Brainliest and timed so read the passage from sugar changed the world. the year is 326 b. c. alexander the great stands at the indus river in what is now pakistan. for a decade he and his greek soldiers have been battling their way across the known world, defeating even the mighty persians, rulers of asia. alexander's string of victories only feeds his hunger to conquer all, to know all. but his men balk. tired of fighting, homesick, they refuse to go on. alexander realizes he cannot continue to conquer asia, but he is too curious to stop exploring. he has already built a fleet of eight hundred ships, appointed his close friend nearchus captain, and sent them to investigate the coast of lndia by sea. which statement best summarizes this passage? nearchus was the captain of a fleet of ships that alexander the great had built. alexander the great was victorious over formidable opponents in his conquests. alexander the great worked only with friends he trusted, such as nearchus. alexander the great continued exploring even though his greek soldiers quit.

The statement that best summarizes this passage is the last one: "Alexander the Great continued exploring even though his Greek soldiers quit."

The passage's main idea is that undefeatable Alexander wanted to know the world, he was curious about it, more than just conquer it.

The statement that best summarizes the passage from "Sugar changed the world" is:

Alexander the Great continued exploring even though his Greek soldiers quit.

The passage emphasizes that he is too curious to stop exploring and even though his soldiers were tired of fighting and homesick ( they have been fighting for a decade!) he called his close friend Nearchus and sent them to investigate the coast of India by ship.

We know by further investigation that he went on the expedition called the Indian campaign and he recorded his investigations in detail. He went as far as the Euphrates before turning back to rejoin Alexander at Susa, in early 324 BC.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)