Sugar Changed The World Unit Test

It provides background on how a family from Russia got into the sugar business.

to specify what a particular section of text will be about to discuss events leading up to what happens in the text to help identify the locations of events

It supports the central ideas of the passage with specific dates.

They show that the author wants to inform readers by describing the old sugar estates.

The details about families leaving for a better life inform readers about the status of the author's family.

It uses a problem-and-solution structure to show how people got honey without searching for bees.

It introduces the topic that will be addressed next. It states why the topic is relevant to readers.

to inform readers about the grandfather's role in creating beet sugar

It informs readers that there is a connection between slavery and sugar.

to show how the desire for sugar led to slavery to reveal that the reason for sugar's low price was slavery

Hindu people must have valued the five substances they used as sacrifices.

Egyptians created an innovative process for refining white sugar.

"sugar cane was now an ingredient in ceremonies involving fire" "Perhaps that transformation itself seemed magical" "sugar cane is called ikshu, which means 'something that people want'"

the main point the author is trying to make

"guaranteed the safety of any merchant"

The details provide examples of how France gradually became a place for worldwide trade.

It informs the reader that the text will focus on a specific school.

The details describe the important role Muslims played in spreading knowledge throughout the world.

a map showing the spread of Islam through much of the ancient world a timeline showing the spread of Muhammad's teachings

Islam spread widely through invading armies and voluntary conversion.

"Starting around 1800, sugar became the staple food that allowed the English factories—the most advanced economies in the world—to run."

The illustration helps the reader recognize how teams cut and bundled sugar cane.

"It was some of the worst labor."

The map shows a common and simplistic presentation of how sugar-related trade worked.

The joys of sugar were the result of the suffering of enslaved African people.

"What we call a triangle was really as round as the globe."

It shows how enslaved people were exposed to the outside elements and weather.

Its negative connotation indicates that enslaved people had to work like robots instead of human beings.

Silence has a negative connotation, indicating that the owners would not tolerate protests.

by using words with negative connotations, such as hacked and merciless

They use primary-source quotations to show that enslaved people in Saint Domingue were willing to destroy property to gain their freedom.

an explanation of what was being taxed and how much it cost an explanation of why the Americans smuggled molasses an explanation of why the British imposed the Sugar Act

Both passages use evidence to show that knowledge of the extreme brutality of the sugar trade changed viewpoints about enslavement.

They argue that extremely difficult conditions inspired enslaved young men to invent new forms of music.

The authors provide a primary-source quotation from a British abolitionist named William Wilberforce

"They created the most effective public relations campaign in history, inventing techniques that we use to this day."

Sugar was such a powerful economic force that it led to significant political changes.

"Following the strand of sugar and slavery leads directly into the tumult of the Age of Revolutions."

Abolitionists used powerful speeches and presentations to engage people and persuade them to join the abolitionists' cause.

Economic demand for sugar led to political pressure to end enslavement.

Why did Africans leave the plantations to farm elsewhere?

The burning of certificates and the repeal of the Black Act show that the Indians reclaimed their power.

an opinion or viewpoint in a persuasive text

What was life actually like for indentured Indians?

the goal of explaining to readers how Indians were taken advantage of

There was no difference between enslaved Africans and Indian indentures.

Sugar plantations were violent systems, but sugar also led some people to reject slavery.

the goal of explaining why the majority of Indians stayed in the colonies

Life for indentured workers was difficult, and sugar masters treated them like property.

a historical study showing that Indian workers were paid low wages research showing that planters encouraged rivalry between workers