rotten meat taste better.
Marc and Marina's families both prospered because of the wealth they gained from the sugar industry.
Europeans gathered sugar cane during their Crusades.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was the university where scholars learned to use sugar as a medicine?
Harvard
Yonsei
Jundi Shapur
Arthara Veda
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