But the crusades were more than battles; they were also an information exchange. as a result of their contact with muslims, the europeans began to break out of their sealed-off world. they learned mathematics and, according to some scholars, how to build windmills. windmills were a great power source that allowed europeans to drain swamps and make use of lands that had previously gone to waste. with more land, they could grow more food. this knowledge that muslims had europe to get on its feet. and wars against the muslims brought europeans to sugar. –sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos how does the underlined sentence develop the central idea that the crusades had both negative and positive results? the answer is: (c)- it shows that a muslim invention benefited european society.

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Read the extract below and identify the three kind(s) of bias that are apparent within it. despite being reintroduced in the 1600s by idle, muddle-headed aristocrats in order to be slaughtered for fun, all the wild boars that were brought to australia from the continent eventually died out. for the next 300 years there were no boars in australia, but in the 1980s farmers saw a chance to diversify and began to import and farm them. some of these beautiful, intelligent animals escaped and established herds of their own, once again living wild and purely natural lives. while their ideal home is in woodland, boars are hardy and are able to live in multiple habitats. a/ mistreatment of opposing views b/ positive stereotyping c/ subjective vocabulary d/ personal attacks e/statistics f/ corporate bias e/ negative stereotyping g/ offensive language

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. i ask, gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? in this excerpt from his famous virginia convention speech, patrick henry employs which literary device? questiondeclarative statement