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Read the following passage:

Traditional historians have long argued that the early industrial revolution was primarily driven by major technological innovations, most notably the steam engine. In contrast, recent economic historians emphasize the role of evolving institutional frameworks. They claim that the establishment of robust property rights and patent laws provided the essential financial incentives that motivated early inventors. Meanwhile, environmental historian Sarah Jenkins takes a notably different approach. She contends that the widespread availability of cheap, accessible coal was the foundational catalyst for industrialization, asserting that without this abundant energy source, the aforementioned technological and institutional developments would have been largely irrelevant.

According to the passage, Sarah Jenkins asserts which of the following regarding the industrial revolution?

  1. A
    It was fundamentally caused by the invention of the steam engine and other major technological innovations.
  2. B
    It was primarily stimulated by the establishment of robust property rights and patent laws.
  3. C
    Its primary historical significance lies in how it changed the institutional frameworks that governed inventors.
  4. Its emergence was critically dependent on the accessibility of an inexpensive and abundant energy source.Cevap
  5. E
    It would have occurred independently of technological innovations as long as financial incentives were actively enforced.

Cevap

Its emergence was critically dependent on the accessibility of an inexpensive and abundant energy source.
The correct answer accurately reflects the final sentence of the passage, where Sarah Jenkins explicitly argues that cheap, accessible coal (an inexpensive energy source) was the foundational catalyst for industrialization.

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1
Identify the core question.
The question asks for the specific viewpoint of 'Sarah Jenkins'.
Focusing on the exact subject of the question prevents confusing her views with the other historians mentioned.
2
Locate Sarah Jenkins in the passage.
Jenkins is mentioned in the final two sentences.
Scanning for names directly leads to the relevant textual evidence.
3
Analyze her explicit claims.
Jenkins claims that 'cheap, accessible coal' (an abundant energy source) was the 'foundational catalyst' for industrialization.
Isolating her exact argument ensures accurate attribution.
4
Evaluate the options against her specific claim.
The correct option matches her claim about inexpensive energy (coal), while the distractors align with the views of traditional or economic historians.
Eliminating options that describe other groups' viewpoints avoids the primary trap of viewpoint attribution questions.

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Identifying explicitly stated information and correctly attributing it to the appropriate source or viewpoint mentioned in the text.
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