What is a central idea in the article "Famine: Past, Present, and Future"? During the Middle Ages, the average European experienced famine about four times in his or her lifetime

Famines are often a result of extreme weather conditions

People have suffered famines throughout history in countries around the world

The people of Somalia, in sub-Saharan Africa, suffered a famine in 2011.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is different from honey. it offers a stronger sweet flavor, and like steel or plastic, it had to be invented. in the age of sugar, europeans bought a product made thousands of miles away that was less expensive than the honey from down the road. that was possible only because sugar set people in motion all across the world—millions of them as slaves, in chains; a few in search of their fortunes. a perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor: that is the dark story of sugar. how does the comparison of sugar to honey reveal the authors’ purpose? it persuades readers that sugar tastes better than honey. it informs readers that there is a connection between slavery and sugar. it informs readers that honey had a major impact on society. it persuades readers that sugar is as important an invention as steel.

What do we know about the mother in “two kinds”? select all that apply. she came from china. she had two daughters who died. her mother, father, and first husband are dead. she is part japanese.

According to auden’s “musée des beaux arts”, who understands human suffering