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Information and Ideas practice question
A historian claims that the town's prosperity in the 1700s depended on trade carried along its river.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the historian's claim?
- A. Customs records from the 1700s show that most of the town's income came from tolls on goods shipped along the river.Correct
- B. The river is now too shallow for boats.
- C. The town has a museum devoted to the river's history.
- D. A map from the 1700s shows that the town had a large market square.
Answer: A. Customs records from the 1700s show that most of the town's income came from tolls on goods shipped along the river.
Records from the period tying most income to river tolls directly link prosperity to river trade.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The river is now too shallow for boats.
- The river's present depth says nothing about the 1700s.
- C. The town has a museum devoted to the river's history.
- A museum shows present-day interest, not past dependence.
- D. A map from the 1700s shows that the town had a large market square.
- A market square could serve trade of any kind.
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