Read the passage, then answer the questions that follow. which sentence best states the central idea of the
by the turn of the twentieth century, the colonies were
passage?
changing. sugar still dominated the local economy. but
now there were more and more "free" workers--those which quotation from the passage is a detail that best
who had moved off the estates and lived in their own supports the central idea?
houses, splitting their time between sugar work and their
own businesses. there were indian shopkeepers, traders,
and rice growers. the africans, too, had migrated to the
cities, where they became clerks, teachers, or servants in
wealthy households. a new society was emerging--one
that had its roots in the dark history of slavery but was
also moving into the future.
-sugar changed the world,
marc aronson and marina budhos

correct answers:

c. they use panels.

d. they include images and words.

e. they contain gutters.

and your question what topic are you in trouble with?

the answer is b) ''i hereby express my profound remorse together with my sincere mourning ''.

the reason being that although all of the options provided are valid the main idea of the speech by prime minister junichiro koizumi is to express his and japan's current antiwar pledge.

he states that 59 years had passed since the war, he acknowledges the 3 million japanese that lost their lives during the war and those countries who were affected by their decisions, as well as the way japan intends to develop relationships across the globe however all of this can be summarize to how japan as a whole regrets the war and its consecuences.

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