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How many major supporting details are in this reading passage?

An airplane is supported in flight by air passing across its wings. Air traveling over the wings moves farther and faster than air traveling under the wings.  As a result, the air pressure is lower above the wings, and the wings experience an upward lift force.  This lift force decreases at low airspeeds, so most commercial jet airplanes must alter the shapes of their wings during takeoffs and landings.   The pattern of organization is ______________.

The colonists rebelled against the imposition by the British government of which of the following?

The British Empire banned slavery in 1833; the United States followed suit in 1865.  But according to Anti-Slavery International (ASI), as many as 400 million men, women, and children (almost 7 percent of humanity) live today in conditions that amount to slavery.  ASI distinguishes four types of slavery. First is chattel slavery, in which one person owns another. The number of chattel slaves is difficult to estimate because the practice is against the law almost everywhere. But the buying and selling of slaves still take place in many countries in Asia, the Middle East, and especially Africa. A second, more common form of bondage is child slavery, in which desperately poor families let their children take to the streets to do what they can to survive. Perhaps 100 million children—many in poor countries of Latin America—fall into this category.   Third, debt bondage is the practice by which employers hold workers captive by paying them too little to meet their debts. In this case, workers receive a wage, but it is too small to cover the food and housing provided by an employer; for practical purposes, they are enslaved. Many workers in sweatshops fall into this category. Finally, servile forms of marriage may also amount to slavery. In India, Thailand, and some African nations, families marry off women against their will. Many end up as slaves performing work for their husband’s family; some are forced into prostitution

How many constitutions or governing documents have the United States had in its history?

Which of the following the US Government should not do?

One way to avoid tempting car thieves is by locking all valuables in the trunk or glove compartment. You can _______________________ discourage thieves with tow trucks by parking in the middle of a block on a busy, well-lit street.

The sentence–Sociologist Jane Jacobs points out that in areas where street life abounds, crime rates are low.– is a 

Which of the following the US Government should not do?

The sentence–First is chattel slavery, in which one person owns another.– is a