Which phrase best defines “summary”?

a.) a brief statement of the main ideas of a text.
b.) a source excerpt in your own words.
c.) a word-for-word excerpt from a text.
d.) a sentence written on an index card.

Thomas paine suggested in common sense that britain could not rule the american colonies well because a. their religions were very different. b. america was too large and too far away. c. the british navy could not protect the colonies. d. the colonies had too few resources.

Which source would best a historian understand the effect of the great chicago fire on families? a. a biography of a chicago family displaced by the fire b. a letter from a grandmother in new york to her family in chicago c. a newspaper editorial about families who were displaced d. an oral history dictated by an adolescent who fled the fire

What was the first major route to connect europe and asia