Self-study
From the tenth century until around the year 1500, there were Norse settlers living in Greenland. ██████ ████ █████ ███████ ██████ ████████████ ████ ████████ ██████████ ███ ████ ██████ █████ ████ ████ ███████████ ████ █████ ███ ███ █████ ███████████ ██ █████████ █████████ ███ ████ ███ █████ ███████████ ███ ████ ███████████ ██████ ██ ████████ ███████ █████ ████████ ████ █████ ████████ ███ ████ ██████ ██ █████████ ██████ ███ ████ ███ █████ ████████ ████ ██████ █████████ ██ ██████ ████ █████ █████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The author looks to the disappearance of Norse settlements and concludes, contrary to what some people claim, that the Norse settlements did not disappear as a result of decreasing temperatures. As evidence, the author points out that Inuit settlers inhabiting Greenland during the same time continued to thrive long after the Norse settlers disappeared.
Describe Method of Reasoning
The author counters a position held by others. She does this by providing evidence that is inconsistent with what others claim. Greenland was not too cold for human habitation, because Inuit settlements during the same time period were not wiped out.
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The Norse community ██ ██████ █████████ ██ ██████ ████ █████ █████