Question

Which text features would be most helpful to support the central idea of the passage? Select two options.

a timeline showing how people have used sugar in the past and up until the present
a diagram of one of the eight hundred ships that Alexander the Great had built
a map of Alexander the Great's route and the site of the sugar cane discovery
a diagram of sugar cane, showing details of its outside and inside
a timeline showing when Darius I and Alexander the Great learned of sugar cane

Answer 1

- a map of Alexander the Great's route and the site of the sugar cane discovery
- a diagram of sugar cane, showing details of its outside and inside

Reason: the map clarifies where and how the discovery happened in the historical narrative, and the diagram helps readers understand what sugar cane is and how sugar is produced.