Historians include thesis statements in their essays in order to: a. make sure readers understand their key claims. b. refute any counterclaims a reader might try to make. c. avoid being accused of plagiarizing other content. d. reduce the number of body paragraphs in the essay

In italy, the distance between milan in the north and palermo, sicily, in the south is about 550 miles. in the united states, the distance betweenboston, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, is about 900 miles. do you think the american revolutionaries of 1776 in the 13 colonies faced some of the same challenges as the patriots who struggled for italian unity in the 1860s?  

Synthesizing new ideas from a speaker with what one already knows about the subject to see if the information makes sense is an example of a. questioning and challenging b. identifying differences c. forming a statement d. seeing the boader context

1. what was william harvey's discovery about the human body? @ two types of blood flowed through the veins and arteries. b four fluids existed in the body: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. © the same blood flowed through the veins and arteries. d ancient ideas of human anatomy and bodily functions were wrong. done