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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * In 1851, German American artist Emanuel Leutze painted Washington Crossing the Delaware. * His huge painting (149 x 255 inches) depicts the first US president crossing a river with soldiers in the Revolutionary War. * In 2019, Cree artist Kent Monkman painted mistikosiwak (Wooden Boat People): Resurgence of the People. * Monkman's huge painting (132 x 264 inches) was inspired by Leutze's. * It portrays Indigenous people in a boat rescuing refugees. The student wants to emphasize a similarity between the two paintings. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Medium

Monkman, a Cree artist, finished his painting in 2019; Leutze, a German American artist, completed his in 1851.

Although Monkman's painting was inspired by Leutze's, the people and actions the two paintings portray are very different.

Leutze's and Monkman's paintings are both huge, measuring 149 x 255 inches and 132 x 264 inches, respectively.

Leutze's painting depicts Revolutionary War soldiers, while Monkman's depicts Indigenous people and refugees.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * Ulaanbaatar is the capital of Mongolia. * The city's population is 907,802. * Ulaanbaatar contains 31.98 percent of Mongolia's population. * Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam. * The city's population is 7,781,631. * Hanoi contains 8.14 percent of Vietnam's population. The student wants to emphasize the relative sizes of the two capitals' populations. Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to emphasize the relative sizes of the two capitals' populations?

Difficulty: Hard

Mongolia's capital is Ulaanbaatar, which has 907,802 people, and Vietnam's capital is Hanoi, which has 7,781,631 people.

Comparing Vietnam and Mongolia, 7,781,631 is 8.14 percent of Vietnam's population, and 907,802 is 31.98 percent of Mongolia's.

Even though Hanoi (population 7,781,631) is larger than Ulaanbaatar (population 907,802), Ulaanbaatar accounts for more of its country's population.

The populations of the capitals of Mongolia and Vietnam are 907,802 (Ulaanbaatar) and 7,781,631 (Hanoi), respectively.

In his 1925 book The Morphology of Landscape, US geographer Carl Sauer challenged prevailing views about how natural landscapes influence human cultures. _________ Sauer argued that instead of being shaped entirely by their natural surroundings, cultures play an active role in their own development by virtue of their interactions with the environment. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Difficulty: Medium

Similarly,

Finally,

Therefore,

Specifically,

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * In the early 1960s, the US had a strict national-origins quota system for immigrants. * The number of new immigrants allowed from a country each year was based on how many people from that country lived in the US in 1890. * This system favored immigrants from northern Europe. * Almost 70% of slots were reserved for immigrants from Great Britain, Ireland, and Germany. * The 1965 Hart-Celler Act abolished the national-origins quota system. The student wants to present the significance of the Hart-Celler Act to an audience unfamiliar with the history of US immigration. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Medium

Almost 70% of slots were reserved for immigrants from Great Britain, Ireland, and Germany at the time the Hart-Celler Act was proposed.

Prior to the Hart-Celler Act, new immigration quotas were based on how many people from each country lived in the US in 1890.

The quota system in place in the early 1960s was abolished by the 1965 Hart-Celler Act.

The 1965 Hart-Celler Act abolished the national-origins quota system, which favored immigrants from northern Europe.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: * Roughly 96% of Australia's estimated 200,000 animal species are invertebrates. * Invertebrates of the order Hymenoptera, which consists of sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants, are estimated to total 14,800 species in Australia. * Invertebrates of the order Coleoptera, which consists of beetles and weevils, are estimated to total 28,200 species in Australia. * Some of these invertebrates' populations are threatened by invasive bird and fish species. The student wants to emphasize the different orders in which Australia's invertebrate animals are classified. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Difficulty: Medium

In Australia, 28,200 species are estimated to be beetles and weevils, both classified as invertebrates of the order Coleoptera.

Among Australia's many invertebrates, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants belong to the order Hymenoptera, while beetles and weevils belong to the order Coleoptera.

Many sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants of the order Hymenoptera are threatened by some of Australia's invasive bird and fish species.

The order Hymenoptera is estimated to make up 14,800 of Australia's 200,000 animal species.

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