Do you believe the companies in the textbook selection and the lesson should have acted differently? Why or why not? Use details from the readings to support your ideas.4. What details from the text help to support your thinking for your answer to question #3? (sorry wrong number)

Read the excerpt from the travels of marco polo and study the map. when the traveler leaves kuh-banan he goes for fully eight days through a desert. . after these eight days he reaches a province called tun and kain, where there are cities and towns in plenty. it is situated on the northern borders of persia. there is an immense plain here, in which stands the solitary tree, which the christians call the dry tree. based on the excerpt and the map, what makes the journey to kain difficult? the kais sea travel through shiraz mountains and dry conditions the dry tree plains

In the context of the passage, what does the word torpid mean? b. predatory a. energetic c. dormant d. aquatic

What is the central idea of “the light of gandhi’s lamp”? how does the central idea emerge and develop over the course of the passage? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be at least two complete paragraphs.