Question

Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.


B.C.

8000–7000 First planting of wild sugar cane, on the island of New Guinea
6000 Sugar cane reaches the Philippines
1500–900 Sugar cane used in Hindu ceremonies described in oral traditions that date from around this time
515 According to the Greek author Herodotus, the Persians had found what may be sugar cane in what is now India and Pakistan
327 Nearchus, friend of Alexander the Great, again mentions the reed that makes honey without bees, in India
286 First mention of sugar cane in China



What is the purpose of this section of text?


to contrast how different people used sugar

to explain sugar cane’s ceremonial purpose

to compare sugar cane use to honey use

to provide the history of sugar cane use

Answer 1

The answer is:

to provide the history of sugar cane use.

In the excerpt from "Sugar Changed the World," the authors Budhos and Aronson make reference to a series of past circumstances around the world realated to the sugar cane. Thus, they introduce a chronological written description of past events, which begin with the first planting of sugar cane in New Guinea between 8000-7000 BC to the first observation of sugar cane in China in 286 BC.

Answer 2

Answer:

D) to provide the history of sugar cane use

Explanation:

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