Troubled Waters The Northwest Passage is a sea route
from the Atlantic Ocean westward to
the Pacific. Locately north of the Arctic
Circle, the route is filled with thousands
of huge icebergs. Explorers began
searching for the passage in the late
1400s. They wanted to find a shorter
route from Europe to Asia. Over many
years, explorers such as Francis Drake
and Henry Hudson tried to find the
passage. All had problems sailing in the icy waters. The Norwegian explorer
Roald Amundsen finally completed the difficult voyage by sea in 1905. It took
Amundsen and his crew three years to make the dangerous journey to Alaska.
)) What is the main idea of the passage?
Though it took him three years, explorer Roald Amundsen successfully sailed
the entire Northwest Passage in 1905.

“in december 598 [b.c.] nebuchadnezzar left babylon once more to campaign in the west. he besieged jerusalem, which had rebelled three years earlier, and on 16 march 597 it fell. king jehoiachin and many of his subjects were deported to babylon and zedekiah was installed as king of judah in his place. after some years zedekiah too rebelled. the babylonians began a siege of jerusalem which lasted for more than a year. the walls were finally breached in the summer of 587 . . and the city surrendered about a month later. much of jerusalem may have been destroyed at this time and more jews were deported.” —michael roaf, cultural atlas of mesopotamia and the ancient near east what can you conclude about the jews from this passage? a. they admired nebuchadnezzar. b. they did not try to defend their city. c. they were stronger than the babylonians. d. they wanted to be independent. select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d mark this and return