1. Which of the following best describes Hawking's childhood? * He was surrounded and encouraged by intelligent friends and family.
He was pressured by his parents to devote his life to studying science.
He didn't develop an interest in how thing worked until later in his life.
O He didn't have many friends because of his intense interest in science.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.

When mrs. jameson says "it (the desert) won't leave you cold," what does she mean?

Fortify is a verb that means “to protect and strengthen.” a fortifications is a that means something that protects.