Information and Ideas practice question

Answer: A. This suggests the two settlements were in contact through trade or travel.

Matching heavy pottery across a distance that nature couldn't bridge points to human contact — trade or travel (A). B and C claim far more than the evidence shows; D contradicts the stated 300-mile separation.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. This proves the two settlements spoke the same language.

Shared pottery styles show contact, but nothing in the text connects pottery to language — that's a much bigger claim than the evidence supports.

C. This indicates the pottery was made by machines.

Nothing in the passage mentions how the pots were made; 'identical styles' points to shared human contact, not mechanized production.

D. This shows the settlements were actually the same site.

The passage explicitly states the settlements were 300 miles apart, so concluding they were one site contradicts the given evidence.

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