PT117.S1.P2.Q11

PrepTest 117 - Section 1 - Passage 2 - Question 11

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P1

In the field of historiography—the writing of history based on a critical examination of authentic primary information sources—one area that has recently attracted attention focuses on the responses of explorers and settlers to new landscapes in order to provide insights into the transformations the landscape itself has undergone as a result of settlement. ██ ████ ████████ ████████████████ █████████ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ █████ ██ ███ ██████ ██████ ████ █████████████ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ██ ████████ ████████ █████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███████ ████ ██ ████████████ ██████ ██ ███ ████ ███████████ ████ ██████████ ██ ██████ ██████████ █████ ████████ ██ ████████

Traditional sources · for studying land of Pacific Coast: written records from European American explorers
P2

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New sources needed · Traditional sources omit response of Asian settlers to the land
Asian settlers didn't leave many written records.
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Example of Chinese settlers' impact · Irrigated much of the land
This helped the area become a top producer of many specialty crops. Historiographers can't fully undersatnd this without studying Chinese settlers.
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The author probably agrees with this statement, as seen in P2. The author’s main point is that historiographers should expand their understanding of what a “source” is; there's no indication that the author believes this expansion should apply only to studying the actions of Asian settlers.

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b

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The author probably agrees with this statement. This is supported in P2, where the author says that some historiographers are reconsidering the definition of a source. The “non-traditional” sources studied by these historiographers may not be accepted by the more traditional historiographers.

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c

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The author probably agrees with this. While the author doesn’t specify what would or would not “complete” the writing of the history of the Pacific Coast, the author’s main point is that historiographers should expand their understanding of what a “source” is; there’s no indication that the author thinks that the history of the Pacific Coast will be complete once records of the actions of Asian settlers are recognized.

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The author probably agrees with this, as seen in P2. The actions of Asian settlers are cited as an example of a new “source” being considered by historiographers, which indicates that recognizing people’s actions as evidence is probably an expansion of the definition of a source.

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e

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Actually, the purpose of expanding the definition of a source is to bring in additional evidence and perspectives in order to create a more complete historical understanding, so the author would likely oppose limiting the definition of a source in some cases but not others.

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