Question

How do the details in the passage most support the central idea?

The details emphasize Christopher Columbus’s role in spreading sugar to the New World.
The details explain how Venetian and Muslim middlemen were able to control the sugar trade.
The details compare Spanish and Portuguese sugar plantations to those of Muslim farmers.
The details describe how Spanish and Portuguese explorations helped expand the sugar trade

Answer 1

The fourth choice. The passage’s details focus on how Spanish and Portuguese voyages (e.g., Columbus, Atlantic island plantations) carried sugarcane and plantation methods to new regions, thereby expanding the sugar trade.