Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of the travels of marco polo. they have sheep here that have no ears, nor even ear holes; but in the place where ears ought to be they have little horns. they are small creatures and very pretty. and here is something else that may strike you as marvelous: their domestic animals-sheep, oxen, camels, and little ponies-are fed on fish. they are reduced to this diet because in all this country and in all the surrounding regions there is no grass; but it is the driest place in the world. the fish on which these animals feed are very small and our court in march, april, and may in quantities that are truly amazing. they are then dried and stored in the houses and given to the animals as food throughout the year. i can tell you further that the animals also eat them alive, as soon as they are drawn out of the water. why does the author include information about the dry climate? a. to explain why the she have horns but no ears. b. to explain why the sheet in the region are so small. c. to explain why people in the region have to feed their animals fish. d. to explain why there are such large quantities of fish available.

C. To explain why people in the region have to feed their animals fish.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from chapter 8 of "The Travels of Marco Polo," we can see the description of the animals (sheeps, oxen, camels, and ponies) of the place the speaker is in. He explains that in that place, all the domestic animals are fed with fish, because it is the driest place in the world, therefore there is no grass. So the correct answer is the corresponding to option C.

to explain why the sheep in the region are so small

in 1636, roger williams settled at the tip of narragansett bay after being banished from the massachusetts bay colony for his religious views, on land granted to him by the narragansett tribe. he called the site "providence plantation" and declared it a place of religious freedom.

explanation:

the sentence that avoid faulty coordination is:

culture, which is well represented in philadelphia, plays a major role including theatre, music, and the visual arts.  

faulty coordination occurs when the writer gives equal importance two different ideas (clauses) which in fact are not equivalent. in order to correct a misplaced clause or idea, the writer can place less important or emphatic ideas in a relative clause as in the previous sentence.