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Read the excerpt from Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science.

As a result of their contact with Muslims, the Europeans began to break out of their sealed-off world. They learned mathematics and, according to some scholars, how to build windmills. Windmills were a great power source that allowed Europeans to drain swamps and make use of lands that had previously gone to waste. With more land, they could grow more food. This knowledge that Muslims had helped Europe to get on its feet. And wars against the Muslims brought Europeans to sugar.

Which inference is best supported by this excerpt?

A. Contact with Muslims led to prolonged peace in Europe.

B. Contact with Muslims greatly changed life in Europe.

C. Europeans conquered lands after contact with Muslims.

D. Europeans fought wars with Muslims to control sugar.

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Answer:

B. Contact with Muslims greatly changed life in Europe.

This inference is best supported by the excerpt because it directly discusses the transfer of knowledge from Muslims to Europeans, including mathematics and the technology to build windmills. This technology, in turn, allowed Europeans to improve agriculture and expand their use of land, indicating significant changes in European life due to this contact.

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Answer:

B.

Explanation:

The excerpt mentions that the Europeans learned mathematics and how to build windmills through their contact with Muslims.

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