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What is a claim?

The point an author is trying to convince you to believe 

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Collaborate


To work together 

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to distribute again but differently

redistribute

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How many feet are in a yard?

3

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The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas.

Columbian Exchange

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What is a main idea?


The most important thing authors want you to know about a topic





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What is a graphic feature?

A diagram that visually represents something

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broad in size, range, or degree

 expansive

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How many continents are there? 

7

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A Spanish conqueror of the Americas

Conquistador

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What kind of writing presents evidence to support a claim?

Argumentative

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What is the definition of the word automation as it is used in "The Automation Paradox"?

Technology that operates on its own without human support

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refers to the most important, obvious or typical aspects of something

predominately 

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What is the biggest animal to ever live on our planet?

The blue whale

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a formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony's geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed

Charter

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What is the central claim for automation paradox?


 Computer automation will likely increase the number of jobs in certain fields rather than decreasing them.

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How does the Automation Paradox and Heads Up Humans, COMPARE?

They both focus on how increases in the use of technology will affect workers in the future

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crops, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit

cash crops

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Which Disney character lives in a magical house and can see the future?

Bruno

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the lawmaking body of England.

Parliament

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What genre are we reading?  

Argument

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What is the difference between claim and evidence? 

A claim is the writer's position or viewpoint; whereas evidence is the facts or proof. 

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to work together

collaborate

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How many Earths can fit inside the Sun?

1.3 million 

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A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa

Triangular Trade