Sugar Changed the World Part 1 Review

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.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What island is believed to originally have grown sugar cane in 9000 BC?

• Hawaii

• Saint Domingue

• New Guinea

• Azores

Where did the Europeans first encounter sugar?

• Hawaii

• The Champagne Fairs

• The Crusades

• England

According to the text, what does refined mean?

• having substances removed through a process

• stirring molasses

• planting sugar cane

• becoming something better

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What country became the "sugar laboratory" of the world?

• Islam

• Iran

• India

• Egypt

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.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

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

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Muslims had developed the _______________ way of farming.

• Religious

• Plantation

• Sweet

• Decorative

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

What was the university where scholars learned to use sugar as a medicine?

• Harvard

• Yonsei

• Jundi Shapur

• Arthara Veda

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5