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Can anyone explain the question 5 which is
It can be inferred from the passage that the author would agree with which of the following statements about the fur trade between Native Americans and Europeans in the early modern era?
A. This trade may have begun as early as the 1480s.
B. This trade probably did not continue much beyond the 1530s.
C. This trade was most likely at its peak in the mid-1520s.
D. This trade probably did not begin prior to 1500.
E. There is no written evidence of this trade prior to the seventeenth century.

Why not E? And why A?

Another early chronicler noted in 1524 that
Native Americans living along the coast of what is now
(25) New England had become selective about European
trade goods: they accepted only knives, fishhooks,
and sharp metal. By the time Cartier sailed the Saint
Lawrence River ten years later, Native Americans had
traded with Europeans for more than thirty years,
(30) perhaps half a century.

Well if you go carefully to the passage
You can infer from these line that native americans had traded before 30 years or 50 (perhaps half a century) so these can give you insight about 1524-50 =1474(approx before 1480)
so option A

The author claims that the fur trade was well underway by the time it was first recorded in 1501. Furthermore, the author says that by the time Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence (ten years after 1524, so 1534), Europeans may have been trading with Native Americans for a half century (50 years before 1534, so 1484). Thus, the author would agree that the trade may have begun as early as the 1480s, and choice (A) is correct.
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(Book Question: 51)
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the Native Americans mentioned in line 25?

A. They had little use for decorative objects such as earrings.
B. They became increasingly dependent on fishing between 1501 and 1524.
C. By 1524, only certain groups of Europeans were willing to trade with them.
D. The selectivity of their trading choices made it difficult for them to engage in widespread trade with Europeans.
E. The selectivity of their trading choices indicates that they had been trading with Europeans for a significant period of time prior to 1524.

I eliminated all answer choices, why is the answer E?
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Dear AbdurRakib,

Kindly complete the Option E of Question 1:

Option E should be: a sixteenth-century account of Native Americans in what is now New England.
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Main point - trades of fur started at what time is not clear. writtn evidences given but it started way before that. How is also given.

(Book Question: 46)
The author of the passage draws conclusions about the fur trade in North America from all of the following sources EXCEPT

A. Cartier’s accounts of trading with Native Americans- Cartier’s accounts is not defined. Cartier’s voyage is.
B. a seventeenth-century account of European settlements - y
C. a sixteenth-century account written by a sailing vessel captain - y
D. archaeological observations of sixteenth-century Native American sites - y
E. a sixteenth-century account of Native Americans in what is now New England - y

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(Book Question: 47)
The passage suggests that which of the following is partially responsible for the difficulty in establishing the precise date when the fur trade in North America began?
lack of any written doc.

B. A lack of written documentation before 1501 -
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(Book Question: 48)
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the author’s assertion in the first sentence of the second paragraph?
assertion - By the time Europeans sailing the Atlantic coast of North America first documented the fur trade, it was apparently well underway.
PT - Clearly trade was going on for some time. as this one is strengthening question, outside information is allowed. Something on the lines that trade was well established, will be good .
A. When Europeans retraced Cartier’s voyage in the first years of the seventeenth century, they frequently traded with Native Americans. --- we are talking about a different period. this time line is quiet later.
B. Furs from beavers, which were plentiful in North America but nearly extinct in Europe, became extremely fashionable in Europe in the final decades of the sixteenth century. ----- again time line is quiet later. we are talking around 1501 period.
C. Firing arms were rarely found on sixteenth-century Native American sites or on European lists of trading goods since such arms required frequent maintenance and repair. ----- Soemthing does not found>>> this will not explain the established trade.
D. Europeans and Native Americans had established trade protocols, such as body language assuring one another of their peaceful intentions, that antedate the earliest records of trade. ----- this make sense. rules of trade were defind by this time make a solid stand for established trade.
E. During the first quarter of the sixteenth century, an Italian explorer recorded seeing many Native Americans with what appeared to be copper beads, though they may have been made of indigenous copper. ----- makes a stand but time line a littile bit later, we can not say for sure any conclusion around 1501, almost a quarter century early.

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(Book Question: 49)
Which of the following best describes the primary function of lines 11–16?

sites were strewn with iron bolts and metal
pins. Only later, upon reading Nicolas Denys’s
1672 account of seventeenth-century European
settlements in North America, did archaeologists
realize that sixteenth-century European fishing
(15)
crews had dismantled and exchanged parts of their
ships for furs.

how trade happens for fur ?
B. It reveals how archaeologists arrived at an interpretation of the evidence mentioned in the preceding sentence. - y

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(Book Question: 50)
It can be inferred from the passage that the author would agree with which of the following statements about the fur trade between Native Americans and Europeans in the early modern era?
anchor - fur trade between Native Americans and Europeans in the early modern era

A. This trade may have begun as early as the 1480s. - best of the lot.

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(Book Question: 51)
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the Native Americans mentioned in line 25?
Another early chronicler noted in 1524 that
Native Americans living along the coast of what is now
(25)
New England had become selective about European
trade goods: they accepted only knives, fishhooks,
and sharp metal.
PT - what is the observation from first record.

E. The selectivity of their trading choices indicates that they had been trading with Europeans for a significant period of time prior to 1524. - best of the lot.
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(Book Question: 52)
The passage supports which of the following statements about sixteenth-century European fishing crews working the waters off Newfoundland?
anchor - sixteenth-century European fishing crews

What is fairly certain is that the first Europeans to conduct such trade during the modern period were fishing crews working the waters around Newfoundland.

European fishing crews had dismantled and exchanged parts of their ships for furs.

A. They wrote no accounts of their fishing voyages. - no, wrote ans written by some one has diff.
B. They primarily sailed under the flag of Portugal. - no
C. They exchanged ship parts with Native Americans for furs. - yes
D. They commonly traded jewelry with Native Americans for furs. - no
E. They carried surplus metal implements to trade with Native Americans for furs. - no; surplus is not mentioned.

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(Book Question: 53)
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about evidence pertaining to the fur trade between Native Americans and Europeans in the early modern era?
anchor - evidence pertaining to the fur trade between Native Americans and Europeans in the early modern era?

A. A lack of written evidence has made it difficult to establish which Europeans first participated in this trade. - no
B. In general, the physical evidence pertaining to this trade has been more useful than the written evidence has been. - no comparison given.
C. There is more written evidence pertaining to this trade from the early part of the sixteenth century than from later in that century - comparison is not given.
D. The earliest written evidence pertaining to this trade dates from a time when the trade was already well established. - yes
E. Some important pieces of evidence pertaining to this trade, such as Denys’s 1672 account, were long overlooked by archaeologists. - no

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(Book Question: 54)
The passage suggests which of the following about the sixteenth-century Native Americans who traded with Europeans on the coast of what is now called New England?

A. By 1524 they had become accustomed to exchanging goods with Europeans. - by POE seems the best
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Hello

This doubt is regarding Question 1 from the passage:

The author draws inferences about the fur trade in North America from

The archaeologists’ observations about sixteenth-century Native American sites
And from their understanding derived after reading about the seventeenth-century European settlements in Denys’ narration.
The Portuguese captain’s account of 1501



Doubt :

In this question, I have not been able to understand how option E is incorrect.

Option E .a sixteenth-century account of Native Americans

Account refers to a report/description/observation of an event. 

The passage mentions that :

Another early chronicler noted in 1524 that Native Americans living along the coast of what is now New England had become selective about European trade goods: they accepted only knives, fishhooks, and sharp metal.

It explains the observation/account of an early traveller about the Native American behaviour.

The passage mentions no ACCOUNT OF NATIVE AMERICANS.



The passage also mentions:

What is fairly certain, even though they left no written evidence of having done so:

Here they refers to Native Americans and not Europeans.

So Native Americans have left no account whatsoever. The only thing we have is an observation of a early chronicler. 

Can someone please point out where I am going wrong in my understanding here?
Would really be grateful!

GMATNinja
DmitryFarber
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Nitesh

Can anyone assist me for Q8, book question #53

I am not able to figure out how D is answer and not E.
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