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Intro topic ·Misconception that Europeans were the first to tame wilderness
In fact, Native Americans altered the forest before Europeans.
Additional Support ·Nicaraguan pine forests today grow in areas that were burned
This probably also happened in the past. Pine forests were found only where there were Native American settlements. When the settlements left, the pine forests disappeared.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
3.
Which one of the following ██ █ ████ ██ ██████ ██████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ █ ███████ ██ ██████████ ███████ ██ ██████ ██████
Question Type
Stated
This Stated question asks for a type of forest that the author indicates is a result of recent controlled burning. In P3 the author says that Nicaraguan pine forests are the result of modern controlled burning.
a
scrub oak forests ██ ███ ████████████ ████
This is not the kind of forest that the author identified as a product of modern controlled burning. Instead, this is an example of the result of past controlled burning.
5%
b
slash pine forests ██ ███ ████████████ ████
This is not the kind of forest that the author identified as a product of modern controlled burning. Instead, this is an example of the result of past controlled burning.
4%
c
pine forests in █████████ ██ ████ ██████████
This is not the kind of forest that the author identified as a product of modern controlled burning. Actually, these natural high elevation pine forests are cited as an example to contrast the low elevation pine forests of Nicaragua.
2%
d
pine forests in ██████ ██ ████ ██████████
This is not the kind of forest that the author identified as a product of modern controlled burning. Actually, these natural high elevation pine forests are cited as an example to contrast the low elevation pine forests of Nicaragua.
1%
e
pine forests in █████████ ██ ███ ██████████
In P3 the author says that Nicaraguan pine forests are the result of modern controlled burning.
89%
Difficulty
89% of people who answer get this correct
This is a slightly challenging question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%120
134
75%148
Analysis
Stated
Stated
Stems asking us to identify an idea that appears explicitly in the passage (as opposed to ideas that are merely implied).
Critique or debate passages contain multiple points of view on a particular subject. Sometimes the author takes sides and participates in the critique or debate, other times the author merely reports the debate.
