An agreement question about two texts tests whether you can find a point both authors accept. Read the question, then put each text's main point in a few words. If the texts describe different examples, ask what those examples have in common. A shared point needs support from both texts, so check the whole claim against each text. A choice can repeat a true detail from one passage and still fail to show agreement.
Hints
- Hint 1
Read the last sentence of each text for why the water structures mattered.
- Hint 2
Summarize each text in a few words, then ask what point has support in both summaries.
Step-by-step
Find the shared point
Step 1Find why Peru needed canals
Text 1's farmers built canals that diverted river water to their fields. Why did they need the canals? The coast received little rainfall, so canals made crop growing possible despite the dry conditions. Since the question asks what both authors agree on, we'll need support from Text 2 as well.
- Step 2
Find why Sri Lanka stored rain
What does Text 2 say the reservoirs did? Communities used them to capture monsoon rainfall, and channels sent that stored water to farmland during drier months. Rain supplied the water here, but it wasn't available whenever crops needed it. Storing rain helped farmers grow crops through dry months.
- Step 3
Choose what both texts support
What point do the examples share, despite their different methods? Both communities built systems to help crops get water when the local supply was a problem. The choice about engineered water systems to support agriculture names that shared purpose, and where water availability was challenging describes the problem both systems addressed. Choice A.