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Information and Ideas practice question
A historian argues that a medieval village was abandoned suddenly rather than gradually.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. Excavation found household goods left in place in every house, including tools and cooking pots that a planned departure would have taken.Correct
- B. The village is not mentioned in records after 1350.
- C. The village had a church.
- D. Medieval villages were often abandoned.
Answer: A. Excavation found household goods left in place in every house, including tools and cooking pots that a planned departure would have taken.
Goods left behind in every house.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The village is not mentioned in records after 1350.
- Silence in records fits either pace.
- C. The village had a church.
- Irrelevant.
- D. Medieval villages were often abandoned.
- Says nothing about how fast.
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